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Is it a UFO over Dublin? No, it is just a weird cloud
2015:06:30 09:14:04.37: IIClouds over Talbot Street June 2015
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2015:06:30 09:14:20.55: IIClouds over Talbot Street June 2015 _1
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True believers could be forgiven for thinking they had found proof of extra-terrestrial life over Dublin as strange UFO-like clouds hover ominously over the capital.
A number of the fluffy flying saucers turned up in the sky over the city centre today as temperatures on the east coast soared into the low 20s.
But while they might appear to be the vanguard for an Independence Day/V style invasion, sadly there is a much more mundane explanation.
“These saucer-shaped formations are in fact lenticular clouds, which can look quite spectacular,” said a spokesperson for Met Éireann.
“People tend to notice them because they look like UFOs. But they’re perfectly normal and quite common.
“The clouds form when waves of moist, fast-moving air run into the surface of a mountain.
Oddly enough, the formation of lenticular clouds has nothing to do with warm weather said the Met.
“Against a clear sky, they just stick out more I guess so it is likely people just associate weird clouds with hotter weather,” they added.
If any Independent.ie readers have spotted any other weird and wonderful clouds in the skies above Ireland, feel free to send them on to our Twitter and Facebook.
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