If you read Some More Things Strange And Sinister you might recall Bristol -Seen In The Skies Of Alaska?
For decades it was reported that an image of the City of Bristol, England, appeared in the skies of Alaska at a certain location. Various fake images were produced for Rickards, Phenomena A Book Of Wonders and though referred to over the years the actual photograph was said to be "lost" or "never existed".
This is what you read and hear when so called "experts" do not do any original research but crib from others -in this case the not always reliable Charles Fort. After over 100 years I found the image in question.
But over the years we have not seen anything similar....until now! Yes, thanks to technology we have an actual case -and footage- of a "city in the sky".
Thousands of residents from Jiangxi and Foshan in China
reported seeing a "floating city" in the sky earlier this month. The
images and grainy video footage appear to show towering skyscrapers
poking out of the clouds and looming over the ground below.
Of course, the news has got people's imaginations turned up
to overdrive when trying to figure out what was going on. Explanations
for the event have ranged from a glitch in the matrix, alternate
universes opening up and NASA attempting to establish a new world order through a plan called the "Blue Beam Project".
However, it appears the explanation is actually a rare type
of mirage called Fata Morgana. It’s essentially an optical illusion
caused by specific weather conditions bending light rays. As Wired
explains, it occurs when the Sun heats up a layer of the atmosphere but
the layer of air below it remains cool. When different layers of the
atmosphere are different temperatures, a temperature gradient is
generated. These different temperatures also mean differing densities
between the layers.
When light hits a boundary between two layers of the
atmosphere that are different temperatures and thus densities, it is
bent, or refracted, and subsequently enters the next layer at a
different angle. Our brain can't automatically account for this, so when
light hits our eyes, our brain assumes that it traveled in a straight
path. When it has been refracted, we therefore perceive the object is
where it would be if the light had run straight – which is higher than
it actually is.
Fata Morganas have been confusing people and messing with
minds for centuries. They’re named after Morgan le Fay, a powerful
enchantress from the tales of King Arthur. It’s believed they are the
explanation behind the legendary ghost ship the Flying Dutchman and sailor’s stories of floating castles which lured men to their deaths.
So there you have it. Although, we’ve got our eye on you NASA…
