While it may not have been extraterrestrial life trying to make contact, it was an extremely rare phenomenon that one man caught on camera and shared on social media last week.
Video of a “crown flash,” the rare meteorological phenomenon, was caught on camera in Miami, Florida, last week by meteorologist James Spann.
A crown flash occurs when electrical fields within a thunderstorm realign ice crystals above a cloud, according to Meteored. The crystals then create the phenomenon, reflecting sunlight and making it seem like spotlight beams in the sky.
The spotting by Spann was made over Miami Beach and is now one of only a few ever caught on camera, despite having been discovered in 1885, Guinness World Records reports. The world record keepers noted that the event is “an extremely rare meteorological phenomenon.”
The clip from Twitter shows the crown flash for almost a minute, with beams of light shining above the clouds, looking like a flashlight shining around.
Other meteorologists commented on the spotting from Spann, noting how rare and spectacular it was that he caught it on video.
BBC meteorologist Tomasz Schafernaker wrote in a tweet that his followers most likely had never seen anything like what Spann captured.
“You’ve NOT seen a weather phenomenon like THIS! What a spectacular optical effect. I have never heard of it myself. Spooky … love it,” Schafernaker wrote.
There has been a growing fascination and concern with strange occurrences in the sky since the beginning of this year when a Chinese spy balloon traversed the airspace across the country.
Since then, several other strange happenings have been caught on camera, with experts flocking to explain them before theories spiral out of control.
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