Crowd shocked at ‘UFO’ hovering over Las Vegas strip
Most of us have taken a look at the night sky and wondered if we're really alone in the universe - and for some of us, we've seemingly had it confirmed by UFOs.
While most can be explained, occasionally UFOs remain a mystery, and as we've learned over the years, UFOs can appear in some pretty unlikely places. These UFOs, for example, recently stunned the Las Vegas strip:
Now, footage of UFOs above the Sapphire Gentleman's Club on the Las Vegas Strip has been going viral on TikTok - and it really is something.
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It features a combination of red and yellow lights hiding behind the clouds in Sin City.
As anyone who is vaguely familiar with Vegas knows, Sin City has a lot of lights, so most are easy to explain even in the night sky.
But there's nothing immediately explainable about this footage, which features UFOs that were reportedly visible for around an hour, Las Vegas CBS affiliate KLAS reports.
The fact that Las Vegas is close to alleged alien hotspot Area 51 undoubtedly deepened the mystery for many viewers.
There have been multiple TikToks posted of the event, so it clearly caught the eyes of a lot of people.
However, now that the footage is online, logical explanations have been offered, and they're completely fascinating.
One probability is that the lights are part of an event known as 'light pillars', which wouldn't be immediately obvious to most viewers as it's so rare.
The National Weather Service explained: "Long pillars of multicoloured light streaking the sky seem like the perfect backdrop for impending alien invasion, but in reality, light pillars are a common effect that can be found all over the world.
"They do come from above - not extraterrestrials, but tiny crystals of ice hanging in the atmosphere. Ice is very thin, shaped like plates with hexagonal faces. When ice drifts down through the air, it falls close to horizontally.
"At the top and bottom are the faces with more area. Ice is very reflective, so when light hits those wider faces, it bounces around and reflects off more ice crystals."
But while this solution might make sense, this didn't stop TikTok users from imagining something out of this world.
Reacting to the footage above, one joked: "THEY'RE IN THE CLUB. The ship is parked. Ty for sharing."
"They need to come down so we can see them already," added a second while a third observed: "And the clouds literally don't move. It's like it's meant to hide behind the clouds."
What do you think?
Topics: US News
Emma Guinness