These one-of-a-kind Lenticular clouds have fooled the best of ’em over the years — including an airborne pilot who saw the disk-shaped object by Mount Rainier of Washington in 1947.

Though it sounds like alien sci-fi, there's a perfectly reasonable explanation: the peculiar cloud is an altocumulus standing lenticular cloud (ASLC), according to NASA, which is created when ...

Landsat 8's Operational Land Imager acquired this image of an elongated lenticular cloud, locally nicknamed the "Taieri Pet," above New Zealand's South Island on Sept. 7, 2024. Lenticular clouds ...

In a fascinating black and white photograph taken in 1951, the same shaped cloud, which is known as an elongated altocumulus standing lenticular cloud (ASLC), can be seen in the same exact spot.

The peculiar cigar-shaped cloud is called an altocumulus standing lenticular cloud (ASLC) and is created when winds encounter a steep barrier such as a mountain range, Nasa explained in a statement.

But if not aliens visiting the Integratron near Joshua Tree, what were these clouds? Experts say they were mainly lenticular clouds and gravity waves, which sometimes form during the late fall in ...

A peculiar "pet cloud" took center stage in a recent satellite photo of New Zealand. The freaky formation often appears in the same spot thanks to a nearby mountain range — and is sometimes ...

KTVU meteorologist Steve Paulson said it appeared to be a small lenticular cloud, which he thought looked like a spaceship or flying saucer. He said lenticular clouds usually form over mountains ...