{"id":857,"date":"2009-10-11T13:06:04","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T17:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddempire.org\/weblog\/?p=857"},"modified":"2009-10-11T13:08:41","modified_gmt":"2009-10-11T17:08:41","slug":"mystery-halo-over-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/2009\/10\/11\/mystery-halo-over-moscow\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery halo over Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oddempire.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/trogdor-6204.jpg\" alt=\"TROGDOR\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sol\/homepage\/news\/2677449\/Mystery-halo-in-cloud-over-Moscow.html\">From the SUN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.thesun.co.uk\/multimedia\/archive\/00906\/091011_ufo-682_906322a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By VINCE SOODIN<br \/>\nPublished: Today<\/p>\n<p>THIS glowing halo in clouds over Moscow looks like an Independence Day style  alien attack.<br \/>\nThe astonishing ring was spotted over the city and captured on video by  stunned locals.<\/p>\n<p>It has been described as a &#8220;true mystery&#8221; by a UFO expert.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sHOPxVM6oIw\">watch?v=sHOPxVM6oIw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scores of supernatural enthusiasts have been gripped by the astonishing  footage and speculated it could be an <strong>ALIEN MOTHERSHIP<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The sighting in the clouds is reminiscent of scenes from the 1996 Hollywood  blockbuster Independence Day.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 380px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Independence Day\" src=\"http:\/\/img.thesun.co.uk\/multimedia\/archive\/00906\/independence-day-38_906353a.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Independence Day\" \/><a title=\"20th Century Fox\" onclick=\"s_objectID=&quot;20th Century Fox_1&quot;;return this.s_oc?this.s_oc(e):true\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sol\/homepage\/news\/2677449\/null\" target=\"_blank\">20th Century Fox<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Aliens tried destroy the earth massive using circular ships to zap the planet  powerful mega lasers.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Pope, a former UFO analyst for the Ministry of Defence, examined the  remarkable footage.<\/p>\n<h4>Theories<\/h4>\n<p>He said: &#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen anything like this. It&#8217;s a true mystery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whatever it is, it&#8217;s one of the most beautiful and spectacular things I&#8217;ve  ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Speculation is at fever pitch on the internet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is being discussed on forums, blogs and email lists all around the  world. Some people say it&#8217;s a bizarre meteorological effect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Theories range from it being an alien mothership, proof of Russian weather  modification technology &#8211; a weather weapon &#8211; or even a sign of the end of  the world.<\/p>\n<p>The video has appeared on YouTube and been viewed more than 100,000 times.<\/p>\n<p>The bizarre light was spotted last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>But meteorologists rejected theories of the supernatural calling it an optical  effect.<\/p>\n<p>The Moscow&#8217;s weather bureau said several weather fronts had passed through  Moscow as the sun shined from the west to cause the effect.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the bureau said: &#8220;This is purely an optical effect,  although it does look impressive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you look closer, you can see sun rays coming through that cloud. Most  likely, the sun was setting when the video was being made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"TixyyLink\" style=\"border: medium none ; overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;\">Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sol\/homepage\/news\/2677449\/Mystery-halo-in-cloud-over-Moscow.html#ixzz0TeDjthEe\">http:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sol\/homepage\/news\/2677449\/Mystery-halo-in-cloud-over-Moscow.html#ixzz0TeDjthEe<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the SUN By VINCE SOODIN Published: Today THIS glowing halo in clouds over Moscow looks like an Independence Day style alien attack. The astonishing ring was spotted over the city and captured on video by stunned locals. 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