Real damage 'UFO' story to visit South Africa

The imaginative clouds of UFOs in the sky of South Africa's capital are essentially a rare natural phenomenon.

The truth about the UFO phenomenon appeared in South Africa

A few days ago, in the city of Cape Town - the capital of the Republic of South Africa - appeared strange-shaped clouds - like alien flying saucers.

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Clouds UFO (unidentified flying object) in the sky of Cape Town.

These clouds seem to have disturbed the whole city. A lot of curious people came to the street to see. Some people even thought of the dark . scenario when the aliens invaded.

However, according to Derek Van Dam, CNN's meteorologist is actually a very normal natural phenomenon, called the " lenticular cloud ." Specifically, the clouds this time are cloud lenses formed from stratocumulus standing lenticular .

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Lens clouds are isolated clouds, formed in the troposphere - the lowest layer of the atmosphere. Like the name suggests, these clouds take the shape of a camera lens, which tends to be static, non-moving.

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According to meteorologists, lens clouds form when the wind is dampened through rough terrain , and in this case, Table Mountain is 1,066m high in Cape Town.

Meteorological expert Annette Venter of NCA explains: 'Humid winds blowing steadily through the mountain form a series of air waves. If the temperature at the peak of the wave is equal to the temperature of dew point, the lens cloud will form '.

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Lens clouds formed at 3 different elevations: medium cloud, stratocumulus, and cirrus cloud . In it, the stratocumulus standing lenticular is often mistaken for UFOs in the past.

If you're still curious, the video below will help you see firsthand the process of forming these clouds.