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TERRACE – If you saw a cloud formation outside of Terrace that looked like a UFO, you’re not the only one. Bob Wall was driving when he saw a cloud formation that looked just like a UFO and snapped a photo of it through his windshield near Gitsegukla while traveling from Smithers to Terrace July 7. He said he understands that it’s called a “lenticular” cloud and can form when the wind is blowing. It looks so realistic it’s hard to imagine it isn’t a photoshopped image, but Wall maintains it isn’t. David Phillips, senior climatologist for Environment Canada, said the clouds are real and are
called “altocumulus lenticularis” or just “lenticularis,” and are also referred to as UFO clouds or wave clouds. “It does look like a UFO hovering there,” he said about the photo. These types of clouds are usually found in the middle atmosphere at about 2 km to 5 km high and they can look like lenses. “It’s really a spectacular cloud. I really must say it’s one of my favourites,” said Phillips. There are more sightings of them in B.C. than in any other part of the country and, since people think they look like UFOs, that could account for B.C. also having the most UFO sightings of any province, he added. B.C. is one of the best places in the world to see these types of
clouds, he said. They happen when air blowing off the water flows over a series of mountain ranges and is forced up, causing it to cool so some of the moisture in the cloud condenses and can be seen, he explained. Then as the wind blows over the mountains and descends, it dries out and the cloud disappears, he said. “That’s what gives them the lens look,” said Phillips. “They start up and disappear as the winds die down and then over the next range, it picks up and then dies so they’re a wave of clouds and that’s why they’re called that.” They can look like UFOs because the winds can change speed too so there’s a “piling up” and water vapour is exposed here and a little more above that, then
the clouds stack up and look like pancakes or dinner plates which has a kind of UFO appearance, he added. And these types of clouds don’t generally tell us what the weather is going to do. “If there’s fairly moist air and it continued for quite a while in waves, you could get maybe a little drizzle,” said Phillips. Although, on the other side of the mountains there could be some turbulence so commercial pilots will avoid it because it has caused planes to drop down, he added. Glider pilots love it because it can help them map the wind and they can stay up high by riding the wave up, he said. Sometimes wave clouds can be found in the prairies but the real spectacular ones are found in B.C., he added.
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