Unexplained "Black Ring" appears in the sky over San Antonio during storm

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in General Discussion edited January 2014




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Several people reported seeing the ring this morning shortly after a lightning bolt struck an area near North New Braunfels Avenue and Nacogdoches Road.



?I saw the lightning strike out the side of my eye, and when I turned to look, there was a plume of black smoke rising up ? with the circle of smoke on the top of it,? Chris Yanas said in an e-mail to the San Antonio Express-News.



Chuck Fehlis, an associate appraiser who works at Blair T. Stouffer and Associates at Loop 410 and North New Braunfels, said a co-worker told him about the ring.



So Fehlis took his Kodak DC5000 digital camera and walked out in front of his building to check it out.



Fehlis, 29, took three photos of the large circle in the sky at 10:44 a.m.



?The circle got larger and larger until it finally started breaking up,? said Fehlis, who was among seven co-workers looking up at the rainy sky. ?Nobody had ever seen it before.?







the story is buried in this weather article:

http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.c...80&xlc=1022772

and also appeared on drudge.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 17
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Harry Potter ...Up in a puff of smoke...Are you sure this isn't a picture from dope smoking Canada....?





    Just kidding..great catch...
  • Reply 2 of 17
    longhornlonghorn Posts: 147member
    Holy Shit!!!!



    The Indians are getting ready to counter-attack after all these years!!!!
  • Reply 3 of 17
    randycat99randycat99 Posts: 1,919member
    a condom rainbow?
  • Reply 4 of 17
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    In 7 days we're all going to die.



    Forward this in an e-mail immediately.
  • Reply 5 of 17
    randycat99randycat99 Posts: 1,919member
    FINALLY, LUCK BEFALLS ME!!!
  • Reply 6 of 17
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    mmm... disappearing tricksy rings reminds us of the precious...



    maybe lightning hit a flock of birds. poof, expanding smoke ring (feathers blown beyond range)
  • Reply 7 of 17
    shetlineshetline Posts: 4,695member
    I think it's a giant floating calamari ring that came off the thing that washed up on the beach in Chile.
  • Reply 8 of 17
    709709 Posts: 2,016member
    Those weather balloons are popping up faster than 'Bush is a Liar' threads.....
  • Reply 9 of 17
    baumanbauman Posts: 1,248member
    OK, so, who almost got hit by a mysterious jet engine Twenty-eight days, Six hours, Forty-two minutes, and Twelve seconds ago?
  • Reply 10 of 17
    jimmacjimmac Posts: 11,898member
    Suddenly a black ring appeared over Washinton D.C.!
  • Reply 11 of 17
    brbr Posts: 8,395member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by bauman

    OK, so, who almost got hit by a mysterious jet engine Twenty-eight days, Six hours, Forty-two minutes, and Twelve seconds ago?



    That is such an awesome movie.
  • Reply 12 of 17
    mac gurumac guru Posts: 367member
    Quote:

    That is such an awesome movie.



    Only if you're wasted!
  • Reply 13 of 17
    Ok. Since no one else has said it yet... FAKE! Naw, just kidding. Any more stories or pictures of it?
  • Reply 14 of 17
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by bluesigns





    Der Ring des Nibelungen...Wagner

    Most Tricksee...
  • Reply 15 of 17
    drewpropsdrewprops Posts: 2,321member
    Sometimes an explosive effect can create a smoke ring.



    Here's a quick clip of a smoke ring that happened after a SPFX explosion. The fireball must have been shaped in such a way that pushed the smoke up into a ring. It stayed up in the air for five minutes or more, getting wider and wider, while the actual thickness of the ring got thinner and thinner. You could see the circulation of the air pushing up through the center as the ring curled around and around. It was really cool.



    smoke ring movie
  • Reply 16 of 17
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    Hey it's that actor who does the socially inept/mildly retarded characters! I LOVE that guy!
  • Reply 17 of 17
    drewpropsdrewprops Posts: 2,321member
    I liked him when he was in Chock Full O' Notes on News Radio...

    His name's Brian Pohsen btw.....not sure about the spelling~
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