In addition to the idea that this is a UFO, many people believe that the image could be the refraction of the sun through clouds, or the reflection of street lights through a camera.
Matthew Evans, living in Devon County, England, said he stood still for 10 seconds when he looked through the window and saw a strange light floating above the sea. Speaking to Plymouth Live , Evans said the bright object then accelerated and went into the distance.
In the photo he posted on social networks, you can see 4 bright dots clustered in a cluster, floating above the sea surface. He said just a few seconds after taking the photo, the beam of light seemed to run into the distance and disappear.
“My kitchen window had a very clear view of the ocean, so I could see it right away. The beam of light did not fly fast like an airplane, but moved very slowly and seemed to stand still for nearly 10 seconds. I just had time. When I took a photo, it flew away. It was really bright,” Evans recounted.
After he posted the photo online, many users came up with ways to explain this beam of light. Some people think it’s sunlight refracting through clouds, others claim it’s street lights reflecting on the window. Some people believe that because it was dark and clouds were gathering on the horizon, Evans did not see that this was the light from a ship.
To date, no expert has provided an explanation for Matthew Evans’ photo. However, this is not the first time users in the UK have posted photos with objects floating in the sea.
In a photo posted on March 18, the 168,000-ton Royal Caribbean cruise ship “Anthem of the Seas” looks like it is “floating” off the coast of Bournemouth. Before that, there were also 2 cases of similar photos.
According to experts, these photos are created by the phenomenon of temperature inversion.
BBC weather expert Jen Bartram said the “floating ship” was an illusion. When an illusion occurs, the object may appear to be above the horizon.
“The play of light is due to the phenomenon of temperature inversion – a layer of cold air near the sea surface, above which there is a layer of warmer air,” he said.
This is contrary to normal conditions, which is that the higher you go in the atmosphere, the colder the temperature must be (so the top of the mountain is often colder than the bottom of the mountain).
“When light travels from the ship to our eyes, it is deflected toward the cooler, thicker layer of air (below), and this refraction causes our eyes to think the ship is much taller compared to reality,” he explained further.
The same illusion can also cause objects behind the horizon to become visible to us, Bartram added. “It will be a wonderful sight,” he said.
