- Residents in Jiangxi and Foshan captured the phenomenon on film
- The event was down to an optical illusion known as a Fata Morgana
- It's a type of mirage that distort objects and can be seen on land or sea
- Conspiracy theorists claim the sighting is a test for Project Blue Beam
Thousands of people in China claim they have seen a
'floating city' in the sky.
Residents of Jiangxi and Foshan were stunned when
they saw what they thought to be towering sky scrapers appearing from the
clouds.
While many believed they had seen a parallel
universes, weather experts say the phenomenon was down to an optical illusion known as a Fata Morgana.
A Fata Morgana is a type of mirage that distort
distance objects, and can be can be seen on land or sea.
It's caused when the sun heats up the atmosphere
above the land or oceans, which creates a
gradient of temperatures.
The air close to the surface is relatively cool and
above that, there are layers of warmer air.
When light hits a boundary between two layers that
are different temperatures – and as a result different densities – it bends and travels at a different angle.
Our brain assumes that light travels in a straight
paths, so when it bends, we think the object is where it would be if the
light's path runs straight.
In this case, light reflected from the skyscrapers is
bent downward as it passes through
the colder, denser air.
Because the brain puts the object where it would be
if the light traveled a straight path, the distant skyscrapers appear higher
than they actually are.
Despite the simple explanation, the latest sightings
have got conspiracy theorists excited.
YouTube channel Paranormal Crucible said in a video
report: 'The footage captured by a local resident appears to show a huge city
floating in the clouds
'The apparition, which was witnessed by hundreds of
shocked residents, only lasted a few minutes before completely disappearing.'
The channel speculated it could be 'the result of a
project blue beam test.'
Project Blue Beam is a conspiracy theory which claims
Nasa will someday simulate an alien invasion of Earth or second coming of
Christ through holograms.
Serge Monast, a conspiracist from Quebecois, first
predicted in the 1980s it would happen by 1983, 1996 and then 2000.
One online poster noted: 'Notice the group of
buildings is repeated three times? If it isn't someone making it on their
computer, it seriously could be project blue beam.'
The Paranormal Crucible video added: 'But added: 'Or
a temporal vortex, a possible parallel universe material briefly into our own
reality.'
'It is also possible, considering China's
technological achievements that a top secret holographic technology was tested
over a heavily populated area in an effort to gauge the public reaction.'
Source: dailymail.co.uk
