Stunning photos show rare UFO-shaped clouds over Devon
by Zoe Stevens
The mysterious clouds appeared over Sidmouth on Sunday
These amazing pictures show bizarre flying saucer shaped clouds in the skies over Sidmouth which left residents astonished.
The mysterious clouds appeared to stack on top of each other, and the glowing phenomenon caught the attention of visitors and residents walking along the promenade on Sunday lunchtime.
A spokesman from the Met Office has explained that they are, in fact, ethereal clouds.
The spokesman said: "They are most likely stratocumulus clouds, stratocumulus lenticularis. These are wave clouds, probably generated as the south-easterly wind buffeted over the coastline on Sunday.
"These would have been quite short lived as drier, clearer air spread from the continent during the afternoon. The ragged bases of the clouds, especially in the second picture hint at some precipitation falling from them, but probably not enough to reach the surface. This is called virga."
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