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Time of India
09-05-2025
- Science
- Time of India
Mysterious black ring appears in the Kansas sky: What is this new phenomenon?
The sky is more than a backdrop to our everyday lives; it is a source of fascination for children to spot birds, airplanes, and clouds. But sometimes, this beautiful blue canvas becomes a stage to witness bizarre things like unidentified flying objects, unusual sky phenomena that have long created curiosity, uncertainty, and wonder. These rare moments often go viral, causing people to pause, look up in the sky, and question it. With smartphones always in hand, witnesses often manage to shoot videos or photos of these strange happenings instantly, flooding social media with theories. While science can usually offer a grounded explanation, there's always a sliver of mystery that remains. Recently, a similar incident in Bonner Springs, Kansas, has amazed people with something very strange in the sky. Operation Sindoor Conflict widens, India targets Lahore, Pindi, Karachi after foiling multiple Pakistani attacks Operation Sindoor: Several airports in India closed - check full list Army foils Pakistan's attempts to send swarm drones across LoC On Monday afternoon, while Kansas resident Frankie Camren was out, he caught sight of a mysterious black ring suspended in the sky. While riding his bike along a county road, Camren noticed an unexplainable dark circle floating overhead and immediately pulled over. "I just pulled over," Camren told FOX Weather. "I'm almost 50 years old. I ain't ever seen nothing like that." In a video he captured and shared online, the ring appears jet black with smoke swirling around its center. As seen in the clip, Camren can be heard asking, 'Can somebody tell me what the (expletive) is this?' and assuring viewers, 'And I'm not using no app … it appears that little black stuff has fallen down the center of it.' Though at first he considered a possible explosion, he ruled out fireworks or mortars, as there were no loud noises in the area. Another voice in the video, a woman nearby, speculated it might even be a flock of birds. When the footage was reviewed later, it provided a likely explanation that the ring was probably caused by an explosion, perhaps at an industrial site or a pyrotechnic event. Similar to a mushroom cloud, such rings form when rapidly rising hot air traps smoke and pushes it outward in a circular shape. Interestingly, Camren noted that others in nearby Tonganoxie reported seeing smaller rings just a day earlier. After posting the video on Facebook, it quickly went viral. 'My phone just kind of blew up,' Camren said. This wasn't the only recent sighting of its kind. On March 29, a nearly identical black ring was spotted in Seattle. FOX 13 Seattle reported that the National Weather Service ruled out any weather-related cause, linking the ring instead to a motocross event at Lumen Field.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Mysterious smoke ring in Kansas was likely man-made
Frankie Roman Camren was riding his motorcycle on Monday evening in Bonner Springs, Kansas, when he saw something unexpected in the sky: a dark ring of smoke. He took out his phone to record it, uploaded a video to Facebook and asked "What the [heck] is this?" "Let me start off by saying, it's been a little crazy," Camren said in a video message to AccuWeather on Facebook. "It's a smoke ring. I don't know what caused it. I've heard all sorts of stuff, from portals to aliens invading." Camren said that a friend of his sent the video to KAKE news in Wichita, which they uploaded to Facebook, and the rest is history. That video now has 1.2 million views. A rare, but typically man-made event While no one has a definitive answer for this particular event yet, most smoke rings have turned out to be man-made. Causes of similar rings range from a pyrotechnic effect called "Dragon's Breath" to a firework test in England. A video from Burning Man in 2008 showed a homemade "trash can smoke ring" machine that created the effect. In 2012, an electrical transformer blew in Chicago, creating a smoke ring. Nature can make smoke rings as well, but most commonly these form due to volcanoes emitting gases, forming rising, white smoke rings. Most recently, multiple volcanic smoke rings were seen over Mt. Etna in Italy on April 5, 2024.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Widespread storms across eastern US to soak millions into next week
Welcome to the Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather. It's Thursday, May 8, 2025. Start your day with everything you need to know about today's weather. You can also get a quick briefing of national, regional and local weather whenever you like with the FOX Weather Update podcast. The weather pattern that soaked parts of Texas and Louisiana earlier this week will shift to the east before stalling, setting up days of severe weather and a prolonged flash flood threat through early next week. According to the FOX Forecast Center, a broad area across the South and mid-Atlantic will face an increasing threat of thunderstorms beginning Thursday afternoon when a cluster of storms will develop across Middle Tennessee and move east into northern Alabama, North Georgia and western North Carolina, an area that is still recovering from Hurricane Helene. Storms will track along a stalled cold front through the weekend with a widespread 3-5 inches of rain expected from Florida through the Carolinas, with some tallies reaching a foot and possibly more. While the Atlantic hurricane season doesn't officially begin until June 1, the FOX Forecast Center will be monitoring the Caribbean Sea during the second half of May for any signs of preseason development. The skies above a small Kansas town became the stage for an astonishing and unusual spectacle as a large black ring seemed to defy explanation. The bizarre phenomenon was spotted by Bonner Springs resident Frankie Camren on Monday afternoon while on a motorcycle ride, which was abruptly halted by the unusual anomaly hanging in the air on a nearby county road. "I just pulled over," Camren recounted in an interview with FOX Weather. "I'm almost 50 years old. I ain't ever seen nothing like that." Here are a few more stories you might find interesting. Florida man gored by bison at Yellowstone National Park Man swept away during Las Vegas-area storm that shattered rainfall records Wife killed in alligator attack in Central Florida while canoeing with her husband Need more weather? Check your local forecast plus 3D radar in the FOX Weather app. You can also watch FOX Weather wherever you go using the FOX Weather app, at or on your favorite streaming service. It's easy to share your weather photos and videos with us. Email them to weather@ or add the hashtag #FOXWeather to your post on your favorite social media article source: Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Widespread storms across eastern US to soak millions into next week
New York Post
07-05-2025
- Climate
- New York Post
Swirling black ring in sky terrifyingly looms over Kansas town: ‘I ain't ever seen nothing like that'
BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. – The skies above a small Kansas town became the stage for an astonishing and unusual spectacle as a large black ring seemed to defy explanation. The bizarre phenomenon was spotted by Bonner Springs resident Frankie Camren on Monday afternoon while on a motorcycle ride, which was abruptly halted by the unusual anomaly hanging in the air on a nearby county road. 'I just pulled over,' Camren recounted in an interview with FOX Weather. 'I'm almost 50 years old. I ain't ever seen nothing like that.' Camren captured the strange occurrence on video, noting that the center of the ring was intensely dark, and smoke appeared to be swirling around it. 'Can somebody tell me what the (expletive) is this?' he can be heard saying in the clip. 'And I'm not using no app … it appears that little black stuff has fallen down the center of it.' Initially perplexed, he considered possible explanations but dismissed the idea of mortars as he heard no loud noises while riding his Harley-Davidson just blocks away. Amidst the onlookers' amazement, one woman in Camren's video shared that her initial thought, seeing it from afar, was whether it was a flock of birds. 3 The skies above a small Kansas town became the stage for an astonishing and unusual spectacle as a large black ring seemed to defy explanation. Courtesy Frankie Camren 3 'I just pulled over,' Camren recounted in an interview with FOX Weather. 'I'm almost 50 years old. I ain't ever seen nothing like that.' Courtesy Frankie Camren The video was later reviewed by the FOX Forecast Center, where meteorologists offered a likely explanation. According to their analysis, the rare smoke ring was most likely the result of some type of explosion. They likened it to the formation of a mushroom cloud, where rapidly rising air traps smoke in a ring-like formation because it is moving faster than the surrounding air. Interestingly, Camren told FOX Weather that some individuals in nearby Tonganoxie had reported seeing similar, albeit smaller, rings the day before. After posting the video on his Facebook page, it quickly went viral. 3 After posting the video on his Facebook page, it quickly went viral. Courtesy Frankie Camren 'My phone just kind of blew up,' Camren said, describing the surge in attention from the unusual post as local news stations further amplified its spread. On March 29, a similar phenomenon occurred in Seattle, where residents reported seeing a nearly identical black ring in the sky. FOX 13 Seattle reported that they contacted the National Weather Service, which confirmed it was not related to any weather phenomena. One FOX Weather meteorologist captured the scene while at a Seattle Mariners game and watched the ring generate from a motocross event across the street at Lumen Field.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Bizarre black ring in sky stops Kansas motorcyclist in tracks: 'I ain't ever seen nothing like that'
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. – The skies above a small Kansas town became the stage for an astonishing and unusual spectacle as a large black ring seemed to defy explanation. The bizarre phenomenon was spotted by Bonner Springs resident Frankie Camren on Monday afternoon while on a motorcycle ride, which was abruptly halted by the unusual anomaly hanging in the air on a nearby county road. "I just pulled over," Camren recounted in an interview with FOX Weather. "I'm almost 50 years old. I ain't ever seen nothing like that." Kansas Sky Becomes Canvas Of Love As Pilot Proposes In Unforgettable Style Camren captured the strange occurrence on video, noting that the center of the ring was intensely dark, and smoke appeared to be swirling around it. "Can somebody tell me what the (expletive) is this?" he can be heard saying in the clip. "And I'm not using no app … it appears that little black stuff has fallen down the center of it." 'Full Sunbow': Photographer Captures Rainbow Around The Sun Initially perplexed, he considered possible explanations but dismissed the idea of mortars as he heard no loud noises while riding his Harley-Davidson just blocks away. Amidst the onlookers' amazement, one woman in Camren's video shared that her initial thought, seeing it from afar, was whether it was a flock of birds. The video was later reviewed by the FOX Forecast Center, where meteorologists offered a likely explanation. According to their analysis, the rare smoke ring was most likely the result of some type of explosion. They likened it to the formation of a mushroom cloud, where rapidly rising air traps smoke in a ring-like formation because it is moving faster than the surrounding air. Interestingly, Camren told FOX Weather that some individuals in nearby Tonganoxie had reported seeing similar, albeit smaller, rings the day before. After posting the video on his Facebook page, it quickly went viral. "My phone just kind of blew up," Camren said, describing the surge in attention from the unusual post as local news stations further amplified its spread. On March 29, a similar phenomenon occurred in Seattle, where residents reported seeing a nearly identical black ring in the sky. FOX 13 Seattle reported that they contacted the National Weather Service, which confirmed it was not related to any weather phenomena. One FOX Weather meteorologist captured the scene while at a Seattle Mariners game and watched the ring generate from a motocross event across the street at Lumen Field. A smoke ring forms over downtown Seattle on March 29, 2025. Original article source: Bizarre black ring in sky stops Kansas motorcyclist in tracks: 'I ain't ever seen nothing like that'
