From: Mark Iverson > Steven: > I did watch the video clip and would disagree with your above > statement for the following reason... > > As a graduate student in the late 80's, I worked at the > Atmospheric Sciences Center of the Desert Research Institute: > > http://www.dri.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115&Itemid=127 > (now called the Division of Atmospheric Sciences) which is the research > branch of the University of Nevada system. I worked under > Dr. James Telford who was an expert in cloud microphysics (over 100 > peer-reviewed publications). Clouds are NOT uniform stable > structures; in fact, they are quite turbulent, with regions (turrets) > of rising air columns (due to the fact that moist air is LESS > dense than dry air) surrounded by descending (drier) air columns. > If the diameter of the ring was much smaller than the dimension of > the immediate cloud structure, I'd say you might be right and the > ring was simply the boundary of one of the inherent structures of > the cloud; but from what I saw in the video, the dimensions of the > ring were quite substantial compared to the cloud, and therefore I > think it unlikely to be so SHARPLY defined and consistent over > the time of the video... i.e., the turbulence would have blurred the > boundaries, if not disrupted them completely. > > -Mark
Your description is highly detailed as to why my conjecture was probably incorrect. I must confess that I'm not a meteorologist. Ok, so, what do you think the UFO "ring" was? BTW, here is another interview where they tracked down the individual who recorded the phenomenon. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/ireports/2009/06/18/dcl.irpt.knowles.ufo.cnn?iref=videosearch What is revealing was the video recorders' comment that the "smoke ring" was observed to have originated above the volcano ride. "Smoke rings" originating from the volcano ride are a very common observance at the amusement park. The "rings" tend to dissipate more quickly, except when there is no wind. When there is no wind they tend to hang around a tad longer allowing them to be videotaped and subsequently transformed into religious signs. Of course "Vince" Dinglelint, reporter at large, and from some undetermined future reference point, gave his explanation: "Regarding the recent "smoke ring" phenomenon... Someone forgot to kick in their inertial dampers a few microseconds prior to folding space." But as always, "Vince" never leaves a return address. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
