‘We have no explanation’: National Weather Service admits it is baffled by two mysterious white spheres floating in the sky over Kansas City
- Unusual white spheres were spotted above Kansas City on Thursday evening
- The team of meteorologists took to Twitter to draw attention to the spheres, posting a photo online and adding they had ‘no explanation’ for the small orbs
- Social media users were quick to draw their own conclusions, however, ranging from stray weather balloons, to space balloon, to an inevitable alien invasion
- Others were quick to have more fun too with Roberto Sada posting that he would be hiding in his bathroom watching Netflix until the alien invasion was over
The Kansas City weather service has been left stumped after two mysterious white spheres appeared in the sky without explanation.
The team of meteorologists took to Twitter Thursday to draw attention to the spheres, posting a photograph online and adding they had ‘no explanation’ for the small orbs.
‘We honestly have no explanation for the floating objects over Kansas City,’ the National Weather Service said, where reports of UFOs were quickly going viral.
The team of meteorologists took to Twitter to draw attention to the spheres, posting a photograph online and adding they had ‘no explanation’ for the small orbs. ‘We honestly have no explanation for the floating objects over Kansas City,’ the National Weather Service said, where reports of UFOs were quickly going viral
Social media users were quick to draw their own conclusions, however, ranging from stray weather balloons, to space balloon, to an inevitable alien invasion.
While several observers suggested the objects were balloons from Project Loon, a project where high-altitude balloons are part of a plan to provide internet access to rural and remote areas.
But others were quick to have more fun with it, with Roberto Sada posting that he would be hiding in his bathroom watching Netflix until the alien invasion was over.
Scott Jenkins joked: ‘We need to make Mars pay for a wall.’
The mysterious white orbs in the sky above Kansas City are circled in red
Social media users were quick to have more fun with it, with Roberto Sada posting that he would be hiding in his bathroom watching Netflix until the alien invasion was over
Another suggested that Dorothy, from the Wizard of Oz, was finally coming home.
Josh Billinson said: ‘The aliens are gonna make first contact and we’re going to immediately have to explain to them why Kansas City is in Missouri and not Kansas.’
Jon Stables offered a more serious suggestion, claiming that he had seen the spheres with his binoculars and confirmed they were shinny translucent balloons.
Scott Jenkins joked: ‘We need to make Mars pay for a wall’
Stables’ theory ties in with local reports that the orbs were in fact DARPA balloons,
The balloons are part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency project testing ‘light-than-air’ vehicles capable of flying at altitudes.
The US Department of Defense appeared to confirm this was the case to the website Gizmondo, writing: ‘On June 18, DARPA launched three balloons from Cumberland, Maryland, in a flight test for the Adaptable Lighter Than Air program,’
Adding: ‘ALTA will demonstrate capability for wind-borne navigation of a lighter-than-air vehicle over extended ranges.’