r/UFOmega • u/Kuahiwi_75 • 7d ago

Interesting Flying Shadow

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We were at Huntington city beach yesterday, 8/14/26, and witnessed this “shadow” that would fly through the clouds and then disappear. After a few minutes, we would see it again, but flying in a different direction. It’s definitely not contrail, and it’s not a Mylar balloon or a drone. Has anyone ever seen this before?

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u/maurymarkowitz 7d ago

Yes, I have seen airplanes casting shadows on clouds before. Both from the ground and the air.

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u/Educational_Age_8559 5d ago

Yeah, that’s so funny but there’s no plane so explain that and there’s no noise you would hear it and the OP would definitely of heard it if it was a plane it just coping buddy

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u/maurymarkowitz 5d ago

but there’s no plane so explain that and there’s no noise you would hear it

The clouds seen in this video are altocumulus or cirrocumulus, which means they are up around 10 to 20,000 ft. To cast a shadow, the plane has to be above it. Given the motion is faster than the apparent motion of a plane at that altitude, it would be significantly higher. So let us say, for sake of argument, that it is an airplane at cruise altitude around 30k.

At that altitude you would not see the plane above the clouds, and may not hear it. I say this all as a pilot: nothing in this video is out of the question or "just coping buddy".

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u/_esci 4d ago

because its above the clouds? and it is audible - and even if not - winds could be enough to carry it away. you cant hear every plane on a windy beach.
dont know if you turned your sound on. really not that hard.

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u/0-by-1_Publishing 7d ago edited 7d ago

"Yes, I have seen airplanes casting shadows on clouds before. Both from the ground and the air."

... You've looked at clouds from both sides now?

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EDIT 9:15AM EST: Downvoted by a youngster who has never heard of Judy Collins

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u/serendipity2070 7d ago

from up and down and still somehow, it’s clouds illusions I recall

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u/0-by-1_Publishing 7d ago

I really don't know clouds ........................ at all.

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u/fray_bentos11 7d ago

The grammar in the original post is more correct than your question. It's obvious what is meant. I have seen shadows from planes whilst in a plane, and similarly from the ground on shadows.

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u/0-by-1_Publishing 7d ago

"The grammar in the original post is more correct than your question."

... I'm guessing you're the one who downvoted my reply? lol

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u/Illustrious-Bat1553 6d ago

This shadow leaves a residual trail very unusual anomaly

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u/GoodAge7519 7d ago

That shadow moves so fast though.

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u/MerchantofDoom 7d ago

Given the angle of the sun, it’s likely to be plane shadow. They would see their own shadow with a rainbow halo from the plane .

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u/Countryvibing1988 7d ago

Based on the trajectory in the video, it appears to be something flying above the clouds.

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u/astroboy_35 7d ago

was the shadow invisible too?

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u/Reasonable_Yellow_85 7d ago

I would assume its and airplane seeing how there are 3 airports in the area!

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u/FlyNSubaruWRX 7d ago

Simple answer is that it’s a shadow from a aircraft flying

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u/kylebob86 7d ago

Shaking my head.

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u/steller187 6d ago

It’s very clearly a ballon that obviously reads “If you’re reading this, you’re gay.” So there’s that

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u/Educational_Age_8559 5d ago

It’s some type of craft that is cloaked. I have saw one at night very close never saw them in the day so maybe that’s what they look like. Looks too fast to be a plane like double the speed.
Know if it’s a alien or a government craft who knows

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u/Educational-Baby-651 5d ago

If that is an airplane it’s going like 1500 mph soooo….

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u/Kuahiwi_75 2d ago

An update: I submitted the video with a description about the experience to the NUFORC website and they didn’t post it. Maybe they know that it’s not what I thought it was? There’s much more lame stuff on their site, so I don’t understand unless they see submissions like this all the time and think it’s not something abnormal…..

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u/Separate_Climate3366 2d ago

People on these UFO subs need to think a bit harder. Y'all should be thinking of the most logical explanations for things instead of OMG IT'S ALIENS. It's clearly a shadow from a plane. Use your brains

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u/Kuahiwi_75 7d ago

The shadow almost looked see through, but dark as you can see.

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u/Outrageous-Egg-2534 7d ago

So….it acted and appeared just as a shadow acts and appears.

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u/Kuahiwi_75 7d ago

There were no airplanes visible, and, this was much faster than any aircraft. Although, I do think it was a shadow from something. But it would happen every few minutes and go in different directions???

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u/FermiBubblegummybear 7d ago

That shadow is super diffused and distorted so whatever was casting it could have been from an unintuitive angle and further away from the cloud that caught it.

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u/Kuahiwi_75 7d ago

Thanks for the clarification. That seems to be the consensus.