A strange cloud in west yorkshire

a friend of mine captured it in Leeds.it looks to me like something H.A.A.R.P would shape.i haven't seen a cloud like that before anyway what do you think of it?

almost looks like a nuke went off in the distance......... almost.. very cool pic
just to add, I live at the tip of Lake Superior, and see clouds like this over the lake a lot.

I'm hardly a "cloud expert" so hopefully someone else can chime in here but my guess would be a Cumulonimbus cloud going from how they typically look.

Like I said though, I'm hardly an expert on such things so hopefully someone else can come in and either debunk or confirm..

Edit: 'AgentSmith' below posted a Lenticular cloud which looks quite plausible too.

looks like the start of an anvil cloud or something. Nice catch, it does look like a nuke has gone off

Certainly nothing abnormal about the cloud, but it looks cool

Originally posted by SupersonicSerpent
it looks to me like something H.A.A.R.P would shape.

Really? H.A.A.R.P. shapes clouds now? Oh wait, it always has to people that haven't got a clue...

Originally posted by SupersonicSerpent
i haven't seen a cloud like that before anyway what do you think of it?

You haven't seen it before, so it must be H.A.A.R.P. 'cos that's cool to say it is innit and meenz i iz wit what iz goin on and stuff yeah bro. I iz not lettin' da man get me down ya, you catchin' wat i'm sayin yeah?

No it isn't H.A.A.R.P. and it can't be something H.A.A.R.P. would shape, seeing as it doesn't shape anything or change the weather....

It's something like this, I expect one of the actual meteorological guru's on here will be able to tell you exactly what it is...

en.wikipedia.org...

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lol well according to the last documentary about H.A.A.R.P i watched it said it could possibly move clouds about.and concentrate them all on one city or town and make it flood.

regardless no need to bite my head off lol

Actually it looks like the cat in the hat looking to the left from our point of view and he has a very large hat on.
The cat is looking to the right

Check out 'anvil cloud' on google image and you will see similar and even odder! I don't think it is anything to do with HAARP.

Click here for more information.

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Cool cloud picture , I too would say Cumulonimbus cloud but I'm no cloud expert

I just wonder why post it in the Aliens and UFO forum , it is definitely of this Earth and natural not a product of H.A.A.R.P

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Because it could be a giant UFO using a cloaking device disguising its self as a cloud lol only joking i could not find a category on clouds.

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It's a lenticular cloud...

secure.wikimedia.org...

Usually they form over mountains, it's why you don't normally see them in the UK.

I believe it's either a lenticular or cumulonimbus cloud, as others have mentioned. If you Google those terms, you can see lots of spectacular images.

The only reason I recognised it was that a few years ago one was posted on another forum, with speculation as to what it might be, and someone who was knowledgeable about it put us straight.

Don't let people's rudeness put you off asking questions though OP.

And here's a thread (with pics) about lenticular clouds in West Yorkshire
www.abovetopsecret.com...

Originally posted by SupersonicSerpent
a friend of mine captured it in Leeds.it looks to me like something H.A.A.R.P would shape.i haven't seen a cloud like that before anyway what do you think of it?

Interestingly - Just up the road from Leeds is Menwith Hill a top secret US military base who have a field of HAARP type anttena. But this looks like natural cloud formation to me

Originally posted by ANOK
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It's a lenticular cloud...

secure.wikimedia.org...

Usually they form over mountains, it's why you don't normally see them in the UK.

It is lenticular, they form in the bay here all the time, but not over the mountains but adjacent to them, in this case the Mournes.

Lenticular clouds, it's been all over the news:

www.bbc.co.uk...

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Definitely what this guy said.

I've seen these before a few times around the Midlands area and down further south, it's just a regular cloud formed naturally.

Originally posted by artistpoet
But this looks like natural cloud formation to me

Yes indeed - lenticular clouds (as stated in the preceding posts).