{"id":4417,"date":"2026-02-27T07:14:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ufosecret.net\/?p=4417"},"modified":"2026-02-27T07:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:14:52","slug":"strange-hand-shaped-clouds-over-mexico-ignite-a-social-media-storm-some-say-divine-sign-others-whisper-ufo-cloaking-gone-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ufosecret.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/strange-hand-shaped-clouds-over-mexico-ignite-a-social-media-storm-some-say-divine-sign-others-whisper-ufo-cloaking-gone-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange hand-shaped clouds over Mexico ignite a social media storm\u2014some say divine sign, others whisper: UFO cloaking gone wrong."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Odd-shaped clouds have sparked a social media storm in Mexico where weird formations in the have left people confused.<\/p>\n<p>A cloud, shaped like the arm and hand of a giant, was spotted in the town of Uruapan in the western Mexican state of Michoacan \u2013 and had residents debating whether it was a sign from above.<\/p>\n<p>A video of the bizarre sight was uploaded to social media and saw many people line up to comment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/29\/12\/3C9E30E000000578-0-image-a-36_1485694359519.jpg\" alt=\"A cloud, shaped like the arm and hand of a giant, was spotted in the town of Uruapan in the western Mexican state of Michoacan - and had residents debating whether it was a sign from above\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/29\/12\/3C9E30E000000578-0-image-a-36_1485694359519.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A cloud, shaped like the arm and hand of a giant, was spotted in the town of Uruapan in the western Mexican state of Michoacan \u2013 and had residents debating whether it was a sign from above<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/29\/12\/3C9E30DC00000578-0-image-a-38_1485694363170.jpg\" alt=\"A video of the bizarre sight was uploaded to social media and saw many people line up to comment\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/29\/12\/3C9E30DC00000578-0-image-a-38_1485694363170.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1387821\" data-src-id=\"${PUBLISHER_ID}\" data-uid=\"09de0\">\n<div id=\"mgw1387821_09de0\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox\">\n<div id=\"e0680bd9-13ab-11f1-9e09-c4cbe1e8d87e\" class=\"mgline teaser-26078143 type-w\" data-i=\"JV_hjAbeZmlyP_HvQELayUYTfWFsj6ysZuP_vN7lLnkLBT8CUmhfCWbseKLz9Hy8tSsSOIsLe3NuADnGL6NH2Efxr3H4EByQVzcgqbvD71OtwvvmdGKArCxJ0w_hpbSW\" data-observing-start=\"1772176454258\" data-observing-time=\"1059\" data-showed=\"1\">\n<div class=\"image-with-text\">\n<div class=\"text-elements\">\n<div class=\"text_on_hover\">\n<div class=\"mglbtn\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A video of the bizarre sight was uploaded to social media and saw many people line up to comment<\/p>\n<p>You can see the grey cloud in the odd shape with an orange light near the middle.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have since chimed in to say they believe the phenomenon is a \u2018vapour mark\u2019 which is around a kilometre in length.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1655783\" data-uid=\"148ad\">\n<div id=\"mgw1655783_148ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"molvideoplayer\" title=\"MailOnline Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/1402051.html\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They added the clouds could be the start of a number of cloud formations.<\/p>\n<p>One said: \u2018The name for this rare type of cloud is lenticular cloud, this is a stationary lens-shaped cloud that forms in the troposphere, normally in perpendicular alignment to the wind direction.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/29\/12\/3C9E310900000578-0-image-a-40_1485694371714.jpg\" alt=\"Online viewer 'Nosoypersona' said: 'Poor Mexico! It looks like it is being invaded by aliens'\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/01\/29\/12\/3C9E310900000578-0-image-a-40_1485694371714.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1387821\" data-src-id=\"${PUBLISHER_ID}\" data-uid=\"05159\">\n<div id=\"mgw1387821_05159\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox\">\n<div id=\"ecd4d479-13ab-11f1-a9ac-d404e6c03750\" class=\"mgline teaser-24516909 type-w\" data-i=\"XKfR5h2nAAFidMfZuRWTqaMI0tzf_uU9rjh-XAPAI3eAaM8zsZSa5cywPCt3ihCHtSsSOIsLe3NuADnGL6NH2Efxr3H4EByQVzcgqbvD71O3xBgA_PfoXTFxZZzR8nvC\" data-observing-start=\"1772176456933\" data-observing-time=\"1106\" data-showed=\"1\">\n<div class=\"image-with-text\">\n<div class=\"text-elements\">\n<div class=\"text_on_hover\">\n<div class=\"mglbtn\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Online viewer \u2018Nosoypersona\u2019 said: \u2018Poor Mexico! It looks like it is being invaded by aliens\u2019<\/p>\n<p>But other netizens had other views on what it could be.<\/p>\n<p>Online viewer \u2018Nosoypersona\u2019 said: \u2018Poor Mexico! It looks like it is being invaded by aliens.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1387821\" data-src-id=\"${PUBLISHER_ID}\" data-uid=\"092ea\">\n<div id=\"mgw1387821_092ea\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox\">\n<div id=\"ed16d8b9-13ab-11f1-a9ac-d404e6c03750\" class=\"mgline teaser-24516909 type-w\" data-i=\"13DQHifP2SsZIqjv2VwbnqMI0tzf_uU9rjh-XAPAI3eAaM8zsZSa5cywPCt3ihCHtSsSOIsLe3NuADnGL6NH2Efxr3H4EByQVzcgqbvD71MBSbW0eRrDR00C55SCnWAd\" data-observing-start=\"1772176457384\" data-observing-time=\"1107\" data-showed=\"1\">\n<div class=\"image-with-text\">\n<div class=\"text-elements\">\n<div class=\"text_on_hover\">\n<div class=\"mglbtn\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another, named \u2018Lucadifassio\u2019 agreed: \u2018You can see clearly a UFO. It is like Independence Day 3. The Mexican version.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Odd-shaped clouds have sparked a social media storm in Mexico where weird formations in the have left people confused. A cloud, shaped like the arm and hand of a giant, was spotted in the town of Uruapan in the western Mexican state of Michoacan \u2013 and had residents debating whether it was a sign from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1141,1140],"class_list":["post-4417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-others-whisper-ufo-cloaking-gone-wrong","tag-strange-hand-shaped-clouds-over-mexico-ignite-a-social-media-storm-some-say-divine-sign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ufosecret.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ufosecret.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ufosecret.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ufosecret.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ufosecret.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ufosecret.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4419,"href":"https:\/\/ufosecret.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417\/revisions\/4419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ufosecret.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ufosecret.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ufosecret.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ufosecret.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}