The cloud appeared over West Yorkshire and prompted claims from prominent UFO researcher Scott Waring extraterrestrial phenomena were afoot.
Mr Waring, who runs the blog UFO Sightings Daily, is a popular purveyor of UFO conspiracies and claims.
He said: “The white disk was seen passing over Yorkshire, England this week.
“The eyewitness jokingly states, ‘alien mothership from fifth dimension disguised as harmless cloud’. But the truth is not far from it.
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