In the video below, an alleged UFO is depicted, having been filmed recently over King’s Dominion, a theme park in Virginia. Spokespeople with the theme park told Denna Smith, who made the film, that the odd ring-like object is smoke from a volcano-themed ride they feature… could this indeed be the cause of the odd phenomenon?

Though I state that the clip above was filmed recently, this video has in fact been circulating for a while already, with initial reports appearing by early-to-mid June. However, it is still of interest at present, especially after having provided time for two other incidents to come to light from decades past, which also resulted in photographs of a ring-like object appearing in the sky. The first of the two other known incidents occurred in Florida in 1999, the other near Fort Belvoir–incidentally, also in Virginia–in the 1950s (see photo below). The latter of these was described in official reports as “A black ring that became obscured by an opaque white cloud, reportedly witnessed by about 15 persons and photographed by the principle witness is identified as the by-product of an ‘atom bomb simulation’ on the army base.” One must admit that the visual similarities between these objects, filmed several decades apart, are striking.

UFO investigator Cameron Pack made a variety of observations about the video above, as featured in a CNN report from earlier this month, though speculation regarding similarities between the object in Denna Smith’s footage from Virginia and the aforementioned cases exist elsewhere already. Interestingly, one such source includes an assertion by journalist Roger Marsh, where he notes that Kings Dominion is located in Doswell, VA, about 20 miles north of Richmond.

Doswell? First Roswell, and now Doswell? I am never amazed at the synchronicities…

Regardless, it is strange that phenomenon so similar has been documented visually in the same general locale half a century ago… in fact, it is down right startling. Does this indicate some kind of strange natural phenomenon, or could it be that there is indeed some anomalous UFO-related element which remains as-of-yet unexplained? For more on the incident at Fort Belvoire in the 1950s, visit this site.