Drivers on Interstate 5 encountered a peculiar sight over Disneyland Resort early Thursday morning.
Lori Nayahalski sent NewsNation local affiliate KTLA photographs and cell phone video of a black ring rising over the Anaheim theme park at about 6:30 a.m.
“It wasn’t dissipating, nor was it a flock of birds,” Lori told KTLA. “Real-life Matrix or just an orchestrated spoof … I don’t know, but it was something.”
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That “something,” however, has a simple explanation.
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Disney confirmed what many frequent parkgoers already know: the black ring is smoke from pyrotechnics used during Disneyland’s nighttime spectaculars – and it was the result of testing that took place before the park opened…