The seemingly staggering clip, shot at the world-famous theme park in California, shows what appears to be a large black ring form in the sky above the Magic Castle. The baffling footage appears to show an UFO hovering in the sky while thousands of adrenaline junkies enjoy rides at the original Disney resort. Kyle Hawkins, who took the video, described his confusion at the mysterious floating object. He said: "I was walking up main street at Disneyland following the parade and everyone around me started looking up and pointing at this daunting black ring floating methodically above us.

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"It was a windy night, so it couldn't have been a smoke ring. Everyone watched it in fear and confusion." He said he "half expected an alien portal to open up through the ring." Mr Hawkins added: "We were gazing up in disbelief - the strangest thing I've ever seen. I yanked my phone out to record as soon as I saw this thing, then immediately uploaded to YouTube." But UFO investigators have now provided a more earthly explanation for the "sinister ring" They said the black ring was actually nothing more than a smoke ring caused by a huge fire work at the theme park's evening “World of Color" event to celebrate "The Wonderful World of Walt Disney.” A similar video caused earlier UFO claims last year which were dismissed, according to UFO hoax buster Scott Brando of ufoofinterest.org. He tweeted a gift showing how the smoke ring formed during the occasion last year.

YouTube A similar black ring filmed in Argentina in May.

We were gazing up in disbelief - the strangest thing I've ever seen. I yanked my phone out to record as soon as I saw this thing, then immediately uploaded to YouTube. Kyle Hawkins

Evidence of the truth behind the formation did not stop other online bloggers getting carried away. UFO blogger Scott C Waring had also uploaded the new footage to his website, with this analysis. He said: "Ring UFOs are super rare, but they have been seen. "This UFO is over Disneyland and causes the family to worry about an alien invasion. "However since this is over a theme park, its possible that one of the rides may have caused it." But he also cited the example of ringed UFOs being seen by the US Army in 1957 during the bizarre Fort Belvoir case. But there have been other more recent cases.

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