A bizarre 'mothership' cloud appeared over a city in New Mexico that eerily resembled the massive alien ship in the 1996 film Independence Day. According to the AccuWeather weather glossary, a shelf cloud is 'a low, horizontal wedge-shaped cloud, associated with a thunderstorm gust front.' Shelf cloud formations are often mistaken for tornadoes or funnel clouds. The cloud resembled the massive alien ship in the 1996 film Independence Day (pictured)Shelf clouds are low hanging, which makes them appear even larger to the eye. Last June, an entire town in Wisconsin was engulfed by a shelf cloud.

Source: Daily Mail June 30, 2020 18:16 UTC