Strange lights in the sky captured on video in Las Vegas, Nevada, Dec. 23 are likely not a UFO, but a weather phenomenon, according to the National Weather Service.
Employees of the Saphire Gentlemen's Club on Sammy Davis, Jr. Drive took video of the phenomenon, consisting of stationary white and red lights that appeared to hang in the air and not move, leading to some believing it was an extraterrestrial aircraft hovering over the club, The Hill reported Wednesday.
"Honestly, this is really strange," a voice can be heard remarking of the lights in the video, published by The Hill. "I mean, we're here every night. I've never seen anything like this."
According to the report witnesses said the lights stayed in place for more than an hour.
Officials at the National Weather Service, however, told Las Vegas television station KLAS channel 8 that the lights were coming from the city's own lights, reflecting off thin ice crystals in the atmosphere called "light pillars" due to the colder than usual temperatures there.
The agency defines the phenomenon, which is common globally, but rare for the Las Vegas valley, as "long pillars of multicolored light."
Some observers told the station that the lights could easily have been lights from the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.
The phenomenon could have possibly resulted due to the recent blast of cold air that chilled much of the nation and brought deadly blizzards to some sections of the country last week.
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