Comments on: Volcano Coaster Causes UFO Over Kings Dominion

By: Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:31:30 +0000

The same exact effect (smoke ring) occurred at Six Flags Great Adventure last night just over El Toro. Weather conditions were similar and the ring looked exactly the same as the smoke ring in the video from Kings Dominion. It too, lasted about 10 minutes, slowly drifting across the sky.
GA’s Bizarro ride, which is near El Toro, has two flame throwers that are very similar to the flames that shoot out of the top of Volcano. At least now, I know that I (and the others who also saw it) were not going crazy and it was not some strange aircraft from nearby MacGuire Air Force Base.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:24:19 +0000

COOL!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:20:46 +0000

haha man im just kidding haha

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:20:10 +0000

??? and i have no idea what you just said

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:19:27 +0000

retard

By: T.O.T.

T.O.T. — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:19:53 +0000

MATTHEW…YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. IT IS SILLY. I’M CERTAIN THE ET WAS ‘CLOAKING’ ITSELF BUT THE RING WAS VISIBLE DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER. ET’S AND THEIR CRAFT SOMETIMES ‘DROP BY’ OUT OF CURIOSITY AND SIMPLY WANTED TO SEE THE ‘DROP ZONE’ RIDE FOR BRIEF AMUSEMENT. ODD,,,ISN’T IT THAT BOTH RINGS ARE SO SIMILAR???

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:32:04 +0000

you know i think this park is making a big deal out of this. If it was a ufo than it was a ufo. People shouldnt go crazy over this. Personally this is silly

By: Kallekarl

Kallekarl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:18:04 +0000

This is possible because physically, air behaves basically like a liquid that can easily be compressed and that has an internal friction of practically zero. okay, its not a liquid, its a gas, i know, but its the same mathematics. the result is that vortexes or air turbulence can theoretically survive forever, and because energy is stored inside vortexes like this smoke ring, they are doomed to continued existence due to conservation of energy if left undisturbed. ive seen experiments were smoke rings were caused by hitting a drum-like device really hard with a hammer, the resulting smoke rings can move very large distances and still tip over paper bags or blow out candles or even hurt you. without friction, where is the energy in the vortex supposed to go? if it stays stable, it will just continue to move on. just like turbolences from distant thunderstorms (far above or far below) hitting airplanes and giving them a decent shaking while the air in the immediate surroundings appear totally calm. airplanes themselves create vortexes that will ultimately hit the ground, no matter at which altitude the airplane is flying.

its just physics, follows from the laws of nature, can be fully explained, understood and reproduced, and this knowledge is also heavily applied, nonlinear sound transmission through air would be an example.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:20:13 +0000

You’re right is very well defined alright. I’ve been at that park many times and I grew up going there. I never remember seeing the ring of smoke stay together THAT long, but I guess the conditions were just right. It’s really odd.

By: bigjohn756

bigjohn756 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:46:36 +0000

Cool! That is a very well defined ring and it lasted a long time. If you look at it closely, it almost seems to define a transparent disk. I guess the varying thickness of the ring gives a three dimensional effect.