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What caused a mystery hole in the clouds above California?

Photos that have emerged of a bizarre cloud formation over Northern California are causing social media users to wonder: Is the truth out there?

The strange snapshots have popped up all across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and show a bright, unusual hole in the otherwise undisturbed clouds over Stockton on Friday afternoon.

Now curious-minded folks in California and around the globe are speculating about what caused the phenomenon and some say its weird appearance belies an even weirder cause. 



#ufo? A strange cloud formation that hovered above Southern California on Friday afternoon had social media users wondering if the truth really is out there...above a Stockton high school

'So the @WhiteHouse  wants you to believe what happened over the skies of Stockton yesterday was a "cloud formation" ? GTFOH #iKnowWhatiSaw,' tweeted @CaPtDCharles.

Much of the speculation suggested that the bright cloud a UFO or somehow caused by extraterrestrial life.

However, there were plenty of other theories.

 
Mystery: A local news station tweeted this pic of a phenomenon they identified as a Fallstreak hole or hole punch cloud, but not everyone who saw it was convinced the explanation was so simple

 

Room for debate: The formation appeared to change colors at different angles and could be seen over a wide area of town, further fueling the social media speculation

'Stockton, interesting stuff happening there as always...weather manipulation much? hmm,' tweeted @AceThePhantom.

@NGC postulated something a bit more cinematic:

'Is that the wormhole from Donnie Darko?' he wondered.