Paranormal investigator explains Scots ‘floating ship’ and says it could be answer to Loch Ness monster sightings

Scots were left scratching their heads at the photo which appeared to show a massive tanker floating in mid-air off the north-east coast near Banff.

A paranormal investigator has explained a viral ‘floating ship’ pic taken in Scotland- and said it could hold the answer to sightings of the Loch Ness monster.

Scots were left scratching their heads at the photo which appeared to show a massive tanker floating in mid-air off the north-east coast near Banff.

Colin McCallum spotted the red “floating vessel” on the horizon as he travelled through the Aberdeenshire town on Friday, February 26.

Due to the similar colouring of the sea and sky, the large vessel appears to be sitting amongst the clouds.
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Jonathan Bright studies all things seemingly unexplainable from his home in Athens, Greece and said the phenomenon of Fata Morgana has been widely touted as the explanation.

He has visited Loch Ness before and snapped what he thought could be the legendary monster.

He said that the weird occurrence could be behind many legends in history from the Flying Dutchman to Nessie the Loch Ness Monster.

He said: “Many things from UFO sightings, to the Flying Dutchman could be explained by this.

“The phenomena has even been the explanation for some of the Nessie pictures- that the monster could be a sort of mirage that is caused by the reflections in the space of Loch Ness.

“As someone who studies mysterious phenomena we always try and eliminate any natural or normal explanation first.

“We are always trying to expand our knowledge and I wonder if this is the case here.”
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Fata Morgana, Italian for Morgan the Fairy, is caused due to the thermal inversion between two atmospheric layers which results in the projection of objects that lay in the horizon (islands, coastline, ships, icebergs, valleys, etc) as a composition of two or more images stacked on top of one another.

Jonathan explained this occurs due to the interaction between the warmer higher air with the more dense colder air near the surface of the sea or ground.

This creates an atmospheric duct that acts like a refracting lens. Passing through the duct, the rays of light are bent producing an inverted image on top of which the farthest projected straight image appears to float.
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Jonathan added: “Funnily not many people observe this even when it is right in front of them.

“I was once on a beach with many people and there seemed to be a ship floating right in front of us and nobody seemed to notice.

“I think there is something in our brains that sometimes doesn’t let us see things that don’t make sense to us.

“But with better camera equipment on our phones I think it will be something seen more and more.”