Volcanos and UFOs

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Quick guide — UFOs and volcanoes

Short answer: people do report a lot of “UFOs” near active volcanoes (Popocatépetl in Mexico is a famous example), but the bulk of those reports have plausible natural or manmade explanations — volcanic lightning and plume effects, camera artifacts, aircraft/drones, reflections, or misidentified lights — and only a very small fraction remain genuinely unexplained after investigation.

Why volcanoes attract UFO reports

A few reasons combine to make volcanoes a hot-spot for strange-looking lights:

• Many cameras and watchers. Active volcanoes (especially Popocatépetl) are monitored by webcams and attract local observers — more eyes + more cams → more chances to spot/transmit odd footage.

• Striking natural light phenomena. Volcanic plumes produce lightning and glowing discharges inside ash clouds; these can look like bright moving or flashing objects on video. Also, hot gas, incandescent ejecta and glowing fumaroles produce persistent lights. Scientists have studied volcanic lightning and charging in plumes for years.

• Seismic/tectonic electrical effects. Related phenomena such as “earthquake/tectonic lights” (brief luminous displays associated with rock fracturing and stress changes) are sometimes invoked for pre-eruption or quake-period lights. The physics are not fully nailed down, but these effects are plausible near volcanically active faults.

• Human activity & artifacts. Drones, aircraft navigation lights, flares, reflective glare on camera lenses, sensor noise, and deliberate hoaxes also account for many clips. Media amplification then spreads the story.

Famous / oft-cited cases

• Popocatépetl (Mexico) — dozens of videos (2012–present) show glowing orbs or lights apparently approaching or vanishing into the crater; these clips are widely circulated and debated. Some commentators call them “UFOs” or “wormholes”; mainstream reporting tends to present the footage without endorsing an extraterrestrial explanation.

(There are many other anecdotal reports around other volcanoes, but Popocatépetl is the most prominent because of its webcams, frequent activity, and interest from UFO investigators and media.)

What experts say

Volcanologists and atmospheric scientists point out that volcanic lightning, incandescent ejecta, and plume-charging are well-documented, physically plausible sources of striking luminous displays during eruptions. Camera artefacts and human activity explain many stationary or oddly behaving lights on video. That doesn’t mean every clip has been definitively debunked, but the default scientific approach is to test natural and mundane hypotheses first.

How to evaluate a volcano-UFO clip (quick checklist)

1. Is there a reliable timestamp and source (official webcam vs anonymous upload)?

2. Is the object correlated with plume/eruption activity, or does it appear in calm conditions?

3. Any signs of lens flare, reflection, sensor bloom, or compression artifacts?

4. Could it be a drone/aircraft or a distant light caught by zoom?

5. Are there other independent witnesses or radar records?

Applying these usually resolves most cases; only rarely does something remain truly unexplained after that.

Bottom line

Volcanoes produce spectacular and sometimes confusing light phenomena. Put simply: most “UFOs” near volcanoes are misidentified or explainable natural/manmade phenomena (volcanic lightning, glowing ejecta, camera issues, drones, etc.). A handful of clips resist easy explanation, which keeps interest and speculation alive — but interest ≠ proof of extraterrestrial craft.