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Re:'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker by danbruc on Friday March 05, 2021 @10:50AM (#26358167)
No, it is not a Fata Morgana [1] but a superior mirage [2] as the article says. A Fata Morgana is a subclass of superior mirage that has multiple distorted images. Just learned this because of another comment. Whether calling it a Fata Morgana would be appropriate because it is the common laymen term for mirages in English I can not tell as non-native speaker.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_(mirage)

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage

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Re:'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker by pavon on Friday March 05, 2021 @03:23PM (#26361567)
Actually, in this case, I don't think it is any type of mirage. Rather it is a false horizon [1] caused by reflection of fog.

[1] https://www.metabunk.org/threads/debunked-fata-morgana-or-mi...

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Re:'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker by rapnie on Friday March 05, 2021 @01:09PM (#26359914)
Another form of mirage are the Marfa Lights on Route 67, where (of course) UFO's were quickly in the picture. Most probably headlights, campfires.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marfa_lights

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Re:'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker by quickthrowman on Friday March 05, 2021 @01:17PM (#26359996)
I’ve seen one similar to the Marfa Lights, Paulding Light in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Paulding Light is caused by car headlights.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulding_Light

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Re:'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker by wnoise on Friday March 05, 2021 @01:07PM (#26359894)
The requirement for multiple distorted images is ... in dispute.
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