An eerie sighting over Washington DC has sparked wild claims that aliens are hiding in America's skies.

A recent image captured a giant, isolated cloud that looked like a UFO hovering above America's capital.

The cloud appeared to have a smooth, saucer-like shape as it hung motionless in the sky.

One witness shared on X Friday: 'Seen this cloud about an hour back. No movement, no shape change. After being stationary for about 20 mins, it just vanished.'

UFO researcher Scott C Waring claimed that the formations seen throughout the city were 'cloaked alien craft attempting to get closer to the human population by appearing as a simple cloud.'

'Where else would aliens want to listen telepathically to the minds of humans than the area where most US gov intelligence workers live,' added Waring.

'Washington DC is an intelligence playground for them.' 

While the formation has sparked claims of otherworldly visitors, it is a natural phenomena known as a lenticular cloud.

Lenticular clouds are smooth, lens-shaped formations that develop in waves of moist air, often near mountains. 

These form when moist, stable air flows over hills or mountains, creating waves in the atmosphere. 

As air rises toward each wave’s crest, it cools and water vapor condenses into smooth, lens-shaped clouds. These can appear stationary even as air flows through them. 

Other images taken on Friday also showed what looked like a massive UFO soaring above the city.

While featuring the same shape as the lenticular, those were determined to be pileus clouds. 

Pileus clouds form cap-like layers above rapidly growing clouds as rising air pushes moisture upward, causing it to cool and condense. Both can resemble flying saucers. 

They develop when a rapidly growing cumulus or thunderstorm cloud pushes a moist layer of air above it upward. 

That air cools and condenses into a thin, smooth cap, which the growing cloud beneath may eventually push through

Despite that meteorological explanation, Waring claimed the clouds seen over Washington DC were camouflaged alien craft.

'Such things often go unnoticed by most people, however the public is widely changing its opinion about these disk-shaped objects and leaning further towards the idea that they are cloaked alien craft,' he wrote on UFO Sightings Daily.

He also claimed the supposed ships used artificial intelligence to detect when someone was watching and conceal themselves.

'Have you ever looked up at a cloud and thought, "wow, that's strange," then it suddenly disappears in a few seconds right before your eyes?' he continued.

'It's the standard built-in reaction of the ship's AI, causing it to scan if it's been seen and instantly cloak if it has. 

'In this way...you have telepathically controlled the ship itself, forcing it to hide even more. Yes, you heard me right, you have controlled an alien ship!'

Waring has shared images of other clouds he believed were clocked UFOs.

In August, he reported on a sighting above a Canadian mountain town.

The image was reportedly captured over Canmore, Alberta on August 2 and shows a glowing, saucer-shaped formation suspended above the landscape.

It was shared on Facebook by Chary Woods, who posted the photo in a group dedicated to clouds.

Many people in the comments were quick to congratulate Woods on capturing an epic cloud hanging in the sky, but some noted that it looked more like a UFO.

At its center is a dark oval that UFO researcher Scott C Waring claims is a classic disk-shaped alien craft concealed within the cloud.

Waring said he increased the contrast on the photograph, allegedly making the object at the center of the formation easier to see.

He claimed the UFO had deliberately created the cloud to hide itself while flying closer to the ground.

The UFO researcher further alleged that alien craft use clouds as cover while secretly scanning the thoughts of people below.

The extraordinary image has divided viewers online, with some declaring it evidence of extraterrestrial visitors while others questioned whether it was created using artificial intelligence.

However, no evidence has emerged proving that the shape is a physical craft or that aliens were involved.

‘This is a UFO cloaked within a cloud that it created,’ Waring wrote on his UFO Sightings Daily website.

‘When you add contrast to the photo, the alien classic disk craft becomes visible at its center.’

Waring claimed extraterrestrials had successfully used the supposed camouflage technique for millions of years.

‘UFOs use clouds to fly closer to the ground in order to scan the thoughts of humans below,’ he added.

‘I think UFO researchers worldwide will agree with me on this.’

The photograph shows a glowing formation stretching horizontally across the sky above mountains, trees, homes and a road.