"I noticed a partial aura in the sky, a minute or so later there was a clap of thunder, then a short while later a ring like a doughnut appeared," a retired RAF officer told the MoD, adding that he thought it was an "air burst." in Sri Lanka in 2004 had captured a doughnut-shaped phenomenon on his camera and had sent to his former head at RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire. He described it as ‘a ring like a doughnut which is orange in colour with a white finger pushed through it, the head of the column glowed in luminous orange, behind the doughnut was a second cloud of colour.
source ; Reuters (By Michelle Martin )
