{"id":52714,"date":"2025-11-14T08:27:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/52714\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T08:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:27:33","slug":"mysterious-black-ring-spotted-over-disneyland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/52714\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious black ring spotted over Disneyland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Drivers on Interstate 5 encountered a peculiar sight over <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/theme-parks\/disneyland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Disneyland Resort;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Disneyland Resort<\/a> early Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lori Nayahalski sent KTLA photographs and cell phone video of a black ring rising over the Anaheim theme park at about 6:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt wasn\u2019t dissipating, nor was it a flock of birds,\u201d Lori told KTLA. \u201cReal-life Matrix or just an orchestrated spoof \u2026 I don\u2019t know, but it was something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/smoke-ring-1.png\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Disneyland Smoke Ring\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bcd8ce4ca8efe677639e2a78509aaea1.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A viewer sent KTLA photographs and cell phone video of the black ring rising over the Anaheim theme park at about 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 13, 2025. (Lori Nayahalski)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That \u201csomething,\u201d however, has a simple explanation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Disney confirmed what many frequent parkgoers already know: the black ring is smoke from pyrotechnics used during Disneyland\u2019s nighttime spectaculars \u2013 and it was the result of testing that took place before the park opened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Disneyland Resort has two nighttime spectaculars, <a href=\"https:\/\/disneyland.disney.go.com\/entertainment\/disney-california-adventure\/world-of-color-happiness\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:World of Color;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">World of Color<\/a> at Disney California Adventure and <a href=\"https:\/\/disneyland.disney.go.com\/entertainment\/disneyland\/fantasmic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fantasmic!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Fantasmic!<\/a> at Disneyland Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTLA.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTLA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers on Interstate 5 encountered a peculiar sight over Disneyland Resort early Thursday morning. 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