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            <time pubdate datetime="2017-08-30T11:20:22Z">Published <span>30th August 2017</span></time>
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    <p><a href="/news/world-news/640618/hurricane-harvey-houston-texas-us-state-flood-radar-path">Thousands fled their homes</a> in the southern US state and at least 15 people have been killed after a year&rsquo;s worth of rain fell since the storm touched down on Friday (August 25).</p><p>TV screens have been filled with images of the deadly category four tropical storm and its devastating consequences.</p><p>But some people spotted something strange about one particular clip of the weather phenomenon.</p><p>Conspiracy theorist Tyler Glockner reposted the video which appears to show a strange object to &ldquo;be "sent up into the atmosphere" right next to the eye of the storm.</p><p>&ldquo;Look at this massive cloud which appears out of nowhere,&rdquo; he says.</p></section>
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        <span class="caption new">MYSTERY: A strange object appeared next to Hurricane Harvey over Texas</span>
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    <p>&ldquo;It then takes the shape of a horse shoe. Right after we see a point of light which appears directly in the centre of this horse-shaped cloud.</p><p>&ldquo;I do have to say it does look very anomalous &ndash; I&rsquo;ve never seen something quite like this before.</p><p>&ldquo;As we play it frame by frame it does, at the very least, look like something strange happened here.&rdquo;</p><p>The object then disappears but soon after &ldquo;what appears to be hundreds, if not thousands of lone clouds&rdquo; appear in a cluster in its wake.</p></section>
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    <p>More than 310,000 people have seen the video since it was posted to YouTube on Monday (August 27).</p><p>&ldquo;That looks like a flying saucer to me,&rdquo; one viewer suggested.</p><p>Another added: &ldquo;You're on to something here... those clouds just come out of nowhere simultaneously.&rdquo;</p><p>But a third, noting that the footage appears sped up, said: &ldquo;Did no one notice this happened over hours not seconds?&rdquo;</p></section>
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                                               App.InskinControl.StartTheClock();
                                               App.InskinControl.shouldDelayScroll = true;
                                               App.InskinControl.RefreshTheClock();
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                                    }
                                  });
                                }
                            }, false);
                            var megaevent = document.createEvent('Event');
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                            $('body').css({backgroundColor: '#f4f4f4'});
                            $('#maincontainer').css({paddingTop: '3px'});
                            $('#maincontainer header').css({borderTop: 'none'});
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                            $('.trendingTopics li:first-child').css({marginLeft: '10px'});
                            $('div#maincontainer.container').css({paddingTop:0});
                            $('#' + divId).css({padding: '10px 5px'});
                            $('nav.row.sections.main-navi').css({overflowX: 'hidden'});
                            App.InskinControl.Resize();
                            App.InskinControl.hasTemplateAndSuperbanner++;
                            console.log('superbanner');
                            App.InskinControl.addShadow();
                            if (!App.InskinControl.hasInskinJoinedUs) {
                                App.InskinControl.DoTheSticky();
                            }
                            App.InskinControl.hasInskinJoinedUs = true;
                            console.log(App.InskinControl.hasTemplateAndSuperbanner);
                        break;
                    }
                }
            },
            DoTheSticky : function(){
                
               if (App.InskinControl.shouldDelayScroll == true ) {
                   var tmpfunc = setInterval(function(){
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                       if (App.InskinControl.hasTemplateAndSuperbanner > 1) {
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                       if ($(window).scrollTop() > App.InskinControl.inskinTop) {
                          
                          if (!App.InskinControl.userHasScrolled) {
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                          bannerContainerWidth = $('.page-content').width() + 40;
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                       $('#superbanner').css({position: 'relative',zIndex:6000 }); // height:0, margin:0,
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            },
            SplitTheBackground : function(){
            },
            addShadow : function(){
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            removeShadow : function(){
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            SetTheBackground : function(){
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                }
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                    App.InskinControl.deltaDiff = deltaTime - App.InskinControl.deltaTime;
                    App.InskinControl.deltaTime = deltaTime;
                	this.timeSinceWindowLoad += App.InskinControl.deltaDiff;
                	this.actualTimeSinceWindowLoad += App.InskinControl.deltaDiff;
                }
                if (this.timeSinceWindowLoad > App.InskinControl.inskin_delay && App.InskinControl.hasInskinJoinedUs == true) {
                    App.InskinControl.PutAdvertBack();
                }
            },
            PutAdvertBack : function (){
                window.clearInterval(App.InskinControl.CssFunction);
                window.clearTimeout(App.InskinControl.backgroundJob);
                if (App.InskinControl.hasTemplateAndSuperbanner > 1) {
                    window.clearInterval(App.InskinControl.SecondayCssFunction);
                }
                App.InskinControl.shouldDelayScroll = false;
                window.clearInterval(App.InskinControl.advertDelayCounter);
                switch (App.InskinControl.advertType) {
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                        var thediv = App.InskinControl.divId;
                        maxanimation = -1 * $('#' + thediv).height();
                        if (($(window).scrollTop() - $('#superbanner').offset().top) < $('#' + thediv).height()) maxanimation = -1 * ($(window).scrollTop() - $('#superbanner').offset().top);
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                    break;
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                App.InskinControl.SecondaryDivId = null;
            }
        }
    };

    $.extend(App, InskinControls);
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