Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

This video has not been independently verified. A stock image of a view over clouds seen from a plane window. A stock image of a view over clouds seen from a plane window. iStock / Getty Images ...

As the plane began to descend, Nielsen realized it was heading straight toward the same dark clouds she had been watching as the plane circled mid-air. When Nielsen looked outside her window ...

It wouldn't be the first time that something unexpected was spotted in the clouds from a plane window, however, as back in 2016, one passenger saw what they thought was a floating pole in the sky ...