Just a few days ago, Beijing's sky was covered by a mushroom-like cloud

Jun 18, 2012 09:18 GMT  ·  By

YouTube has recently made available footage of a seemingly unnatural cloud that was spotted over Beijing a few days ago.

What presently alarms most people is the fact the cloud resembles a bit too much the “mushroom” resulting from the explosion of an atomic bomb.

Interestingly enough, local residents were asked by authorities not to leave their homes on Monday. This led to various conspiracy theories being formulated.

One of them is that an accident took place either at a nearby chemical plant, or at a steel refinery, and the government is trying to cover it up.

For the time being, all we can do is look at the video and make wild guesses.