A mysterious black ring appeared over Disneyland , spooking drivers passing by the southern California amusement park Thursday morning.

Photos show the alien-looking black band ominously hovering above the park around 6:30 a.m.

A mysterious black ring appeared over Disneyland, spooking drivers passing by the southern California amusement park Thursday morning. Lori Nayahalski/KTLA5

“It wasn’t dissipating, nor was it a flock of birds,” Lori Nayahalski, who snapped a picture of the ring, told KTLA . “Real-life Matrix or just an orchestrated spoof … I don’t know, but it was something.”

Disneyland officials later confirmed what many park regulars likely guessed: that the black ring is smoke pyrotechnics equipment used during the park’s famous nightly fireworks show.

“It wasn’t dissi

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