Dancing sun seen at outdoor mass in Enoch

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Catholics who attended an outdoor mass at the Enoch reserve have reported seeing a "miracle of the sun."

Over a hundred people who attended the mass, claim the sun was dancing, spinning or pulsating in the sky, sometimes changing color and size.

A university meteorologist says the phenomena has a natural explanation. He suggests the Enoch mass saw "sun dogs" resulting from refraction of the sun's light by atmospheric conditions.

A spokesman for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton agrees.

Monsignous Bert O'Brien says, "I've seen them and the first time you see it, you think it is a miracle."

But "miracles are very rare," he says. "Hardly ever. The church is very conservative about such matters," he adds.