In case you wondered about the picture.
That is smog.
Some cities in china have an enormous smog problem.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/3op6xy/this_is_going_around_in_china_happened_today/cvzowtj

These are from the miniseries V, aired in the 80's originally, had a recent reboot as well, but in some ways I still prefer the original 80's version, even if it is a little campy at times.