A mysterious giant spiral of light that dominated the sky over Norway on Wednesday has stunned experts — raising the possibility of an entirely new astral phenomenon.
Thousands of awe-struck Norwegians bombarded the Meteorological Institute to ask what the incredible light — which could be seen in the pre-dawn sky for hundreds of miles — could possibly be.
Theories have ranged from a misfired Russian missile, meteor fireball, never-before-seen type of northern light, black hole and even alien activity.
Witnesses across Norway all described seeing a spinning "Catherine wheel-style" spiral of white light, centered around a bright moon-like star. A blue "streaming tail" appeared to anchor the spiral to earth, before the light "exploded" into a rotating ring of white fire.
Sightings of the spiral spectacle, which lasted for two minutes, were reported as far north as Finnmark to Trondelag in the south.
Chief Scientist Erik Tandberg, at the Norwegian Space Centre, said that he too was "totally amazed" by the spiral.
He agreed with many other experts that the spiral pattern could have been caused by a missile from Russia — something the Russian military have strongly denied.
Another one was uploaded today from Norway, the spirals are this time white.
Wow.. Cool stuff! and yeah... if alot of scientists and chief scientists saw it along with citizens of norway, I don't know how it could have been hoaxed.
A malfunctioning missile would have been seeable as it came back down, and no missile spins like that as it exists the atmosphere (it's a waste a of fuel).
I'd presume it was a hoax, possibly fireworks of some sort.
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A malfunctioning missile would have been seeable as it came back down, and no missile spins like that as it exists the atmosphere (it's a waste a of fuel).
I'd presume it was a hoax, possibly fireworks of some sort.
Acctually that's where your wrong, please try to find some blue fireworks that spins arround for a good 10-12 minutes then just disapears like that? Good luck.
Acctually that's where your wrong, please try to find some blue fireworks that spins arround for a good 10-12 minutes then just disapears like that? Good luck.
Well then professer, whats your diagnosis?
It's perfectly reasonable to think something which has never been seen in hundreds of years of astronomical observation is probably false.
Especially since no-one has offered a plausible explanation.
Acctually that's where your wrong, please try to find some blue fireworks that spins arround for a good 10-12 minutes then just disapears like that? Good luck.
Please try to find a rocket that does that. Even a malfunctioning rocket wouldn't do that.
It could have easily been some college kids who spent the past year inbetween physics and chemistry class to develop a firework that goes into the ionosphere and explodes, which (combined with the spherical shape of the earth) causes a seeming spiral effect as the lights expand around the mesosphere.
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If it was something scientist/government didn't know about, they'd try to find out what it really was by using a expensive hi-tech telescope or send a satellite out into space to take pictures of it up close.
The Russian minister of defense admitted it as being a malfunctioning rocket.
I know that's a Norwegian source, but it's probably mentioned in English papers too if you look around.
Strange spiral in Norway skys?
Strange spiral in Norway skys?
Would've been cool if it was like a really fast active galaxy. :P Or something more interesting.
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