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Anyone for some Arctic roll? Mystery as spiral blue light display hovers above Norway

By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 12:16 PM on 10th December 2009

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What's blue and white, squiggly and suddenly appears in the sky?

If you know the answer, pop it on a postcard and send it to the people of Norway, where this mysterious light display baffled residents yesterday.

Speculation was increasing today that the display was the result of an embarrassing failed test launch of a jinxed new Russian missile.

The Bulava missile was test-fired from the Dmitry Donskoi submarine in the White Sea early on Wednesday but failed at the third stage, say newspapers in Moscow today.
Strange spiral: Residents in northern Norway were left stunned after the lightshow, which almost looked computer-generated, appeared in the skies above them

Strange spiral: Residents in northern Norway were left stunned after the lightshow, which almost looked computer-generated, appeared in the skies above them

Curious: A blue-green beam of light was reported to have come shooting out the centre of the spiral

Curious: A blue-green beam of light was reported to have come shooting out the centre of the spiral

This emerged despite earlier reports denying a missile launch yesterday. Even early today there was no formal confirmation from the Russian Defence Ministry.

The light appears to be unconnected with the aurora borealis, or northern lights, the natural magnetic phenomena that can often be viewed in that part of the world.

The mystery began when a blue light seemed to soar up from behind a mountain in the north of the country. It stopped mid-air, then began to move in circles. Within seconds a giant spiral had covered the entire sky.


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Then a green-blue beam of light shot out from its centre - lasting for ten to 12 minutes before disappearing completely.

Onlookers describing it as 'like a big fireball that went around, with a great light around it' and 'a shooting star that spun around and around'.

Yesterday a Norwegian defence spokesman said the display was most likely from a failed Russian test launch.
Enlarge The bizarre spiral looks almost computer-generated in the dark skies over Norway yesterday

The bizarre spiral looks almost computer-generated in the dark skies over Norway yesterday
Confusion: The Norwegian Meteorological Institute was flooded with calls after the light storm

Confusion: The Norwegian Meteorological Institute was flooded with calls after the light storm

Tromsō Geophysical Observatory researcher Truls Lynne Hansen agreed, saying the missile had likely veered out of control and exploded, and the spiral was light reflecting on the leaking fuel.

But last night Russia denied it had been conducting missile tests in the area.

A Moscow news outlet quoted the Russian Navy as denying any rocket launches from the White Sea area.

Norway should be informed of such launches under international agreements, it was stressed.

However this morning media reports claimed a missile had indeed been launched from the White Sea. Test firings are usually made from the White Sea, close to the Norwegian Arctic region.

Kommersant newspaper reported today that a test-firing before dawn on Wednesday coincided with the light show in the northern sky.

It also emerged today that Russia last week formally notified Norway of a window when a missile test might be carried out.

What could it be? Astrologists say the spectacle did not appear to have been connected to the aurora, or Northern Lights

What could it be? Astronomers say the spectacle did not appear to be connected to the Northern Lights

This included a seven hour period early on Wednesday at the time when the lights were seen.

The submarine Dmitry Donskoy went to sea on Monday, ahead of the test, and some reports suggest the vessel is now back in port.

A Russian military source said today that 'the third stage of the rocket did not work'.

The Russian Defence Ministry, with characteristic secrecy, has so far been unavailable for comment.
A Bulava missile is fired from a submarine in this undated file photo. Russia has yet to confirm if a similar test launch was behind the mystery lights seen over Norway yesterday

A Bulava missile is fired from a submarine in this undated file photo. Russia has yet to confirm if a similar test launch was behind the mystery lights seen over Norway yesterday

The Bulava, despite being crucial to Russia's plans to revamp its weaponry, is becoming an embarrassment after nine failed launches in 13 tests, prompting calls for it to be scrapped.

In theory, it has a range of 5,000 miles and could carry up to ten nuclear weapons bound for separate targets.

A previous failure in July forced the resignation of Yury Solomonov, the director of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology which is responsible for developing the missile.

However, he is now working as chief designer on the jinxed project.

The Norwegian Meteorological Institute was flooded with telephone calls after the light storm yesterday morning.

Totto Eriksen, from Tromsø, told VG Nett: 'It spun and exploded in the sky,'

He spotted the lights as he walked his daughter Amalie to school.

He said: 'We saw it from the Inner Harbor in Tromsø. It was absolutely fantastic.

'It almost looked like a rocket that spun around and around and then went diagonally down the heavens.

'It looked like the moon was coming over the mountain, but then came something completely different.'

Celebrity astronomer Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard said he had never seen anything like the lights.

He said: 'My first thought was that it was a fireball meteor, but it has lasted far too long.

'It may have been a missile in Russia, but I can not guarantee that it is the answer.'

Air traffic control in Tromsō claimed the light show lasted 'far too long to be an astronomical phenomenon'.

See video showing part of the light here, and below

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Admitedly, it's the Daily Wail, but I've been hearing this all over the place.
Looks to me like someone is just playing around with some sort of fancy spotlight.

[Tyyr]

The only thing is that if this was a real ICBM test then Russia would have let everyone know about it. You don't just randomly pop off an ICBM without warning people. It makes the other people armed with gigatons of nukes aimed at your country nervous.

Also, missile launches are not visible with that kind of clarity for very far.

[Sionnach Glic]

Why the hell would a missile even make that sort of pattern? Hence why I'm calling shenanigans on this one. There's probably someone with a giant projector up in the hills laughing his arse off at getting everyone so worked up.

[Tyyr]

There's actually some pictures in existance of a US test, one of the early SLBM's going haywire right after launch. It spirals like crazy but it's not that precise and not that big. Additionally, by the time a missile reached that kind of height it'd be moving so fast that a major deviation in flight like that would rip it to chaff. Also, the motor wouldn't burn long enough to do that.

The missile thing is just stupid.

[Mikey]

When I read this my first thought was, "Haven't those stupid Vikings ever heard of the Aurora Borealis?" But those images are too regular and low for that. So yeah, I'd second SG's call of shenanigans... though it would be interesting to fins out if there was any supersonic military flights in the area, to see if there were any sprites or such.

[Tyyr]

I'm disinclined to go with military aircraft. That kind of display, especially what you see in the second pic, is reminiscent of the shock cone of a supersonic fighter in humid air, but it's far too large, and to get that image the jet would have either had to have passed over or near the camera man or be flying towards him and soon to go over him. Either way the guy with the camera would have heard the sonic boom of the aircraft passing.

I really dunno what it is. The real kicker for me is the shear size of the phenomena.

[Mikey]

No, I wasn't talking about a sighting effect of an aircraft itslef; rather, high-speed aircraft sometimes invite phenomena like sprites. However, as I said it's only a hunch - it appears way too low to cause such a thing anyway.

[Tyyr]

Ah, got ya.

[stitch626]

Saw this on the news last night... and hundreds of Youtube videos. Seems this is one UFO that actually has been seen by plenty of peoples.

[Mark]

The KGB......er.....Russian government said it was a failed missle launch. Therefore thats what it MUST be....right comrads?

[Mikey]

Yep. It was another test of the sub-launched Bulava ICBM, which failed in its third stage. I think we can take their word on it - they wouldn't announce a failure unless they had to.

[IanKennedy]

I can easily believe that the blue mark is gas from a missile lit by the sun or some such thing. But the spiral is wrong. There's no way that spiral is anything natural. It's far too regular. I think it's a fault or artifact on a camera or even someone 'simulating' what people say they saw. In fact if you follow the original link then you can see it's exactly that. There's so many different pictures of it and they're all different in the spirals. Blue smudge, real, probably the missile. Spiral fake.

[Nickswitz]

On the news I watched a video of it, that's what it looked like, unless they modified the video...

[Monroe]

Its Asgard weaponry. Duh.

[Toadnuke]

I think this it's an insult to our intelligence for them to call this a Russian missile. The spiral is FAR too regular for this to be an out of control missile. Another interesting fact, there are two starting points on the object.





Of course, a missile would be a wonderful explanation if there was only one spiraling point on the object and if it was erratically moving through the sky... which it isn't. Obviously the governments of the world are trying to hide something from us, but I think they could have respected us with a better explanation than a Russian missile.

This isn't the 1950's, you can't blame every weird event on the Russians anymore. Oh, also... there is an even NEWER story around.... I heard something about a 'blue light project' from NASA, who is being blamed by some people now.

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Scientist have also not linked this event to the Northern Lights and it has yet to be deemed a hoax.