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Failed missile launch caused strange light over Northern Norway?
2009-12-09
A strange spiral light was visible in the eastern sky over large areas of Northern Norway this morning. Norwegian space and defense experts believe that this was a failed Russian missile launch from the White Sea.
The giant spiral shaped light that could be seen in the eastern sky for several minutes on Wednesday morning was probably caused by a failed missile launch from the White Sea, several Norwegian space and defense experts believe.
Researcher at the Tromsø Geophysical Observatory Truls Lynne Hansen is certain that the light was caused by a missile launch:
- The missile has probably come out of control and exploded. The peculiar spiral shaped light pattern comes from reflection of the sun in the leaking fuel, he said to Aftenposten.
Spokesman in the Norwegian Defense Jon Espen Lien says that the Norwegian Defense does not know for sure what the light was, but that it probably was a Russian missile:
- It is quite normal that Russia uses the White Sea and the Barents Sea as testing grounds for weapons.
According to NRK, Arkhangelsk Radio sent out an advance warning about several missile launches from the White Sea in the period December 7-10.The warning included launches on the night to Wednesday. An anonymous source in the Northern Fleet told Norwegian news paper VG that they had no information about the incident. Press Attaché at Russia’s Embassy in Oslo Vladimir Isupov did neither have any that could explain the light phenomenon over Northern Norway.
On the morning of November 1, another strange light phenomenon was visible in the sky from large areas of the northern parts of Norway. This incident also caused commotion and many creative explanations to the light were given on different discussion boards. The light was caused by a launch of a Sineva missile from the nuclear submarine “Bryansk” in White Sea, as reported by BarentsObserver.
ZCZC FA80
071400 UTC DEC 09
COASTAL WARNING ARKHANGELSK 95
SOUTHERN PART WHITE SEA
1. ROCKET LAUNCHING 2300 10 DEC TO 0800 11 DEC
0900 TO 1700 11 DEC 2100 11 DEC TO 0600 12 DEC
1000 TO 1700 12 DEC 2200 12 DEC TO 1000 13 DEC
1100 TO 1700 13 DEC 0100 TO 1400 14 DEC
0100 TO 0700 AND 1600 TO 2200 15 DEC
NAVIGATION PROHIBITED IN AREA 65-12.6N 036-37.0E
65-37.2N 036-26.0E 66-12.3N 037-19.0E 66-04.0N 037-47.0E
66-03.0N 038-38.0E 66-06.5N 038-55.0E
65-11.0N 037-28.0E 65-12.1N 036-49.5E
THEN COASTAL LINE 65-12.2N 036-47.6E
2. CANCEL THIS MESSAGE 152300 DEC=
NNNN
Originally posted by Ophiuchus 13
Well until some super DEBUNKER comes thru and can explain how a rocket does this for the first time ever, I am going to just chalk it up as FRING L.H.C. EFFECTS OR russia black project effects. Somebody knows what it is and I can tell by the quiet a$$ GLOBAL media. I guess TIGER'S SEX LIFE is more important, SMH THEN THIS oh well "WE" KNOW SO BE IT. LoL @ THE IRONY the spiral galaxy makes spiral doors, interesting.
Originally posted by x2Strongx
End result would be the missile out of control going in a circular pattern until it runs out of fuel or self destructs... as it does this, the hole will expand making a "Black Hole" image.
Does it sound plausible?
Originally posted by Chance321
Well that kinda puts a new twist (excuse the pun) to this. Would love to know what it was. Okey, not sure if this had been brought up, but would the space station of seen this? wierd effect in the sky?
Confirms the launch of the Bulava missile - It was a Bulava missile was launched from a submarine in the morning, said a source in the Russian military to tv2nyhetene.no. This intercontinental missile is the Russian response to the controversial and much discussed U.S. missile shield. The launch has most likely happened from a submarine in the White Sea at Arkhangelsk. The submarine "Dmitriy Donskoy" with NATO designation Typhoon is specifically designed to carry the ballistic missile, and is the only remaining of this class who are in active service.
Nor did this time utskytingen have been successful, which will be the reason why the Russian Northern Fleet does not want to give any official comment about the incident. This is so, the seventh unsuccessful attempt by a total of twelve tests. It has been speculated about the spiral path of the light had to indicate that it was a failed launch.
There are a range of moist air 8-9000 meters up in the atmosphere, and the rings are formed when the sharp light from the rocket is lost in a thin layer of ice crystals, "he says.
Originally posted by '___'omino
Originally posted by Ophiuchus 13
Well until some super DEBUNKER comes thru and can explain how a rocket does this for the first time ever, I am going to just chalk it up as FRING L.H.C. EFFECTS OR russia black project effects. Somebody knows what it is and I can tell by the quiet a$$ GLOBAL media. I guess TIGER'S SEX LIFE is more important, SMH THEN THIS oh well "WE" KNOW SO BE IT. LoL @ THE IRONY the spiral galaxy makes spiral doors, interesting.
Sort of early to say the global media is eerily quiet IMO