2009 Norwegian spiral anomaly

Aerial phenomenon November 2021 thumb|right|The anomaly. thumb|right|Map of Norway in which the light was observed in the red (Trøndelag) and blue (Northern Norway) The Norwegian spiral anomaly of 2009Linder Alexander Märkligt ljussken över Kiruna Strange lightning over Kiruna Norrländska Socialdemokraten 9 December 2009 http://www.nsd.se/nyheter/artikel.aspx?articleid=5054543#fank5054627 sv 6 February 2010 (no det spiralformede lysmønsteret, "the spiral-form light pattern", det spiralformede lysfenomenet, "the spiral-form light phenomenon")https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/dlWzo/russisk-rakettsmell-synlig-i-hele-nord-norge Russisk rakettsmell synlig i hele Nord-Norge aftenposten.no was a light phenomenon that appeared in the night sky over Norway in the morning of 9 December 2009.http://www.spellconsulting.com/reality/Norway_Spiral.html Norway Spiral spellconsulting.com 20 February 2010 27 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210527205256/http://www.spellconsulting.com/reality/Norway_Spiral.html dead It was visible from, and photographed from, northern Norway and Sweden. The spiral consisted of a blue beam of light with a greyish spiral emanating from one end of it. The light could be seen in all of Trøndelag to the south (the two red counties on the map to the right) and all across the three northern counties which compose Northern Norway,Haugdal, Marthe Andersen, Ingunn Bleikelia, Mats Enerstvedt, Vidar https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/vaer-og-uvaer/vet-ikke-hva-den-mystiske-kjempespiralen-er/a/596369/ Vet ikke hva den mystiske kjempespiralen er Unknown what the mysterious giant spiral is Verdens Gang Oslo, Norway no 9 December 2009 9 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091212015217/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/vaer/artikkel.php?artid=596369 12 December 2009 live as well as from Northern Sweden and it lasted for 10 minutes. According to sources, it looked like a blue light coming from behind a mountain, stopping in mid-air, and starting to spiral outwards. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/ufo/6770959/Strange-light-in-Norwegian-sky-sparks-mystery.html Strange light in Norwegian sky sparks mystery The Daily Telegraph UK 9 December 2009 9 December 2009 A similar, though less spectacular event had also occurred in Norway the month before.http://www.yr.no/artikkel/mystisk-lys-var-russisk-rakett-1.6847340 Mystisk lys var russisk rakett yr.no Andreas Grimsæth 3 November 2009 Mystical light was Russian rocket 18 March 2018 no Both events had visual features of failed flights of Russian RSM-56 Bulava SLBMs, https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18262-strange-norway-spiral-likely-an-outofcontrol-missile.html Strange 'Norway spiral' likely an out-of-control missile New Scientist 10 December 2009 10 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091213201746/http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18262-strange-norway-spiral-likely-an-outofcontrol-missile.html 13 December 2009 live https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2009/1210/norway-spiral-a-rocket-scientist-explains-the-mystery Norway spiral: A rocket scientist explains the mystery The Christian Science Monitor 10 December 2009 11 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091213121134/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2009/1210/norway-spiral-a-rocket-scientist-explains-the-mystery 13 December 2009 live and the Russian Defence Ministry said shortly after that such an event had taken place on 9 December. Initial speculations Hundreds of calls flooded the Norwegian Meteorological Institute as residents wanted to know what they were seeing. Norwegian celebrity astronomer Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard pointed out that the area over which the light had been observed was exceptionally large, covering all of Northern Norway and Trøndelag. It was also suggested that it could have been a rare, never-before-seen Northern Lights variant.December 2019 UFO enthusiasts immediately began speculating whether the aerial light display could be evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence, proposing among other things that it could be a wormhole opening up, or somehow was linked to the recent high-energy experiments undertaken at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Norway wormhole is First Contact, claim UFO watchers http://www.news.com.au/world/norway-wormhole-is-first-contact-claim-ufo-watchers/story-e6frfkyi-1225808892785 news.com.au Sydney, Australia 10 December 2009 11 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091212020512/http://www.news.com.au/world/norway-wormhole-is-first-contact-claim-ufo-watchers/story-e6frfkyi-1225808892785 12 December 2009 dead Ballistic missile test On 10 December 2009, the Russian Defence Ministry announced that a Bulava missile test had failed. According to a spokesman, "The missile's first two stages worked as normal, but there was a technical malfunction at the next third stage of the trajectory."Clara Moskowitz, 'Russia admits missile caused UFO lights'. MSNBC News, 10 December 2009. Russian defence analyst Pavel Felgenhauer stated to AFP that "such lights and clouds appear from time to time when a missile fails in the upper layers of the atmosphere and have been reported before ... At least this failed test made some nice fireworks for the Norwegians."UFO frenzy was Russian missile failure https://web.archive.org/web/20091215204410/http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/newshome/6574426 15 December 2009 , Yahoo!7 News Prior to the Russian statement, Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, had already suggested that the unusual light display occurred when the missile's third stage nozzle was damaged, causing the exhaust to come out sideways and sending the missile into a spin. See also Ghost rockets Hessdalen lights List of UFO sightings Petrozavodsk phenomenon References External links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixLE3iuszbU https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/ixLE3iuszbU 2021-12-20 live 中国气象台曝光20年前UFO绝密录像 YouTube YouTube video 29 April 2009 9 December 2009 (Video of similar event that happened in China in April 2009.) zh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnIrx2MT85s https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/dnIrx2MT85s 2021-12-20 live Spiral ejecta from tumbling rocket stage – simulation YouTube YouTube video 23 December 2009 Post on Russian site of official warning of a rocket test, prohibiting navigation in the area until 15 Dec. http://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/09/what-was-the-norway-spiral/ What was the Norway Spiral? Atkinson Nancy 9 December 2009 Universe Today New Russian missile failure sparks UFO frenzyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20100106011407/http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091210/sc_afp/russianorwaymilitarymissile 6 January 2010 Estimation of the Location, Trajectory, Size, and Altitude of the "Norway Spiral" Phenomenon https://web.archive.org/web/20210527205256/http://www.spellconsulting.com/reality/Norway_Spiral.html 27 May 2021 2009–2011 Norwegian spiral anomaly 2009 at UfoSightingsToday.org Tenth Anniversary of the 'Norway Spiral' : The Birth of an Internet Mythology by James Oberg, 4 December 2019 Category:2009 in Norway Category:2009 in Sweden Category:Collective UFO sightings Category:December 2009 in Europe Category:UFO sightings in Norway Category:UFO sightings in Sweden Category:Spirals