Weird Norwegian Skies - Neatorama

Last night a strange spiral lit up the sky over Norway, from Trøndelag to Finnmark, and many people took pictures.

The phenomenon began when what appeared to be a blue light seemed to soar up from behind a mountain. It stopped mid-air, then began to circulate.

Within seconds a giant spiral had covered the entire sky. Then a green-blue beam of light shot out from its centre - lasting for ten to twelve minutes before disappearing completely.

Russia denied any missile tests in the area. Link to story. Link to photo gallery. -via Metafilter

(image credit: Svein-Egil Haugen)

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Just so all y'all know, this was a test done by the Russians of a laser. They admitted it yesterday.

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My immediate thought was "why would Russia immediately deny it? It has to be them!"

Because it failed. Failed rockets arent great military PR.

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http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2009/12/10/norway-ufo-control-russian-rocket/?test=latestnews

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My immediate thought was "why would Russia immediately deny it? It has to be them!"
If not a hoax, photoshop, conspiracy, or further proof of global warming. Did I cover them all? Oh, and North Korea.

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Russia has confirmed that it was the launch of one of their missiles that triggered the unusual lights in the sky.

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/troms_og_finnmark/1.6904061&sl=no&tl=en

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