Pie™ Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I'm just cross-posting this with my thread at SomethingAwful, since I think it's fascinating and exciting: The original thread can be found here Some back-story: I live in Tromsø, which is a rather small town in the north of Norway. About an hour and a half ago this morning, at 07:45, I was awoken by my flatmate raving on about something "you just have to see!". Dizzy and confused I walked to the door, and peeking out at the sky I saw one of the most spectacular things I've ever been witness to. Now keep in mind that this far north, we barely have any sunlight at all this time of year, so it was still pitch dark outside. There was a spiral of light in the sky, expanding like some kind of green laser. Now, in my town we see the Aurora Borealis every winter, so green lights in the sky is not a new phenomenon. Never the less, in my 20 years here I've never seen anything like this, and for a second I thought it looked like a huge explosion in the distance. We returned inside with much speculation as to what this could be, and I scoured the internet for explanations. Now, at 09:00 the phenomenon has started popping up in articles on local northern news-sites, and appears to just have gone national. From the article, loosely translated: A mysterious phenomenen of light on the nightsky shocked citizens of northern and mid-Norway on wednesday morning.... ...It spun around and exploded in the sky... ...It looked like it came over a mountain. First it followed a path, until it disintegrated. Then it suddenly became a huge sphere, so large that it covered the entire sky. Meteorologists in Tromsø have no idea what caused the light: "We don't know what it is. I don't want to assume anything about it, but it appears to have been very spectacular" "People describe the moving light as overwhelming, extremely beautiful, and partially frightening. They describe it as a new years rocket that looks like a spinning spiral." The phenomenon lasted for a few minutes, just before eight on Wednesday morning. The meteorologist says the light apparently has come from the east. Some photos of the incident (not mine): I've also read experts saying that this has nothing to do with the Aurora Borealis, and that it might have been a failed rocket launching in Russia. Has anyone else here seen anything like it, and can someone possibly shed some light (hurr) on what might have caused this? A video has been uploaded by one of the nation's leading newspapers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Looking at those photos I would say it does look like a failed rocket lauch. In the top photo you can see the lauch point, and it seems to have spiraled out of control due a failed thruster or something. Very impressive images though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Looks pretty f***in cool whatever it is. So Pie, got a crowbar handy for when the Combine drop through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Better start preparing for 2012! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_hill987 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Aliens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Viral Marketing for Half-Life 2: Episode Three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Those Russians better not be launching at my homeland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjølen Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 It's either Samus or Sonic the Hedgehog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 That looks incredible. Seriously, what the hell is that? Glad you got to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Rocket spinning out of control with a fuel leak? (This BBCode requires its accompanying plugin to work properly.) (This BBCode requires its accompanying plugin to work properly.) Also, this is totally ****ing cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 pie instead of pictures of the sky please post pictures of you dressed as skwisgaar from metalocalypse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 They should make another one that does the exact same thing just for the hell of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapNColostomy Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Whatever it is, it's very festive and Christmas-y. Just in time for the holidays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Apparently it's an RSM-56 Bulava ICBM test that failed. A test warning was sent out today, so that seems to be the likely explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerd_Annhilator Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Russian fireworks for the christmas season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 pie instead of pictures of the sky please post pictures of you dressed as skwisgaar from metalocalypse Skwisgaar is Swedish, Toki is Norwegian. : P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Skwisgaar is Swedish, Toki is Norwegian. : P it's the same thing plus pie looks like skwisgaar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Apparently it's an RSM-56 Bulava ICBM test that failed. A test warning was sent out today, so that seems to be the likely explanation. Good. I was afraid that Zod had just escaped from the Phantom Zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2764647/Spiral-UFO-puts-Norway-in-a-spin.html Now it's international. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Digg tells me that the LHC hit record energy levels last night of 2.36 TeV collisions. Clearly the correlation is indisputable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie™ Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2764647/Spiral-UFO-puts-Norway-in-a-spin.html Now it's international. I actually think I was the first to break this internationally, since the GBS-thread now has more than 140 000 viewers. and guys all scandinavians dont look the same, thats racist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 (This BBCode requires its accompanying plugin to work properly.) now that i think about it you post in gbs so you aren't at skwisgaar levels of metal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie™ Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 I beg to differ. I don't tend to say "dildos" a lot though. Now will you excuse me, I have a neckbeard to grow. also come back when you have met Abbath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Actually there you look like a strange mix between Elijah Wood and Eminem, which I have helpfully provided reference for: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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