The Norwegian Spiral of DOOM!

Wigmund · 12-09-2009, 09:42 PM

Mass hysteria time!

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Mystery as spiral blue light display hovers above Norway

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.

Curiously, it 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. 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'.

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

Totto Eriksen, from Troms�, 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 Troms�. 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 J�rgen R�ed �degaard 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'.

Norwegian defence spokesman Jon Espen Lien also said the lights were probably from a Russian missile test claiming it was normal for Russia to use the White Sea and the Barents Sea as a testing ground.

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 the mystery deepened last night as 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.

The Russian Defence Ministry was unavailable for comment.

Some videos of the Norway Spiral.

Screw their explanation: Is this some reality-warping caused by the LHC, the herald of the Spiral Nemesis, or something worse?

Regulus Tera · 12-09-2009, 10:14 PM

The question here is, is it a spiral or an anti-spiral?

Azisien · 12-09-2009, 10:21 PM

And was it supersymmetric?

TheDarkChocobo · 12-10-2009, 05:38 AM

wow! i just saw a picture of it and the whole rocket thing doesn't sit right with me.

Edit: anyone else find it strange that this happened one day before Obama went to Oslo Norway to accept the Nobel?

Professor Smarmiarty · 12-10-2009, 06:17 AM

Yo, it was my bad. Sorry about that one. Forgot to carry the 1.

Osterbaum · 12-10-2009, 06:27 AM

There's always an explanation to it. Often a boring one too. Sigh.

TheDarkChocobo · 12-10-2009, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

Yo, it was my bad. Sorry about that one. Forgot to carry the 1.

"and in other news, a man accidently discovers wormhole technology. His discovery will surely rank up there with vulcanized rubber."

Green Spanner · 12-10-2009, 07:49 AM

I see the hypno-cloud project has reached fruition. Soon all of Finalnd will be under the control of...um...er...

Damn, I didn't think that far into this bullshit conspiracy theory...

Marc v4.0 · 12-10-2009, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by TheDarkChocobo

"and in other news, a man accidently discovers wormhole technology. His discovery will surely rank up there with vulcanized rubber."

Vulcanized Rubbers helped us win the war against Spock's ilk

Ryanderman · 12-10-2009, 09:07 AM

Honestly, I can see that being caused by leaking fuel. If a rocket was spinning rapidly at the center, the fuel would have leaked out and shot away from the rocket in what would look like a spiral pattern. And the light could have reflected off it that much.

I'm at a loss for the beam of light from the middle though, so I'm going to go with the hyperspace window/teleportation beam theory.

12-10-2009, 05:38 AM	#4
TheDarkChocobo Yeah, I went there. Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Danville, Kentucky Posts: 113	wow! i just saw a picture of it and the whole rocket thing doesn't sit right with me. Edit: anyone else find it strange that this happened one day before Obama went to Oslo Norway to accept the Nobel? Last edited by TheDarkChocobo; 12-10-2009 at 05:42 AM.

12-10-2009, 06:27 AM	#6
Osterbaum The revolution will be memed! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: FIN Posts: 5,967	There's always an explanation to it. Often a boring one too. Sigh. __________________ D is for Dirty Commie!

12-10-2009, 07:49 AM	#8
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12-10-2009, 09:07 AM	#10
Ryanderman Beard of Leadership Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 827	Honestly, I can see that being caused by leaking fuel. If a rocket was spinning rapidly at the center, the fuel would have leaked out and shot away from the rocket in what would look like a spiral pattern. And the light could have reflected off it that much. I'm at a loss for the beam of light from the middle though, so I'm going to go with the hyperspace window/teleportation beam theory. __________________ ~Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to stop, it turns. You tell it to turn, it stops. You tell it to take out the trash, it watches reruns of Firefly.~

12-09-2009, 10:14 PM	#2
Regulus Tera lol i dont even know Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7,271	The question here is, is it a spiral or an *anti-spiral*?

12-09-2009, 10:21 PM	#3
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	And was it supersymmetric?

12-10-2009, 06:17 AM	#5
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	Yo, it was my bad. Sorry about that one. Forgot to carry the 1.