A mysterious light display appearing over Norway last night has left thousands of residents in the north of the country baffled.
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.
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute was flooded with telephone calls after the light storm – which astronomers have said did not appear to have been connected to the aurora, or Northern Lights, so common in that area of the world.
Fred Hansen, fromin Vesterålen, described the sight as ‘like a big fireball that went around, with a great light around it again.
Witnesses from Trøndelag to Finnmark compared the amazing sight to anything from a Russian rocket to a meteor or a shock wave.
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.
More confused callers told VG Nett that they have never seen anything like it.
The pictures are taken on the steamship pier to the east, approximately at 07:50. I can imagine that it went on for two, three minutes. It was unbelievable. I was quite shaken when I saw it, “says Jan Petter Jørgensen. The picture was taken with a tripod and long shutter speed
It spun and exploded in the sky, “said Totto Eriksen from Tromsø.
Giant Spiral
He and his daughter Amalie Nyborg (16) were on their way to work and school when the sky suddenly exploded.
We saw it from the Inner Harbor in Tromsø. 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, “says Eriksen.
VG Nett has been in contact with Andøya Rocket Range who said that there have been no launches on Wednesday morning.
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