Russia has been hit by a wave of reports of a giant UFO in the
sky last night with spectacular pictures of an enormous glowing ball
illuminating northern Siberia. Social media erupted with claims of 'aliens
arriving' and locals in far flung parts of the country told of 'shivers down their
spines'. While the source of the light remains unclear, some have
suggested that it was the the trace of a rocket launched by the Russian
military that caused this extraordinary phenomenon in the night sky.
Vasily Zubkov posted: 'I went out to smoke a cigarette and
thought it was the end of the world.' The extraordinary scenes were captured by leading Siberian
photographer Sergey Anisimov in the town of Salekhard which straddles the
Arctic Circle.
'I was taken aback for a few minutes, not understanding what was
happening,' he said.’ The glowing ball rose from behind the trees and moved in
my direction. My first thought was about the most powerful searchlight, but the
speed of changing everything around changed the idea of what was happening. The
ball began to turn into an arc and gradually dissipated.'
After the multi-coloured light show was over he went home to
find local children as young as five in the yard babbling about 'aliens' and
'the portal to another dimension', he said.
Some 520 miles further east, another photographer Alexey
Yakovlev admitted to feeling scared as he witnessed the UFO spectacle at
Strezhevoi, in the north of Tomsk region, reported The Siberian Times.
'At first I thought - it is such a radiance of such an unusual
form, round in shape. But gradually the ball began to expand, it became clear
that this is not some radiance and it became scary. It's good that I was not
alone....a group of people cannot hallucinate.' On social media, Anastasia
Boldyreva posted simply: 'Aliens arrived.'
The were many similar messages. Nurgazy Taabaldiev claimed:
'It's a gap in the space-time continuum.'
While the source of the light has not been confirmed, not all
are convinced it was a Russian rocket test. Some local experts suggest it may have been caused by the
Northern lights. But the most common theory is that Russian strongman Vladimir
Putin had chosen this moment to frighten the West with grandiose military
exercises by his strategic nuclear forces.
Putin personally oversaw the launch of four nuclear-capable
ballistic missiles as part of a training exercise for Russia's strategic
nuclear forces, the Kremlin said on Friday, the Interfax news agency reported. The test launches, conducted last night, involved land, air, and
submarine-based ballistic missiles, Russia's defense ministry said in a
separate statement.
The ministry said a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile had
been test fired from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia, hitting a target
at the Kura military testing range on the Kamchatka Peninsula thousands of
kilometres (miles) away.
It was the likely the traces of one of these rockets - capable
of carrying nuclear missiles - that caused this extraordinary phenomenon in the
night sky, say the Russian media. As photographer Mr Yakovlev accurately
guessed: 'It seems I accidentally shot the launch of a secret space rocket from
Plesetsk'.
Nigel Watson, author of the UFO Manual, told MailOnline: 'This
looks amazing and it is not surprising the sight of it caused witnesses to
think of aliens and the opening of a portal to another dimension.
'These fantastic possibilities are shot down by the prosaic
explanation that this strange light phenomena was caused by the testing of an
intercontinental missile. This seems like a poor explanation for something so spectacular
but other rocket launches have caused similar spectacles. 'In particular, in
December 2009 a stunning spiraling light was seen over Norway, which was
caused by a failed Russian missile test. They may not be of an alien origin but we can certainly admire
their beauty, even if they are caused by weapons of mass destruction.' A
similar light was seen in the skies over Norway in December 2009, which was
caused by a failed missile launch.
Speaking to Barents Observer at the time, Dr Truls Lynne Hansen,
a researcher at the Tromso Geophysical Observatory, said: 'The missile has
probably come out of control and exploded.
'The peculiar spiral shaped light pattern comes from reflection
of the sun in the leaking fuel.'
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