Giant Mysterious Spiral Takes Over the Skies of Norway

Gizmodo.com ^ | 12/09/09 | Jesus Diaz

[Drill Thrawl]

I believe that cannibalizing a tube amp is a capitol offense.

[delacoert]

Oh noes, a cosmic swirly. Earth has just been humiliated.

[Check6]

Those are ZEROS and they are trying to tell us that he is spinning us out of control, and that we’re doomed to the black hole.

[Liberty Valance]

LOL - indeed. Especially that Twin Reverb. ;o)

[21twelve]

Lots of neat photos at the link. #14 looks like a contrail in the distance - perhaps from a rocket. #5 was weird though a black hole with the blue spiral extending to earth.

Interesting the various phases of the thing and the different looks from various perspectives. I’ll take your word on the rocket thing after I looked at all the photos. But that giant spiral is still hard to believe it came from an out-of control rocket.

I’ve seen northern lights before that looked just like the loops coming off both ends of a bar magnet with iron filings like we did in grade school. That was pretty cool!

[snowsislander]

My guess is that this report and the photograph are not of a missile. The formation too regular, it lasted way too long, and the reported sequence doesn’t sound like a missile launch.

[Mr. Jeeves]

First serious reply on the whole thread. Thanks for being a voice of sanity.

[Fido969]

lol.

[pappyone]

Every time I see that picture I always wonder what the giant steering wheel was used for.

[jurroppi1]

I say cannibalize if you must, especially considering there are much better tube amps in production currently then there were back in the day.

Hughes & Kettner is one good example.

[TStro]

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[TStro]

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[TStro]

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[TStro]

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[Rebelbase]

Time Tunnel.

[silverleaf]

“beware the deceivers”

those nerds with boards and chain have figured out how to make corp circles in the sky - eh

(an “out of control” rocket would not make such a symmetrical spiral)

[ThePatriotsFlag]

If they could find 3 really smart people in Norway, they'd get on some camel and follow it to the middle east. Ah, but alas, its a phenomenon, not a sign from God. What if the Wise Men felt that way. "Hey Abdul, look at that funny light!" ... "Ah shut up Mo and go back to sleep". Fun to think about.

But kidding aside, that is a cool light in the sky. I want one too!

[sniper63]

Oh no we are going to crash into the milkway galaxy....

[Jewbacca]

It’s really not that mysterious when you think of perspective -— a loop closer to you look bigger than the same loop farther away.

A missle flying like this heading to you (the perspective I saw on the ground) is easy to spot for what it is because the big loop (closest to you) has a rocket at the end and you can follow it.

A missle flying away, the big loop is steady and the center far, so you can’t see the missle.

I saw this from the air, going in on a strike, and it was odd the first time.

(Of course, my target was at the bottom of the contrail.)

[Jewbacca]

“an “out of control” rocket would not make such a symmetrical spiral”

I would beg to differ. I don’t know if it is a prank, but this is exactly what a missle with a mfg defect of some kind does.

Note even the large spiral (closest to the photographer) becoming less distinct as one would expect as the exhaust dissolves into the atmosphere.