[Swordmaker]

Strange spiral: Residents in northern Norway were left stunned after the lightshow, which almost looked computer-generated, appeared in the skies above them

Curious: A blue-green beam of light was reported to have come shooting out the centre of the spiral

Confusion: The Norwegian Meteorological Institute was flooded with calls after the light storm

What could it be? Astronomers say the spectacle did not appear to be connected to the Northern Lights

You tube of spiral.

[Swordmaker]

Unless these are a hoax, which is very certainly possible, I think an electric universe Ping is in order...

If you want on or off the Electric Universe Ping List, Freepmail me.

[KoRn]

Wow! That’s interesting!

PS: I’m so sick of reading about Romney on every dammed thread I click on. Is there an option to turn that crap off? It’s beginning to border on spam, IMO.

I never have liked Romney at all, I don’t need to be constantly reminded why.

[Star Traveler]

Calling Scully and Mulder... :-)

[fso301]

Barring a hoax, I wouldn't be surprised if it were a rocket launch coupled with some sort of atmospheric optical waveguide.

Or, it was some side effect of the Large hadron collider.

Or, it was a sign to the Norweigans similar to the Star of Bethlehem signaling Obama's arrival.

[XHogPilot]

Looks like an extremely high powered laser on a conical scanner. But with a duration of 15 minutes, well, that is unimaginable!

[Lorianne]

With any luck it will move over to Copenhagen and suck up all the participants at the Climage Change summit.

[skimask]

Its sign that the chosen one is coming to collect his peace prize.

[Windflier]

"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."

The most astonishing aspect of this is that the blue corkscrew beam came out of the spiral cloud, not the ground, according to observers.

Seeing the pictures at the original article, I assumed that it was the other way around - that the blue light emanated from the ground, and then the gray spiral formed around it. That would seem to indicate a ground-based origin, and provide some framework of logic to explain it.

As it is, this is completely unexplainable. Fascinating phenomenon, to say the least.

[Eccl 10:2]

[BigCinBigD]

It's a test of an artificial wormhole.

[ActrFshr]

From the video it looks like somebody put a black light in a search light and put an lcd over the top that was playing a winamp-type visualization.

[Fred Nerks]

Canary Islands.

Northumberland, UK.

Maybe if we see a double, we will know what the creators of the spiral petroglyphs saw?

Or a triple, as at Newgrange?

[Fred Nerks]

PINWHEELS IN THE SKY

Surprisingly, comets do not always appear as sweeping brooms in the sky. When viewed at the correct angle and orientation, while the comet is outgassing appropriately, a comet can actually appear as a spiral "pinwheel." Below are some photos and a short movie of comet Hale-Bopp in 1997 when it was in spiral display.

[TigersEye]

The Youtube wasn’t much but those pics are pretty wild. Are those actual pics of the phenomenon or recreations?

[AFreeBird]

B

[Lokibob]

I’d bet it was the mythical Aurora ram jet U. S. spy plane.

http://www.fas.org/irp/mystery/aurora.htm

.......Bob

[FReepaholic]

News is saying the Russians have fessed up to a failed sub-launched missle test.

Here's one of ours from back in the day:

[Cvengr]

Project Blue Beam?

[Vinnie]

I watched Jesse Ventura’s Conspiracy Theory last week and can safely say it was.....

HAARP.

:)

[BenLurkin]

This story is from last year, isn’t it?