What do you think it is?

[Saiyaman 0]

Spiral thing over Norway... Take your Guesses.

There's more vids and pics out there.

[Ashley+ 0]

weather baloon?

[Joe Statler 0]

Many people would say a wormhole, but I don't know. Maybe a new kind of self destruct mechanism on a missile that was being tested. Maybe that was the point of the test, to test the mechanism.

[Saiyaman 0]

Many people would say a wormhole, but I don't know. Maybe a new kind of self destruct mechanism on a missile that was being tested. Maybe that was the point of the test, to test the mechanism.

I dunno know it says that Russia says it didn't launch any missiles and other countries would of caught the missile on a radar or something like that.

[Dragon King 15]

It's the Starship Enterprise entering Warp speed

[iMaster 0]

Ooooh, I wanted to say that was the TARDIS coming out of the Time Vortex

[♠Grim♂ Reaper 1666◙ 17]

everyone in norwar was smoking some serious stuff?

maybe a comet being effect by solar wind?

[Evil Morning Operator 0]

Oh please guys are you drunk? If you look really closely you will see a light beam coming from the mountain to the right of it. It's obviously a publicity stunt

[♠Grim♂ Reaper 1666◙ 17]

its really difficult to create that though its too random for a laser to do it.

[Evil Morning Operator 0]

Explain then the beam from behind the mountain.

[Saiyaman 0]

A laser can't do this:

And it can't be photoshop since there is videos etc of it.

[RG 1]

Explain then the beam from behind the mountain.

A beam of light trying to figure out what in the world is it?

Edited December 10, 2009 by RG

[♠Grim♂ Reaper 1666◙ 17]

and it did say that i came from the direction of the mountain thats why you see that.

[Dave27 1]

Prob just the norwegin navy testing their new rail guns they bought of the yanks

[iMaster 0]

It was confirmed by the russian defense ministry that it was a malfunction in a prototype rocket, it went off-course and was detonated over Norway. It's called Bulava, a new tactical weapon.

[Joe Statler 0]

I thought it had something to do with self destructing.

[daangelo29 5]

Should've guessed it's a rocket. Saw this news yesterday or something.

[EarthwormJim 1]

Oh please guys are you drunk? If you look really closely you will see a light beam coming from the mountain to the right of it. It's obviously a publicity stunt

sarcasm is completely lost on you isnt it? nobody actually thinks its a tardis

Edited December 10, 2009 by EarthwormJim

[Joe Statler 0]

And here's the full explanation:

Russia's new nuclear-capable missile suffered another failed test launch, the defence ministry said Thursday, solving the mystery of a spectacular plume of white light that appeared over Norway.

The Bulava missile was test-fired from the submarine Dmitry Donskoi in the White Sea early Wednesday but failed at the third stage, the defence ministry said in a statement.

The pre-dawn morning launch coincided with the appearance of an extraordinary light over northern Norway that captivated observers.

Images of the light that appeared in the sky above the Norwegian city of Tromso and elsewhere prompted explanations ranging from a meteor, northern lights, a failed missile or even a UFO.

Describing the latest failure of the Bulava as a major embarrassment for the military, leading Russian defence analyst Pavel Felgenhauer said the images were consistent with a missile failure.

"Such lights and clouds appear from time to time when a missile fails in the upper layers of the atmosphere and have been reported before," he told AFP.

"At least this failed test made some nice fireworks for the Norwegians," he joked.

The White Sea, which is the usual site for such missile tests by Russian submarines, lies close to Norway's own Arctic region.

This was the 12th test launch of the Bulava and the seventh time the firing has ended in failure, the Interfax news agency said.

The submarine-launched missile is central to Russia's plan to revamp its ageing weapons arsenal but is beset by development problems.

"The first two stages of the rocket worked but in the final and third stage there was a technical failure," the defence ministry said in a statement.

The statement said the problem was with the engine in the third stage, while in past launches the first stage had been faulty.

The problems with the Bulava have become an agonising issue for the defence ministry, which has ploughed a large proportion of its procurement budget into ensuring the missile becomes the key element of its rocket forces.

The previous failure in July forced the resignation of Yury Solomonov, the director of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology which is responsible for developing the missile.

Felgenhauer said that it had dealt a serious blow to Russia's bid to maintain a credible nuclear deterrent.

"By the year 2030, Russia could lose its position as a global nuclear power if the problems are not solved. And it could be that these missiles will never fly properly.

"The Russian defence industry has disintegrated to such an extent that it simply cannot make such a complicated system work. Technology and expertise have been lost," he said.

The problems are also a major political embarrassment, coming as Russia negotiates with the United States the parameters of a new arms reduction treaty to replace the 1991 START accord.

The treaty expired on December 5, and despite intense negotiations the two sides have yet to agree the text of a new deal.

In a separate development, a successful test-firing took place of Russia's intercontinental surface-to-surface ballistic missile Topol RS-12M, news agencies quoted a statement from the strategic rocket forces as saying.

The missile -- introduced to the rocket forces before the fall of the Soviet Union -- was fired from the southern Russian region of Astrakhan and hit its target at a testing range in neighbouring Kazakhstan.

The Bulava, which can be equipped with up to 10 individually targeted nuclear warheads, has a maximum range of 8,000 kilometres (5,000 miles).

It is the sea-based version of the Topol-M, Russia's new surface-to-surface intercontinental missile, and designed to be launched from Moscow's newest Borei class of submarines.

Defence analysts say that a further headache for the military is that the new submarines are designed to be compatible with Bulava and if the new missile fails to work the vessels will be virtually useless.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091210/sc_af...militarymissile

[iMaster 0]

...before you ask: No, I don't think we wanna nuke you right away.