Social media users across Europe and the Middle East reported seeing a strange sight in the sky Monday night.
A strange glowing blue spiral baffled millions of people in several countries as it was seen floating across the night sky.
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The spectacle sparked all sorts of questions, but was later linked to the launch of a SpaceX rocket.
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The Falcon 9 rocket from Elon Musk’s space company reportedly lifted off at around 13:50 local time in Florida (17:50 GMT) on a classified US government mission.
InfoWars reports: The mysterious sight stunned millions, prompting speculation about aliens or other phenomena; however, the UK Meteorological Office (Met Office) later explained it was likely due to a SpaceX rocket launch earlier in the day.
“We’ve received many reports of an illuminated swirl in the sky this evening,” the Met office wrote on X.
“This is likely to be caused by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched earlier today. The rocket’s frozen exhaust plume appears to be spinning in the atmosphere and reflecting the sunlight, causing it to appear as a spiral in the sky.”
According to Space.com, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral around 1:48PM ET for a classified NROL-69 mission.
At any rate, the luminous sky swirl is a spectacular byproduct of SpaceX’s mission.
Watch a full 4K video of the blue spiral: