Strange object over Norway this morning.

[TR1978]

Look at this:
http://www.vg.no/nyheter/vaer/artikkel.php?artid=596369

English: http://tinyurl.com/yheqc5n

Any theories? A Russian rocket launch?

 

[Urwumpe]

Looks rather photo-shopped.

 

[TR1978]

Looks rather photo-shopped.

I agree. But keep in mind this is a long duration exposure on a tripod. There are also a few movies which may be a bit more convincing:

http://go.vg.no/cgi-bin/go.cgi/vp/http://www.vgtv.no/?id=27553
http://www.vgtv.no/?id=27558

 

[Kriss]

Ops

So people did see me afterall

 

[TSPenguin]

The videos look like a rocket bleeding off energy...

 

[SiberianTiger]

A Bulava?.. :blink::blink::blink:

 

[TR1978]

A Bulava?.. :blink::blink::blink:

The article does mention the possibility of it being a Bulava, which according to Reuters has failed on 6 of the last 11 (test)launches.

 

[Urwumpe]

The article does mention the possibility of it being a Bulava, which according to Reuters has failed on 6 of the last 11 (test)launches.

Yes, but that is no reason, but the color of the smaller exhaust plume speak against it - Bulavas are among the first solid fueled SLBMs for Russia.

I tried getting the video but failed so far...also the image does not look like a long exposure, since the intensity of the spiral is too uniform.

The later images actually look more like the blue exhaust being the rocket and the big white circle being a halo or spectre.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Yes, but that is no reason, but the color of the smaller exhaust plume speak against it - Bulavas are among the first solid fueled SLBMs for Russia.

I tried getting the video but failed so far...also the image does not look like a long exposure, since the intensity of the spiral is too uniform.

The later images actually look more like the blue exhaust being the rocket and the big white circle being a halo or spectre.

Urwumpe, try these videos, they work for me:
http://www.vgtv.no/?id=27558
http://www.vgtv.no/?id=27559&category=1

The color of the exhaust may be quite off the real balance of white in that image apparently due to overprocessing and sodium lamps within the frame. I believe the videos have it mode correct. It's mostly white.

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The article does mention the possibility of it being a Bulava, which according to Reuters has failed on 6 of the last 11 (test)launches.

TR1978, do you have an idea about the possible location of filming and bearing?

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Yep, it was RSM-56 Bulava. The launch #13, and apparently 3rd failed in row. Looks like a 1st stage failure or a guidance failure. Did the eyewitnesses report a flash? The Dmitry Donskoy should have been in the White Sea, so the possible bearing is SE.

 

[TR1978]

The big picture was taken from "Dampskipskaia" in Trømsø:
http://tinyurl.com/yzrt6uj

Sorry I don't know the bearing.

It was visible from Sør-Trøndelag to the north of Finnmark.

 

[SiberianTiger]

It was visible from Sør-Trøndelag to the north of Finnmark.

Thank you. It's not likely to be right over the White Sea then. Perhaps it traveled some distance before going awry, though.

 

[Urwumpe]

Still can't see the video, and if it was a guidance failure ( I am not convinced yet), it would have happened somewhere around second stage flight - first stage phase ends already at very low altitude for solid SLBMs.

 

[T.Neo]

Looks shopped to me.

I can understand that it's allegedly a "long-exposure" shot etc, etc, but something just doesn't feel right.

Looks like an Orbiter exhaust texture or a nonsense paranormal event...

 

[SiberianTiger]

Maybe TR1978 could talk to the people who have seen it themselves? Did it really look like on the photo in the article? The videos suggest otherwise. Any reposting of them at youtube would be nice for wider availability, by the way.

To add to the confirmation, there was a message over NAVTEX 518 kHz radio regarding the launch zone:

ZCZC FA79
031230 UTC DEC 09
COASTAL WARNING ARKHANGELSK 94
SOUTHERN PART WHITE SEA
1. ROCKET LAUNCHING 2300 07 DEC TO 0600 08 DEC
09 DEC 0200 TO 0900 10 DEC 0100 TO 0900
NAVIGATION PROHIBITED IN AREA 65-12.6N 036-37.0E
65-37.2N 036-26.0E 66-12.3N 037-19.0E 66-04.0N 037-47.0E
66-03.0N 038-38.0E 66-06.5N 038-55.0E
65-11.0N 037-28.0E 65-12.1N 036-49.5E
THEN COASTAL LINE 65-12.2N 036-47.6E
2. CANCEL THIS MESSAGE 101000 DEC=
NNNN

 

[Urwumpe]

Then, there is only one key question: What does the photo show? That a rocket launch happened can be at this point be considered verified.

But the spiral is too large and too uniform except for being result of a spectre, but such kind of spectre is some sort of unbelievable looking at the rest of the image. There is no large cloud cover around, and only the blue cloud in the middle can act as possible source of the spectre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fogbow_glory_spectre_bridge_edit_1.jpg

The spiral shaped image makes no sense though, even the similar optical phenomena you can see in many space shuttle ET dump videos are concentric.

 

[SiberianTiger]

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Le voila! Here it's on youtube.

 

[Urwumpe]

Somebody filming something from his monitor does not look much like a first hand source... also the first part of it shows a good glory.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Now, how it looks at the video

And at the photos published:

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I've got a feeling that somebody (maybe this bald guy) decided to enhance the visual effect by laying over the pale spiral on the ready picture.

 

[Urwumpe]

The last video which shows the object without any modifications looks badly like a solid fuel rocket spinning out of control, but it does not have the spirals added to it, the blue cloud in the images should be it's representation.

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I've got a feeling that somebody (maybe this bald guy) decided to enhance the visual effect by laying over the pale spiral on the ready picture.

I agree, it smells of image enhancement. But the unedited video looks really like a failed solid rocket motor...

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/slbm/trident-2-DNSC8906614_JPG.jpg

 

[SiberianTiger]

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/slbm/trident-2-DNSC8906614_JPG.jpg

OMFG! :blink:

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Actually, there is a SECOND series of launch warnings...

ZCZC FA80
071400 UTC DEC 09
COASTAL WARNING ARKHANGELSK 95
SOUTHERN PART WHITE SEA
1. ROCKET LAUNCHING 2300 10 DEC TO 0800 11 DEC
0900 TO 1700 11 DEC 2100 11 DEC TO 0600 12 DEC
1000 TO 1700 12 DEC 2200 12 DEC TO 1000 13 DEC
1100 TO 1700 13 DEC 0100 TO 1400 14 DEC
0100 TO 0700 AND 1600 TO 2200 15 DEC
NAVIGATION PROHIBITED IN AREA 65-12.6N 036-37.0E
65-37.2N 036-26.0E 66-12.3N 037-19.0E 66-04.0N 037-47.0E
66-03.0N 038-38.0E 66-06.5N 038-55.0E
65-11.0N 037-28.0E 65-12.1N 036-49.5E
THEN COASTAL LINE 65-12.2N 036-47.6E
2. CANCEL THIS MESSAGE 152300 DEC=
NNNN

Have they got another Bulava or is it a reservation for the area just in case?