Sometimes I don't understand the mainstream media. Sure, they reported the amazing light-show caused by the "malfunctioning" ballistic missile that came apart over Norway, but they aren't asking the big questions, which are:
A: Why did Russia "test-fire" a ballistic missile without the standard agreed upon international procedures insuring commercial and civil flight safety (establishing a no-fly none)in the launch and recovery areas?
B. Why were no nearby nations notified in advance of the launch so as to not possibly trigger a jump in the DEFCON status when the launch would be inevitably detected by NATO and U.S. DSP satellites?
C. What was NORAD's response o the launch, which I am sure triggered alarm klaxons at Cheyenne Mountain?
D. Is it possible that a nuke was lunched, either unintentionally (accidentally) or on purpose by some rogue Russian sub commander and it was given a self-destruct command when Russian Missile Forces realized that one of their missiles was missing?
Things that make me go - hmmmm!
My paranoid/conspiracy theorist side can't help but wonder, is there an internal struggle inside the Russian military or was it actually (as they claim) simply a malfunctioning missile test (that they (for some reason)forgot to announce that resulted in the near-panic populace in Norway?
Sure, it was a cool and eerie site, but something smells fishy in the White Sea and it isn't halibut or tuna.
CNN) -- A strange swirl of blue light seen in the morning sky above Norway on Wednesday is being linked to a failed Russian missile test.
The phenomenon could be seen all over Norway with witnesses describing a swirling light which filled the sky around 8.00 a.m. local time (2.00 a.m. ET), which then seemed to explode. The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed the Russian Navy launched a Bulava ballistic missile on the same day, but has declined to make any connection with the lights seen over Norway. It confirmed the missile was fired from the "Dmitry Donskoi" nuclear submarine, but would not comment on the submarine's location at the time of launch.
Truls Lynne Hansen, the head of Troms Geophysical Observatory in northern Norway told CNN missile launches were a common sight in the area.
"We have seen rockets being launched from north-west Russia, and the rocket range in Kiruna in northern Sweden, and from the neighboring Andenes in northern Norway, but nothing like this," Hansen said.
"Normally we see the second stage of the rocket burning then it disappears. This was something very unusual," he added. In a written statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said the missile failed in the third stage of its trajectory.
"Unstable work of the engine of the [missile's] third stage was detected by the monitoring systems," the statement said. "The causes of the technical error are being established by a state commission." Erik Tandberg, a consultant to the Norwegian Space Center, said the agency had been inundated with calls about the origin of the swirling light.
Within hours he said the agency had concluded that it was a failed Russian missile. "It was almost certain that it was a Russian military rocket and missile," Tandberg told CNN. "From the first call in the morning yesterday, I think it took about two or three hours until we saw the photographs that it became clear to most people what was involved."
Early theories floated on the Internet included an Alien visit or something related to U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Oslo on Thursday to collect his Nobel Peace Prize.
"I think it was clear to most people that it was not a UFO, as most people define a UFO. Of course everything is a UFO until you know what it is. But most people think about UFOs as aliens and things like that, that was something that came up very early but not later," Tandberg said.
At the Troms Geophysical Observatory, scientists measure the earth's magnetic field, including the aurora borealis, or northern lights, a natural light display seen near the northern magnetic pole.
Hansen said a combination of circumstances made the strange light clearly visible. He attributes the blue haze to gases from the missile being lit by the sun from below.
"We have no sunshine here at the moment. The sun is not rising and is just below the horizon to the east. The sky was very, very clear, cold and clear and this means that gas that was released by the rocket was lit up by the sun from beneath. That was one of the reasons it was so clear," he said.
