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Spinning `UFO` observed in 5 countries leaves viewers puzzled | On June 7, thousands of people in Israel, Turkey, Jordan, Cyprus and Lebanon got the shock of their lives, as they watched a spinning
‘UFO’ performing cartwheels in the sky. Police in these countries were flooded
with phonecalls by panicked residents, as the white, gleaming light danced high
up in the atmosphere. Theories abounded over what this could be - a failing missile
test, a satellite breaking up in our atmosphere, or a visit from an alien spacecraft.
But experts believe it might be caused by a failed test rocket launched by Russian
military, the Daily Mail reported. The event began at around 8:45pm in the evening,
and after a few hours of panic, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said a test rocket
had been launched just six minutes before that time. They called it a successful
launch, although a leaked and then supressed video apparrently shows the missile
beginning to fail. If this is the case, then the spirals of light in the sky is
fuel spewing out from the missile as it burns in a fierce cartwheel through the
sky, creating the startling geocentric shapes. The missile is thought to be 120
to 180 miles in the sky that, at the top end of the scale, is roughly half as
high as the International Space Station, at 345miles. If it was a missile exploding
at that height, it explains why the spectacle could be seen from such a wide swathe
of countries. Israeli Astronomical Association Chairman Dr. Yigal Pat-El said
it was most likely a missile. “It most likely spun out of control and its remnants
and the fuel was what people saw. It reached a height of 200-300 kilometers and
that’s why it was seen from so many locations,” he explained.
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