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A large, bright blue spiral spotted over Europe on Monday night sparked chatter on social media about what might have caused the mysterious vortex. Videos posted on the X showed a blue orb in the night sky that was visible in the U.K.
, France and other countries. In a post on X, AccuWeather said the mesmerizing blue spiral might have been caused by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The post quoted the U.
K. Met Office in saying,the spiral probably came about due to the rocket’s “frozen exhaust plume..
. spinning in the atmosphere and reflecting the sunlight, causing it to appear as a spiral in the sky.” The flight, dubbed NROL-69, launched shortly before 2 p.
m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, according to Space X’s website, where the launch can be seen on video. A spokesman for SpaceX could not immediately be reached for comment.
The Falcon 9 has previously caused a stir in Southern California with the light show it left in its wake . Sci-fi fans might see a similarity with another blue vortex. The spiral is reminiscent of the phenomenon in the 1980 film “The Final Countdown ,” in which the USS Nimitz enters a blue vortex and travels through time to the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Of course, it’s Hollywood, no explanation is needed..
