Lacking official acknowledgement
we are left to speculate and what is seen here is unusual and surprisingly
quick. We do not get an obvious ignition
either. Yet this formation expanded in
space and was not torn apart. It is most
like a radiative energy burst that triggered secondary radiation as the
captured energy was released. Except it
did not happen at light speed but over several minutes. Perhaps the lag
phenomenon has a completely different explanation.
In any event, blaming it on a
minute man launch is surely the best explanation and the real surprise is that
we gained a visible phenomenon that needs to be seen again to confirm the cause
and unusual effect. I suspect that we
see a gas halo illuminated by the sun, though now its sudden disappearance
needs to be understood.
Check out the video.
UFO, 'Star Gate' or just a ballistic missile? Mysterious bubble-like
light burst seen over Hawaii
Last updated at 11:40 AM on 30th June 2011
Footage of this incredible bubble-like burst of light in the night sky
was captured by cameras at an astronomical observatory in Hawaii
Sky watchers have been flooding internet forums with speculation about
the burst, filmed by a webcam mounted on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea .
Captured in time-lapse footage, the glowing sphere takes several
minutes to expand until it virtually fills the frame - then it vanishes as
mysteriously as it appeared.
Inter-dimensional time portal: The burst was captured on time-lapse
video by a webcam mounted on an astronomical observatory in Hawaii
Theories as the cause of the mysterious luminous sphere have ranged
from the opening of an inter-dimensional portal to the future to a battle
between two alien starships.
But the most likely explanation is that is shows a U.S.
The time-lapse footage shows the night horizon filled with stars, when
suddenly an ethereal arc pops into view.
It rapidly expands, forming a circular shell which grows as it travels
across the horizon, then fades as it fills the view.
According to Discover Magazine's Bad Astronomy blog, the soap
bubble-like characteristics of the light burst indicate that it has been caused
by a 'sudden impulse of energy and rapid expansion of material'.
Citing online astronomy forums, Bad Astronomy reveals that a Minuteman
III ICBM had been scheduled to launch from Vandenburg Air Force Base,
California, three minutes before the burst was observed, at about 3:35am Hawaii
time.
The stars of the Cassiopeia constellation are visible in the horizon
behind the burst, indicating that the webcam was pointed north-east - towards
the base and the missile's probable flight path.
Growing and moving: This frame shows the burst as it begins in the
corner of the horizon seen north-east from Mauna Kea
Again citing internet forums, the blog speculates the burst could have
caused by a charges in the missile's third stage detonating to kill its thrust
as it arcs across the Earth.
At a pre-determined moment, ports in the side of this section of the
missile are blown open by explosive charges, allowing remaining fuel to be
dumped fast.
This rapid fuel dump cuts the missile's thrust at precisely the right
time allowing the warhead to be targeted with devastating accuracy at the right
spot back on the surface of the Earth.
As the missile is above most of the Earth's atmosphere at this point,
when the fuel gas is suddenly ejected it blows away from the missile in a
perfect sphere - which could explain the bubble-like characteristics of the
light.
For this explanation, the timing seems to be right. However, it is only
a theory and there has not yet been any official confirmation of the claims.
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