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Mystery spiral in Alaska sky was likely SpaceX rocket fuel
UPI ^
| APRIL 18, 2023 / 10:33 AM
| By Ben Hooper
Posted on 04/18/2023 9:09:07 AM PDT by Red Badger
April 18 (UPI) -- A mysterious spiral caught on camera above the northern lights in Alaska was likely the result of fuel being released from a SpaceX rocket, an expert said.
The spiral was caught on camera by Todd Salat, aka The Aurora Hunter, while he was photographing the northern lights just before 2 a.m. southeast of Fairbanks.
Elizabeth Withnall also posted photos of the strange sight she encountered while watching the lights from the northwestern part of the state.
Don Hampton, a research associate professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, told the Anchorage Daily News the spiral "appears to be rocket engine exhaust from a SpaceX Transporter-7 mission that launched on the Falcon 9 about three hours earlier in California."
"Water vapor in the exhaust from the second stage engine freezes and catches high-altitude sunlight, effectively glowing and creating this spiral galaxy of a display," Hampton said.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy; Business/Economy; UFO's
KEYWORDS: astronomy; falcon9; spacex; transporter7
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Yeah, sure it was..................
To: MtnClimber; SunkenCiv
Water Vapor/Spent fuel Ping!......................
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posted on
04/18/2023 9:09:49 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/18/2023 9:12:16 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/18/2023 9:14:36 AM PDT
by
SPDSHDW
(Ya’ll knew he was installed via fraud, and chose to do nothing. Enjoy the roller coaster ride.)
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posted on
04/18/2023 9:16:55 AM PDT
by
dsrtsage
( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
To: SPDSHDW
The wheel in the sky keeps on turnin’........................
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posted on
04/18/2023 9:17:15 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
I have seen a photo of a Lockheed misssile the made a similar patern when it fired thrust termination ports in the second stage. It is fasinating but not hard to understand, the rocket was spinning as a result ot the angle of the ports being used to stop the second stage from running into the payload.
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posted on
04/18/2023 9:27:53 AM PDT
by
KC_for_Freedom
(retired aerospace engineer and CSP who also taught)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/18/2023 9:31:09 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: ComputerGuy
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posted on
04/18/2023 9:36:40 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Absolutely nothing can go wrong.
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posted on
04/18/2023 9:41:43 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: Red Badger
Has Elon figured out spacewarp technology?!
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posted on
04/18/2023 9:41:57 AM PDT
by
Skywise
To: Skywise
How do you think he got here?...........................
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posted on
04/18/2023 9:44:14 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: dsrtsage
To: Red Badger
“Rocket fuel” in the headline.
Then “Water vapor in the exhaust from the second stage engine freezes and catches high-altitude sunlight” in the body.
Who launches a rocket with enough surplus fuel to dump it into space?
Idiot headline writer.
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04/18/2023 10:10:59 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone els)
To: Red Badger
Except, when have ANY of us seen a SpaceX rocket “Spin”?
All the ones I’ve seen, fly with their orientation very precisely controlled.
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04/18/2023 10:16:19 AM PDT
by
EasySt
(Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA-AaA)
To: Red Badger
Haven't we seen several of these over the years and after the hysteria came the announcement of a rocket launch..?
I was in the air force at Vandenberg and we launched many rockets that cause aerial phenomena particularly at twilight. We would tell the media in advance to expect that yet they still ran with the "What is it!!! must be the end of the world" stories every freakin' time.
The mainstream media loves to keep people frightened
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04/18/2023 10:52:57 AM PDT
by
pfflier
To: Red Badger
To: pfflier
Sex sells.
Fear sells.
Fear of Sex sells...............................
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posted on
04/18/2023 11:03:11 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/18/2023 11:04:02 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: Red Badger
It seems obvious to me it's HARP, energized. Are any earthquakes or volcanoes going off around the world?
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