【商台互動國際組】宇宙浩瀚，當中還有多少奧秘，是人類所未知的呢？恐怕答案是數之不盡，正如最近挪威北部地區驚現神秘漩渦狀光圈，當地數千民眾親眼目睹並拍下此奇觀，但對於它出現的原因，至今仍然是一個謎。
當地時間本月9日(2009 十二月 9日)，挪威北部一座大山後面忽然出現一道神秘藍光，隨即這道光開始以環形向外旋轉，繼而擴散成一個巨大的藍白相間漩渦，幾乎覆蓋了整個天空。有目擊者透露，之後漩渦中心還發射出一道青綠色光束，有如一個巨大火球般，周圍的強光則圍繞光束旋轉，大概持續了10至12分鐘，異象才完全消失。
怪異現象發生之後，當地民眾無不議論紛紛，天文學家對此指出，該現象持續時間太長，可以斷定並非巨大流星，同時亦可確定其與極光現象無關。至於有人認為這可能是俄羅斯導彈測試失控爆炸，洩漏燃料燃燒反射出來的現象，俄羅斯當局就已否認此事，他們表示假若進行導彈測試的話，一定會事先對外通知。
RussiaToday 新聞片段
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hrWjkn_DHs
挪威目擊者在youtube 留下的紀錄
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBUW_MZkQ30
挪威當地傳媒 VGTV 片段
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYvM68AtlbA
其他片段
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMUhS-S0rGk
一則外國報導
http://www.examiner.com/x-5182-Dallas-Weather-Examiner~y2009m12d9-Strange-spiral-in-sky-over-Norway-UFO
英國 dailymail 報章報導
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html
Last updated at 11:05 AM on 10th December 2009What's blue and white, squiggly and suddenly appears in the sky?
If you know the answer, pop it on a postcard and send it to the people of Norway, where this mysterious light display baffled residents yesterday.
Speculation was increasing today that the display was the result of an embarrassing failed test launch of a jinxed new Russian missile.
The Bulava missile was test-fired from the Dmitry Donskoi submarine in the White Sea early on Wednesday but failed at the third stage, say newspapers in Moscow today.
This emerged despite earlier reports denying a missile launch yesterday. Even early today there was no formal confirmation from the Russian Defence Ministry.The light appears to be unconnected with the aurora borealis, or northern lights, the natural magnetic phenomena that can often be viewed in that part of the world.
The mystery began when a blue light seemed to soar up from behind a mountain in the north of the country. It stopped mid-air, then began to move in circles. Within seconds a giant spiral had covered the entire sky.
Then a green-blue beam of light shot out from its centre - lasting for ten to 12 minutes before disappearing completely.
Onlookers describing it as 'like a big fireball that went around, with a great light around it' and 'a shooting star that spun around and around'.
Yesterday a Norwegian defence spokesman said the display was most likely from a failed Russian test launch.
Tromsō Geophysical Observatory researcher Truls Lynne Hansen agreed, saying the missile had likely veered out of control and exploded, and the spiral was light reflecting on the leaking fuel.
But last night Russia denied it had been conducting missile tests in the area.
A Moscow news outlet quoted the Russian Navy as denying any rocket launches from the White Sea area.
Norway should be informed of such launches under international agreements, it was stressed.
However this morning media reports claimed a missile had indeed been launched from the White Sea. Test firings are usually made from the White Sea, close to the Norwegian Arctic region.
Kommersant newspaper reported today that a test-firing before dawn on Wednesday coincided with the light show in the northern sky.
It also emerged today that Russia last week formally notified Norway of a window when a missile test might be carried out.
This included a seven hour period early on Wednesday at the time when the lights were seen.The submarine Dmitry Donskoy went to sea on Monday, ahead of the test, and some reports suggest the vessel is now back in port.
A Russian military source said today that 'the third stage of the rocket did not work'.
The Russian Defence Ministry, with characteristic secrecy, has so far been unavailable for comment.
A Bulava missile is fired from a submarine in this undated file photo. Russia has yet to confirm if a similar test launch was behind the mystery lights seen over Norway yesterday
The Bulava, despite being crucial to Russia's plans to revamp its weaponry, is becoming an embarrassment after nine failed launches in 13 tests, prompting calls for it to be scrapped.
In theory, it has a range of 5,000 miles and could carry up to ten nuclear weapons bound for separate targets.
A previous failure in July forced the resignation of Yury Solomonov, the director of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology which is responsible for developing the missile.
However, he is now working as chief designer on the jinxed project.
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute was flooded with telephone calls after the light storm yesterday morning.
Totto Eriksen, from Tromsø, told VG Nett: 'It spun and exploded in the sky,'
He spotted the lights as he walked his daughter Amalie to school.
He said: 'We saw it from the Inner Harbor in Tromsø. It was absolutely fantastic.
'It almost looked like a rocket that spun around and around and then went diagonally down the heavens.
'It looked like the moon was coming over the mountain, but then came something completely different.'
Celebrity astronomer Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard said he had never seen anything like the lights.
He said: 'My first thought was that it was a fireball meteor, but it has lasted far too long.
'It may have been a missile in Russia, but I can not guarantee that it is the answer.'
Air traffic control in Tromsō claimed the light show lasted 'far too long to be an astronomical phenomenon'.
中國氣象台 1988年所拍的片段，和挪威夜空出現的不明物體非常相似
http://www.youmaker.com/video/sv?id=768572d1f5384db8b72c9a4ea6c3da2b001
