What Caused the Spiral UFO in Norway?

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The spiral UFO observed in Norway was definitively caused by a malfunctioning third stage of a Russian missile. This incident resulted in a spiral-shaped contrail that resembled a sci-fi depiction of a wormhole. The malfunction occurred during an upgrade attempt of the Russian missile fleet, indicating significant issues in their missile technology. The visual spectacle captured public interest, particularly through various media, including YouTube videos.

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Please have a look:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2764647/Spiral-UFO-puts-Norway-in-a-spin.html

It's strange isn't it? Anyone have an explanation?

Could it be man made?
 
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Apparently it was caused by a rocket which manfunctioned, going into a spiral. Effectively it's a spiral shaped contrail. It does however look very very cool. I saw a youtube video of it and especially liked the part where the trail starts to disperse. It looks almost exactly like the way sci-fi portrays a wormhole opening up.
 
More specifically, it was the third stage of a Russian missile that malfunctioned. They're trying to upgrade their missile fleet, and frankly aren't doing a great job. Does look really cool though :)


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091210/sc_afp/russianorwaymilitarymissile
 
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Daylight photo of what probably happened?

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Borg said:
Daylight photo of what probably happened?

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This has to be the strangest thing I have ever seen in the sky.
 

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