Mysterious 'whirlpool' appears in the night sky above Hawaii (bbc.co.uk) 14 points by hanoz 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] h2odragon 3y ago ↗ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Norwegian_spiral_anomalylinks to https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2009/1210/norway...> The spiral, he says, "comes when you have a motor firing off the axis of the vehicle at right angles to the line that connects to the center of mass" yielding a "pinwheel."
[–] hanoz 3y ago ↗ "Experts say the object was not a galaxy..."No really? Thanks experts."...or a UFO"Well, I mean, wasn't it? [–] llimos 3y ago ↗ Great comment, but tbf they did identify it so it is not U.> Scientist believe the phenomenon is connected to the launch of a SpaceX satellite. [–] schiffern 3y ago ↗ That's an unsourced hypothesis, not a confirmed identification.Many (most?) UFOs have at least one hypothesis. [–] [deleted] 3y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] llimos 3y ago ↗ Great comment, but tbf they did identify it so it is not U.> Scientist believe the phenomenon is connected to the launch of a SpaceX satellite. [–] schiffern 3y ago ↗ That's an unsourced hypothesis, not a confirmed identification.Many (most?) UFOs have at least one hypothesis. [–] [deleted] 3y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] schiffern 3y ago ↗ That's an unsourced hypothesis, not a confirmed identification.Many (most?) UFOs have at least one hypothesis. [–] [deleted] 3y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] likeabbas 3y ago ↗ [There was a radar satellite launch from Japan around the same time](https://www.rocketlaunch.live/?pastOnly=1 ). The sulfur dioxide spreading would explain
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> The spiral, he says, "comes when you have a motor firing off the axis of the vehicle at right angles to the line that connects to the center of mass" yielding a "pinwheel."
No really? Thanks experts.
"...or a UFO"
Well, I mean, wasn't it?
> Scientist believe the phenomenon is connected to the launch of a SpaceX satellite.
Many (most?) UFOs have at least one hypothesis.