Standort: fm4.ORF.at / Meldung: "Today's Webtip: UFO?"

Dave Dempsey

Dave digs the Dirt, webtips, IT-memes and other online geekery. Also as Podcast.

10. 12. 2009 - 12:34

Today's Webtip: UFO?

No. “Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.” Or something like that.

For five minutes last night I believed. The universe is huge, the mysteries infinite, and little green men were lining up to say hello.

People across Norway had been amazed by a beautiful and slightly spooky lightshow low in the northern sky.

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Gizmodo has a lovely collection of the pictures and videos that were pouring onto the net. For a few glorious hours, it was like being a school child who just discovered Area 51.

gizmodo.com

And then some schlaumeier showed up and rained on our parade.

gizmodo.com

Another sighting of something similar: