Space jellyfish

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A space jellyfish (or jellyfish UFO; also rocket jellyfish) is a rocket launch-related phenomenon caused by sunlight reflecting off the high altitude rocket plume gases emitted by a launching rocket during morning or evening twilight. The observer is in darkness, while the exhaust plumes at high altitudes are still in direct sunlight. This luminous apparition is reminiscent of a jellyfish.[1][2][3] Sightings of the phenomenon have led to panic, fear of nuclear missile strike, and reports of unidentified flying objects.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

List of rocket launches causing space jellyfish

Rocket launch Payload Date Location Summary Notes References
Falcon 9 flight 62 SAOCOM 1A 8 October 2018 California A West Coast launch off California, in the post-dusk; causing UFO reports [10][11][12]
Falcon 9 flight 57 SpaceX CRS-15 29 June 2018 Florida An East Coast launch off Florida, in the pre-dawn [1]
Soyuz-2.1.b launch Glonass-M satellite 17 June 2018 European Russia A launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome heading over the cities of Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan, Russia. [13][8][9]
Falcon 9 flight 46 SpaceX Iridium 4[NB 1] 22 December 2017 California A West Coast launch off California, in the post-dusk [14]
Atlas V 551 AV-056 flight MUOS-4[NB 2] 2 September 2015 Florida A Cape Canaveral launch in the pre-dawn. [15][16]
Meteor-M2 weather satellite 8 July 2014 European Russia A launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan [17]
RS-12M Topol-M nuclear missile test launch — 10 October 2013 Eurasia Launched from Kapustin Yar, Russia; to crash into Shary Shagan, Kazakhstan. [18]
Kosmos 1188 14 June 1980 European Russia A launch from Plesetsk Cosmodrome resulted in a giant U-shaped jellyfish appearing over Moscow and Kalinin, Russia. [19]
Kosmos 955 20 September 1977 Northern Europe A launch from Plesetsk Cosmodrome resulted in a jellyfish vapour trail seen over northern Europe, causing the UFO incident known as the "Petrozavodsk phenomenon". [20]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Iridium-NEXT launch SpaceX-4
  2. ^ U.S. Navy Mobile User Objective System satellite

References

  1. ^ a b Hanneke Weitering (29 June 2018). "See the 'Space Jellyfish' and Other Jaw-Dropping Views from SpaceX's Dragon Launch". Space.com.
  2. ^ РОСКОСМОС (17 June 2018). "РОСКОСМОС. ИНВЕРСИОННЫЙ СЛЕД РАКЕТЫ-НОСИТЕЛЯ "СОЮЗ-2.1Б" НАБЛЮДАЛИ В РЯДЕ РЕГИОНОВ РОССИИ" (in Russian). Roscosmos.
  3. ^ Marta Subat (4 July 2018). "Science: See the 'Space Jellyfish' and Other Jaw-Dropping Views from SpaceX's Dragon Launch". Infosurhoy.
  4. ^ Cleve R. Wootson Jr. (23 December 2017). "A 'UFO sighting' briefly freaked out the West Coast. There was an earthly explanation". Washington Post.
  5. ^ LISA MARIE SEGARRA (23 December 2017). "People in L.A. Definitely Thought This SpaceX Rocket Launch Was Aliens". Time Magazine.
  6. ^ Mike Wright (23 December 2017). "'Did we just see a UFO?' SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch causes consternation as it lights up the Californian skies". The Telegraph (UK).
  7. ^ "A giant, glowing jellyfish or an alien invasion? No, this is a reused SpaceX rocket". Hindustan Times. Associated Press. 23 December 2017.
  8. ^ a b Chris Baynes (18 June 2018). "'Alien invasion' over World Cup stadium was actually Russian rocket launch". The Independent (UK).
  9. ^ a b "Russian Rocket Launch Sparks UFO Conspiracy". The Moscow Times. 18 June 2018.
  10. ^ Alexandra Lozovschi (10 October 2018). "Stunning Photos From The Latest SpaceX Rocket Launch Reveal A Dazzling Plume In The California Sky". The Inquisitor.
  11. ^ William Graham (7 October 2018). "SpaceX Falcon 9 launches with SAOCOM 1A and nails first West Coast landing". NASA Spaceflight .com.
  12. ^ Ian Atkinson (2 October 2018). "SpaceX conducts static fire test ahead of SAOCOM-1A mission, first west coast RTLS". NASA Spaceflight .com.
  13. ^ Charlotte Davis (22 June 2018). "Residents startled as BIZZARE [sic] 'UFO' object lights up night sky near Russia World Cup city". The Express (UK).
  14. ^ Loren Grush (23 December 2018). "All the best reactions to SpaceX's Friday night rocket launch in California". The Verge.
  15. ^ Jonathan O`Callaghan (4 September 2015). "No, That Incredible Atlas V Launch Was Not A UFO". IFL Science.
  16. ^ Maxime Lambert (21 July 2016). "La vidéo d'un étrange halo bleu relance le débat sur Internet" (in French). Maxi Sciences.
  17. ^ Lauren Hitchings (10 July 2014). "Jellyfish in the sky was a high-flying rocket plume". New Scientist.
  18. ^ Alan Boyle (14 October 2013). "UFO? Astro ghost? Find out what that spooky space cloud really was". NBC News.
  19. ^ Chris A. Rutkowski (2008). A World of UFOs. Dundurn. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-77070-343-8.
  20. ^ James Oberg (31 December 1981). "Close encounters of a fabricated kind". New Scientist. Vol. 92, no. 1285. pp. 896–898.

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