New Zealand: 'Massive' Glowing Spiral Of Blue Light In Night Sky Leave People Stunned

Stargazers in New Zealand were left puzzled and awestruck by a bizarre, spiral light formation in the sky on Sunday night.

Around 7:30 pm, Kiwis caught a glimpse of an incredible sight - a huge, blue spiral of light amid the darkness, suspiciously drifting across.

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Many people took to social media to share the photographs showing the rare phenomenon.

Alasdair Burns, 34, who runs a star-gazing business on Stewart Island told local website Stuff that it was by far the strangest thing he¡¯d seen in the night sky.

¡°It was absolutely bizarre. It was like a massive spiral. And it very, very slowly, serenely moving north across the night sky and then just sort of dissipating as it went,¡± he told the outlet.

Crazy moving spiral over nelson NZ tonight! Think my kids summoned a portal! Arghh! #SpaceX #Rockets #UFOs #Portals pic.twitter.com/awtzFMGVnY

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However, Richard Easther, a physics professor at the University of Auckland, explained that the spiral was, in fact, the illuminated plume of a rocket.

¡°They are ¡®clouds¡¯ created by the exhaust plumes of the rocket, which would have been illuminated by the sun,¡± he told Stuff.

¡°It¡¯s similar to the effect you sometimes see at sunset when the setting sun lights up the underside of high clouds.¡±

These were photographed by a friend in #Asheville last night. The spiral at the end was taken last night in New Zealand and sent to a friend of mine (next tweet.) Then what @VennieKocsis saw the night before last. So much activity right now! #ufotwitter pic.twitter.com/zJaibiDwVN

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According to Easther, it¡¯s plausible the rocket was Space X¡¯s Global Star Mission, which launched earlier on Sunday and passed over New Zealand.

People on social media had their own theories - from UFOs to foreign rockets to commercial light displays.

¡°Premonition from our orbital black hole,¡± one user said.

¡°Aliens at it again,¡± another user commented.

"That's a porter to another world," a third user said.

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