There ’s more unusual goings - on in Siberia . Why is italways Siberia ?

topical anesthetic across the northerly stretch of Russia report seeing this orphic ball of light in the night sky this week . As freaky lights in the night often make people do , peeps took to social medium explain , with hypothesis / pronouncements ranging from UFO invasion or a gob in the space - meter continuum , to a trick of the visible light play by the northern lights .

" I went out to smoke a cigarette and thought it was the remnant of the mankind , " one guy comment on Russian societal medium web site VK .

The realism might be even stranger than fiction . Many are suggesting that this weird sight was actually cause by the launching of Russia ’s much - hyped Satan 2Topol - M rocket . On the same twenty-four hours , President Vladimir Putin personally fired four ballistic missile during tests of Russia ’s strategic atomic forces , consort tothe Kremlin .

The Intercontinental ballistic missiles , capable of carry nuclear load , were blast across most of the vast rural area , from the Plesetsk in the Occident of Russia to the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia ’s furthermost eastern point .

It ’s known that rocket launch at night can create interesting illusions in the sky . As the rockets mount into the ambiance , a compounding of pre - dawn Inner Light and certain atmospheric conditions can ensue in unmated tricks of the twinkle . Take , for example , thelaunch of the Atlas Vrocket back in 2015 .

Photographer Alexey Yakovlev beguile a arresting prototype of the globe from Plesetsk , a town near to the launching   site , along with some rather beautiful hints of the   aurora borealis , aka the northern light .

He posted his photography onVK , comment : " It seems I accidentally shoot the launching of a secret distance rocket from Plesetsk . "

" I was taken aback for a few minutes , not read what was encounter , ” Sergey Anisimov , another photographer who see the luminosity from the townspeople of Salekhard , toldThe Siberian Times .

" The glowing ball rose from behind the trees and moved in my direction . My first thought was about the most powerful searchlight , but the speeding of changing everything around changed the melodic theme of what was happening . ”

" The clump began to turn into an arc and gradually scatter . "

So alas , not foreigner or the remainder of the world . Secret Russian rocket launch   are still exciting though .