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'GLOWING LIGHT' OVER ISRAEL TEST-FIRED RUSSIA MISSILE
Christian Broadcasting Network
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2012/June/Israelis-See-Glowing-Light-Thursday-Night/
June 8 2012
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israelis weren't the only ones who saw a "glowing
light" in the sky Thursday night. Lebanon, Turkey, Cyprus, Armenia
and Jordan also spotted it.
Late Thursday evening, Israelis countrywide flooded police hotlines
to report an unusual spiraling light leaving a trail in the night sky.
A short time later, Novosti, the Russian News agency, quoted a Defense
Ministry statement saying it had successfully test fired a ballistic
missile at 9:39 p.m. Moscow time.
Dr. Yigal Pat-El, chairman of the Israeli Astronomical Association,
told YNet the missile probably "spun out of control."
"It most likely spun out of control and its remnants and the fuel
was what people saw," Pat-El said. "It reached a height of 200-300
kilometers (between 124 and 186 miles) and that's why it was seen
from so many locations."
According to Russian military sources, the new generation of
Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles is designed to counter
the anti-ballistic missile defense shield the U.S. is deploying in
countries such as Poland.
Christian Broadcasting Network
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2012/June/Israelis-See-Glowing-Light-Thursday-Night/
June 8 2012
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israelis weren't the only ones who saw a "glowing
light" in the sky Thursday night. Lebanon, Turkey, Cyprus, Armenia
and Jordan also spotted it.
Late Thursday evening, Israelis countrywide flooded police hotlines
to report an unusual spiraling light leaving a trail in the night sky.
A short time later, Novosti, the Russian News agency, quoted a Defense
Ministry statement saying it had successfully test fired a ballistic
missile at 9:39 p.m. Moscow time.
Dr. Yigal Pat-El, chairman of the Israeli Astronomical Association,
told YNet the missile probably "spun out of control."
"It most likely spun out of control and its remnants and the fuel
was what people saw," Pat-El said. "It reached a height of 200-300
kilometers (between 124 and 186 miles) and that's why it was seen
from so many locations."
According to Russian military sources, the new generation of
Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles is designed to counter
the anti-ballistic missile defense shield the U.S. is deploying in
countries such as Poland.