Mysterious spiral light in Dutch skies; Not a UFO, but a SpaceX fuel dump
A mysterious spiral-shaped light appeared in the sky above various parts of the Netherlands and elsewhere in Western Europe around 9:00 p.m. on Monday. According to Marco Langbroek, a satellite expert and lecturer at TU Delft, it was a fuel dump by a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX.
The Dutch and Belgian UFO hotlines both received dozens of calls, RTL Nieuws reports. But the mystery was soon solved.
The SpaceX rocket was launched earlier in the evening from Cape Canaveral in Florida. It left a trail above Western Europe.
“The strange spiral cloud visible in the sky this Monday evening was a fuel dump from the Falcon 9 rocket that launched an American spy satellite today,” Langbroek said on X. According to him, the fuel dump happened in the second orbit around the earth.
Last month, another Falcon 9 rocket launch caused fireballs to appear in the Dutch skies.
