Multiple sightings across Europe last night.
People all over Russia and Europe are reporting that they're seeing this strange object in the sky.
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the sky, with experts saying it is linked to a SpaceX rocket.
Some posted the stunning images on social media, joking that they thought it could be 'aliens'.
But experts say the bizarre shape that was spotted on Monday night was caused by illuminated frozen fuel expelled from the rocket's second stage.
The light blue spiral is formed when excess fuel that has been released from a rocket turns to ice, and then water vapour.
It then reflects the sunlight in the upper atmosphere.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was launched for the NROL-69 mission today, and seems to be the cause.
The company focused on space exploration often launches rockets that can create visual effects when frozen fuel is expelled into the atmosphere.
One stunned Brit posted on X on Monday: 'Just seen this weird spiral of light in the sky while me and little lad look at stars with his telescope.
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