MYSTERIOUS spirals thought to be frozen fuel from a Space X rocket have been spotted in the sky above Britain tonight.
The white phenomenon was seen by countless across the UK at around 8pm this evening.
The spiral appeared at around 8pm across the skyEllen
The phenomenon appeared for around a few minutes before dissipatingMark Leabon
Abbey Nicholls, 25, spotted the mystical pattern above her home in Middleton, Manchester.
She stepped out into her front garden thinking it was a “shooting star” before quickly realising it was something else.
Abbey told The Sun: “It was like a whirlpool of lights floating across the sky.
“It made me feel really strange.
“I’ve never seen anything like that before.”
The mysterious lights have also been spotted from Bristol, Milton Keynes and the coastline of Kent this evening.
BBC lead weather presenter Simon King explained: “Watchers have captured the SpaceX spiral in the skies above the UK this evening after a rocket launch in the US.
“[It was] caused by illuminated frozen fuel expelled from the rocket second stage.”
Dave Garland said he spotted the lights “slowly drifting” over the sky in Yate, Bristol, while Ashley, 39, saw the display off the coast of Kent while he was fishing.
The 39-year-old told The Sun: “It travelled across the sky slowly.
“It disappeared after about five minutes.
“It was the scariest thing I have ever seen in my life.”
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