Mystery of the Mysterious Light in the Sky 70 Years Ago Finally Solved

Jakarta – A mysterious light phenomenon that appeared in the sky about seventy years ago has finally been explained. Once believed to be linked to UFOs, the phenomenon is now thought to have been connected to nuclear weapons testing.

This conclusion comes from researchers who analyzed historical photographs taken at the Palomar Observatory in California between 1949 and 1957. In these images, they identified several short-lived bright spots appearing in the night sky.

Some of these objects appeared in one photo and vanished by the time the next was taken, all within the same region of the night sky. Notably, all the photos were captured before October 4, 1957 — the date when humanity’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched into Earth’s orbit.

“A possible link to nuclear weapons tests can be considered for two reasons. Between 1951 and the launch of Sputnik in 1957, at least 124 above-ground nuclear tests were conducted by the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom,” the researchers explained in their paper published in Scientific Reports.

Under certain conditions, nuclear radiation is known to cause visible glowing effects (Cherenkov radiation). This phenomenon can appear in the atmosphere in response to high-energy particles such as gamma rays. “According to this concept, glowing ‘fireballs’ in the sky were reported several times shortly after nuclear tests,” the researchers wrote, as quoted by Newsweek via detikINET.

The research team used a dataset covering 2,718 days of astronomical observation to compare the timing of the temporary light appearances with dates of above-ground nuclear tests and reported UFO sightings. They discovered that such temporary light phenomena were 45% more likely to occur within one day after a nuclear weapons test.

“Our findings provide additional empirical support for the validity of UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) reports and their potential connection to nuclear weapons activity, contributing data beyond eyewitness accounts,” the researchers concluded.

By. Detik.com