{"id":27874,"date":"2025-11-07T16:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27874\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:54:16","slug":"spiral-shaped-light-seen-across-pennsylvania-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27874\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiral-shaped light seen across Pennsylvania skies"},"content":{"rendered":"

(WTAJ) \u2014 Many Pennsylvania residents looked up to the skies Tuesday and saw something rather strange \u2014 a spiral-shaped light.<\/p>\n

Viewers were stunned to look up and see the light almost taking over the evening sky. The pictures seen below might seem like it came straight from the X-Files.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:<\/p>\n

Photo: Rhonda Good in Philipsburg<\/p>\n

\"Photo:<\/p>\n

Photo: Tyler Benz in Altoona<\/p>\n

What We Know<\/p>\n

The European Space Agency (ESA) blasted off just after 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, from the ESA\u2019s port in French Guiana. This is the second successful Ariane 6 launch they\u2019ve reported.<\/p>\n

Stay up to date with the latest news in the palm of your hand. Click here<\/a> to download the WTAJ app for Apple and Android devices. <\/p>\n

The Ariane 6 is the latest in a 50-year history of rockets and space travel for the ESA.<\/p>\n

As rockets climb, their boosters are used and then released back down to Earth. This often results in gases from the rocket and\/or its boosters crystallizing in Earth\u2019s atmosphere and reflecting light.<\/p>\n

\u2018Very credible\u2019 Bigfoot sighting reported in Central Pennsylvania, researcher said <\/a><\/p>\n

It was documented<\/a> that a similar phenomenon occurred earlier this year over Europe when SpaceX released its boosters after takeoff.<\/p>\n

According to the ESA, their next venture into space will be with the Ariane 6 VA266, which will launch two Galileo satellites into orbit.<\/p>\n

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For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WTAJ – www.wtaj.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WTAJ) \u2014 Many Pennsylvania residents looked up to the skies Tuesday and saw something rather strange \u2014 a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[16545,28,30,29,18193,18194],"class_list":["post-27874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-european-space-agency","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-reflecting-light","tag-tyler-benz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}