[FPSPACE] Spiral UFO puts Norway in a spin

[James Oberg]

Thursday morning Moscow papers are reporting on the Norway photos/videos and 
the speculation it's a failed Bulava launch, but so far no comment from the 
Defense Ministry. Only one TV channel, RenTV, has mentioned it -- a good 
indicator that the other state-owned broadcasters recognize the probability 
(or have received orders) that silence is best for potential military 
accidents.

Alan Boyle at MSNBC has a commentary on it:
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/12/09/2147455.aspx
Wednesday, December 09, 2009 6:56 PM by Alan Boyle

Kommersant's ace aerospace reporter Ivan Konovalov reports in Thursday's 
paper ["НЛО повторил падение "Булавы"]
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc-y.aspx?DocsID=1289619
that an MoD source says the failure was in the third stage.

My interview is here:
Rachel Maddow show, Dec 9, 2009-12-09 (5:07 segment)
Dramatic spiral UFO explained
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#34355324