spiraling blue light in norway...aliens, russians, or something weirder?

last night for several minutes, this strange spiraling light was seen over the Norwegian town of Skjervoy. no one knows what it is, and thousands of people saw it, recordered it, and some promptly 'youtubed' it. here's some video's:

(ignore the lame-ass music in this one)






(and here's a news story about it)



one problem:
no one knows what the hell it is.
some people thinks it was aliens (obviously), some say it was the 'northern lights' (because this town is so close to the arctic circle), and some say it was a russian missile test gone awry. claiming a missile self-destructed and the spiral was the result of this(the russians deny this point).
side note:
i have a friend who baby-sits for daniel pinchbeck (ufo theorists/hallucinogenic drug advocate/author of books on 2012) and he claims that this event corresponds with the hopi indian prophecy of a blue star or blue kachina (read here) accourding to the prophecy a blue star (potentially like this one) will signify the start a "cleansing war."
is this it?
pinchbeck (very off the record--and very second hand--thinks it is possible).
anyway, at least we can all agree it is freaking weird/cool to look at.
am it right?

read about the 'spiral' here:
christian science monitor
daily mail (uk)
discover mag (bad astronomy blog)

THIS IS REAL. BE AFRAID. BE VERY AFRAID.

creepy intro, weird studio, viewing parties, chuck norris, 9.12 principles? this is bizarre on so many levels...

and at 2:51 all hell breaks loose.