太空水母现象

太空水母现象（英語：Space Jellyfish），又称水母UFO或水母火箭，这是一种火箭发射所产生的现象。由于在早晨或傍晚时分观测火箭发射时，火箭在高空中所喷射释放的羽状气体痕迹被阳光反射，最终形成此现象。而在处于暗处的观测者眼中，这种位于高海拔处的火箭气体在阳光反射下形成的轨迹非常像一只水母，因此得名为太空水母不少这种现象都会引起目击者的恐慌，人们会联想到核导弹攻击和不明飞行物。 夜光云 飛機雲 Iridium-NEXT launch SpaceX-4 U.S. Navy Mobile User Objective System satellite Hanneke Weitering. See the 'Space Jellyfish' and Other Jaw-Dropping Views from SpaceX's Dragon Launch. Space.com. 29 June 2018 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2021-01-19）.  РОСКОСМОС. РОСКОСМОС. ИНВЕРСИОННЫЙ СЛЕД РАКЕТЫ-НОСИТЕЛЯ "СОЮЗ-2.1Б" НАБЛЮДАЛИ В РЯДЕ РЕГИОНОВ РОССИИ. Roscosmos. 17 June 2018 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2020-03-02） （俄语）.  Cleve R. Wootson Jr. A 'UFO sighting' briefly freaked out the West Coast. There was an earthly explanation.. Washington Post. 23 December 2017 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2018-07-27）.  LISA MARIE SEGARRA. People in L.A. Definitely Thought This SpaceX Rocket Launch Was Aliens. Time Magazine. 23 December 2017 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2020-12-03）.  Mike Wright. 'Did we just see a UFO?' SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch causes consternation as it lights up the Californian skies. The Telegraph (UK). 23 December 2017 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2020-11-09）.  A giant, glowing jellyfish or an alien invasion? No, this is a reused SpaceX rocket. Hindustan Times. Associated Press. 23 December 2017 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2020-11-09）.  Chris Baynes. 'Alien invasion' over World Cup stadium was actually Russian rocket launch. The Independent (UK). 18 June 2018 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2020-11-09）.  Russian Rocket Launch Sparks UFO Conspiracy. The Moscow Times. 18 June 2018 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2019-01-27）.  Alexandra Lozovschi. Stunning Photos From The Latest SpaceX Rocket Launch Reveal A Dazzling Plume In The California Sky. The Inquisitor. 10 October 2018 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2019-09-01）.  William Graham. SpaceX Falcon 9 launches with SAOCOM 1A and nails first West Coast landing. NASA Spaceflight .com. 7 October 2018 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2019-01-09）.  Ian Atkinson. SpaceX conducts static fire test ahead of SAOCOM-1A mission, first west coast RTLS. NASA Spaceflight .com. 2 October 2018 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2020-11-09）.  Charlotte Davis. Residents startled as BIZZARE（原文如此） 'UFO' object lights up night sky near Russia World Cup city. The Express (UK). 22 June 2018 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2021-01-26）.  Loren Grush. All the best reactions to SpaceX's Friday night rocket launch in California. The Verge. 23 December 2018 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2020-12-08）.  Jonathan O`Callaghan. No, That Incredible Atlas V Launch Was Not A UFO. IFL Science. 4 September 2015 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2020-11-08）.  Maxime Lambert. La vidéo d'un étrange halo bleu relance le débat sur Internet. Maxi Sciences. 21 July 2016 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2021-01-15） （法语）.  Lauren Hitchings. Jellyfish in the sky was a high-flying rocket plume. New Scientist. 10 July 2014 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2020-12-04）.  Alan Boyle. UFO? Astro ghost? Find out what that spooky space cloud really was. NBC News. 14 October 2013 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2020-12-13）.  Chris A. Rutkowski. A World of UFOs. Dundurn. 2008: 99. ISBN 978-1-77070-343-8.  James Oberg. Close encounters of a fabricated kind. New Scientist. 31 December 1981, 92 (1285): 896–898.  David Clarke. The UFO Files: The Inside Story of Real-life Sightings. A & C Black. 2013. ISBN 978-1-4081-9482-9.  Chris A. Rutkowski. A World of UFOs. Dundurn. 2008. ISBN 978-1-77070-343-8.  James E. Oberg, The "Jellyfish UFO" Dilemma (PDF), Donning, [2020-12-29], （原始内容存档 (PDF)于2021-01-21）  Hanneke Weitering. See the 'Space Jellyfish' and Other Jaw-Dropping Views from SpaceX's Dragon Launch. Space.com. 29 June 2018 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2021-01-19）.  Sophie Weiner. Watch the Falcon 9 Rocket Leave a Trail of Glowing Clouds in the Sky. Popular Mechanics. 24 December 2017 [2020-12-29]. （原始内容存档于2020-12-03）.  Associated Press, YouTube上的Lights Over Norway: UFO or Military Rocket?, 10 December 2009