UFO over Israel. Or, at least, in the general area.

This is what Ynet reports:

And the eggheads were on top of it this time:

Dr. Yigal Pat-El, the chairman of the Israeli Astronomical Association and observatory director, confirmed the sighting and said the origin of the object is unclear.

Well, kind of on top:

"It looked like a small body that suddenly started to grow and make spiral-like movements," he said. "After a while, it turned into a cloud....it looked like an object flying high above ground and then disintegrating." "It reached a height of some 80 kilometers and flew north of the border with Lebanon," he said. "It wasn't a meteor."

Was it, perhaps, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah leaving his bunker after 6 years? Who knows.

Over to my favorite UFOlogists.

Update: as heard on the radio today, it was a Russian ballistic missile test that went wrong. Kinda disappointing...

And now from Ynet again, from same scientist:

Israeli Astronomical Association Chairman Dr. Yigal Pat-El said that it is quite possible that the unidentified flying object reported by residents nationwide was a ballistic missile test.

"It most likely spun out of control and its remnants and the fuel was what people saw. It reached a height of 200-300 kilometers and that's why it was seen from so many locations," he told Ynet.

Notice that with each report that object gets higher. Oh well...