'Mystery explosion' caught on video in Russian Arctic near secret Putin military base Footage shows a massive explosion in the far north of Russia close to one of Vladimir Putin's secret military sites.
“At about 14.45 in a clear sky appeared three bright plasmoids, bright white light with a periodicity of 30 seconds, which smoothly descending moved to the ground, in the area south-east of Severomorsk-3,” said one observer.
The ignition came soon after Putin had finished his marathon TV call-in and press conference session in which he had blamed the West for tension in the world.
Tormod Kværna, Scientific Adviser on Seismology and Test Ban Monitoring with NORSAR, said his station recorded a signal which could have meant a huge explosion.
One theory was that a Putin missile experiment had gone wrong - not for the first time in this region, with a devastating impact.
