Watch: "Mysterious Flying Spiral" Spotted In Night Sky Over Hawaii. Here's What It Is - NDTV

A Japanese telescope camera has captured a bizarre blue "flying spiral" in Hawaii.

Taking to YouTube, the official account of Subaru Telescope, which is operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, shared the eerie video, which showed the "mysterious" whirlpool of light in the shape of a spiral galaxy briefly appearing in the night sky above Maunakea, Hawaii on January 18.

The video was from our "Subaru-Asahi STAR Camera" which is jointly operated by NAOJ (Subaru Telescope) and Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company)," the caption of the YouTube post read.

Meanwhile, according to the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), it turns out the stunning spiral was comprised of frozen rocket fuel that was ejected during a SpaceX launch.

"The spiral seems to be related to the SpaceX company's launch of a new satellite," the Japanese space agency wrote on Twitter.

As per Space.com, the SpaceX launch in question was a Falcon 9 rocket that was lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on January 18.