Just Seen a strange #UFO over Fheis. It hovered, and then made a swirl and disappeared #Amman #Jordan twitter.com/robstevensradi… — Rob Stevens (@robstevensradio) June 7, 2012

#UFO or missile trace? Mystery spiral lights raise havoc in Israel on.rt.com/lwi1ls — Joe Thorpe (@JoeThorpe1963) June 8, 2012

Reported UFO Over Israel Could be Russia’s ICBM Test goo.gl/zXUEn #MideastUFO — RIA Novosti (@ria_novosti) June 8, 2012

In the twilight of an otherwise ordinary Thursday evening, emergency lines -- and Twitter feeds -- lit up across the Middle East and Caspian regions with reports of a mysterious object traveling across the night sky.Over the next few hours, conjecture-laden tweets ( #mideastUFO ) poured in from Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia as to what the cone-shaped light was.YouTube users claiming to be in Syria uploaded grainy video of the flying object (below), and the speculation began.As more images and videos poured in, a general consensus formed that the light was a missile of some sort. At 1:43 AM Moscow time the guesswork came to a grinding halt as the "Voice of Russia" reported that the Russian military had successfully tested a Topol class intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The test missile was(map here ) missile test field in the central part on the country.According to RFE/RL's Merhat Sharipzhanov, who served in a missile-targeting unit in the Soviet Army, tests like this are the norm -- and have been for decades. He notes that there are several such test fields in Kazakhstan and the vast tracts of open land in Siberia."Ynet" quoted Dr. Yigal Pat-El, chairman of the Israeli Astronomical Association, as saying that the object was indeed a ballistic missile test that "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."Interestingly, RIA Novosti is hedging a bit -- reporting that the mysterious object "could be" the Russian missile test.-- Zach Peterson