A strange, swirling light spotted floating in the night sky above New York City and Long Island was the remnants of a rocket launch that originated nearly 3,000 miles away, according to reports and authorities.

The European Space Agency launched a weather-monitoring satellite using the Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket on Tuesday from the agency’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, just after 6 p.m. local time, the ESA said on its website.

Several videos taken by stunned viewers caught the hazy S-shaped white light shining above the Big Apple skyline and the Long Island suburbs.

Several videos captured by stunned viewers caught the hazy S-shaped white light shining above the Big Apple skyline and the Long Island suburbs. WGAL

“This made for a cool, yet understandably unnerving sky for a sh

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