“Various versions of what was happening were expressed: from the operation of laser anti-satellite weapons and searchlights of air defense systems to the arrival of aliens and the appearance of higher powers ... In fact, the light columns observed in the sky are an optical phenomenon in the atmosphere, which bears such a name - “light column” Leus told RBC.

Light pillars are an optical phenomenon in the atmosphere, a type of halo created by the refraction of light on ice crystals, he explained.

Usually such a phenomenon is observed in the winter season, the forecaster said.