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Any science folks out there know what "STEVE" is? It is a purple ribbon of light that appears over British Columbia, Canada. Theories?

Per an article in the August 20  journal GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS it is currently an unknown. It is NOT an aurora according to them. So what then is it?

Posted - August 22, 2018
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  • 11418
    There is a Navy test range in Nanoose bay and rumor has it that there is a UFO there that they test late late at night - maybe that UFO leaves a type of trail. Cheers!
      August 22, 2018 8:59 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Ever seen it Nanoose? Maybe televised?   I like scientific mysteries. I know there is always a reason for everything. At least I think there is. I'm gonna ask. Thank you for your reply and Happy Thursday! Nanoose Bay? I'm gonna Google it! :) I just came back from a quick tour of Nanoose Bay! It is spectacularly nifty! This post was edited by RosieG at August 23, 2018 3:01 AM MDT
      August 23, 2018 2:55 AM MDT
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  • 11418
    I've never seen it but I know a few people who swear they have. It's at the Nanoose Bay Maritime Test Range which is a Canadian Navy base but a portion of it is rented out to the American Navy. The UFO is supposed to be one that crashed about 20 years ago and they have been working on repairing it. Cheers! 
      August 23, 2018 9:22 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thanks Nanoose. You're the only person I know who is geographically close to it. A UFO supposedly crashed there 20 years ago? Gadzooks! Well we have an AREA 51 that's somewhere in the Nevada desert out of reach and inaccessible to us. It's said that's where they've kept aliens after they crashed. Very spooky! :)
      August 23, 2018 9:37 AM MDT
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  • 11418
    Well UFO or not the Navy base holds a special place in my heart because  Canada once used it to pressure the United States to sign a offshore fishing agreement. Canada said that they wouldn't renew the US Navy's lease at the Nanoose  test range if they didn't sign the agreement and the US bucked and signed the papers. Cheers!
      August 23, 2018 11:38 AM MDT
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  • 10798
    STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) is an atmospheric ribbon of light (similar to an aurora but it is not an aurora).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_(atmospheric_phenomenon)
      August 22, 2018 9:23 AM MDT
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  • 44765
    Those crazy Canadians come up with all sorts of strange stuff.
      August 22, 2018 5:27 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thanks Shuhak. The article I read said that it was an anomaly AND a mystery. There is always a reason for everything, right? Ya just gotta find it! Happy Thursday! :)
      August 23, 2018 2:57 AM MDT
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