Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe JERUSALEM, June 8 (UPI) -- Police across Israel were flooded with calls about an unidentified flying object that astronomers said wasn't a meteor. Police said they received hundreds of calls about the object Thursday night and Yigal Pat-El, the chairman of the Israeli Astronomical Association and director of the Givataim observatory, said the object definitely was not a meteor, Ynetnews reported Friday. Advertisement "It looked like a small body that suddenly started to grow and make spiral-like movements," Pat-El said. "After a while, it turned into a cloud ... it looked like an object flying high above ground and then disintegrating." Experts said a similar sighting in Norway in 2009 turned out to be a failed missile test, but Israeli military officials said they were unaware of any operations that could have caused the light in the sky. Read More Mystery light excites British First MUOS satellite launched Expert: UFO reported in South Dakota likely a meteor UFO sightings reported in Missouri BBC reporter spots UFO over England