What’s Flying Across Southern California? An Early Santa Sighting?
Southern California was buzzing tonight about this amazing scene high in the sky – I grabbed my camera and got this video of it:
It was the last Space X rocket launch – not sure if they warned anyone, but it sure caught us off guard!
As the Los Angeles Times reports:
“What was that in the skies above L.A. on Friday night that stopped traffic and sparked both alarm and curiosity?
It was a rocket.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5:27 p.m., was carrying 10 satellites to low-Earth orbit. The satellites will be part of a constellation operated by Iridium Communications. All 10 satellites successfully deployed, with the last one deploying about 1 hour and 12 minutes after liftoff.
The rocket’s first stage was previously used during a mission in June.”
Let me know if you saw it!
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johnrieber 
Looks very impressive, John. You did well to capture it too.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete, we were literally just getting out of the ar, i look up and see a large white line in the sky, like a pencil, looks like a military plane – then it bursts open like a giant fish! (some say sperm) Anyway, I instinctively grabbed my phone to capture it – now we all know what it was but for a few minutes…oh, and there is a military base close enough so that these types of things happen, but not to such a large degree – or at rush hour!
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That would be freaky to see! Thanks for sharing your video, John.
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Cindy, they supposedly don’t do these tests or launches until later at night or early morning – not sure why they chose to do this one during rush hour, but they sure got a lot of news coverage!
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I bet! I’m surprised it didn’t cause a panic….
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I actually thought the Almighty was finally intervening and sending down an emissary on the behalf of all sane Americans, and delivering us from evil.
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So beautiful! Thanks for recording and uploading!
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It was by instinct – we saw it and I wanted to capture it – thanks for watching!
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Amazing video and photos ….
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We literally looked up and there it was above us! Thanks for the comment!
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What also amazed me was that
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Sausage fingers today …. i meant to say that it akso amazed me to dee peopmr calmly driving by …. I’d have been in the ditch!!
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It was unannounced and during rush hour – seems a bit reckless on their part!
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Extremely. But typical of boffins in my experience. I should know I’m married to one 😉
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Great video!
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Wow, so cool! At least once you know what it is! Otherwise you must have been thinking UFO??, which is of course, what it is until it’s identified. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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Yes, it IS a UFO until otherwise ID’d! I just saw it start and instinctively grabbed my phone!
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I was driving along in Yucca Valley.. hi desert.. and saw this ahead of me in my car and thought the aliens had arrived! Then I thanked Trump for having tighter controls to guard against illegal aliens. Now I can sleep well tonight.
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HA! Well, I wonder if they announced this ahead of time, because it came out of nowhere and filled the sky for a brief moment – we assumed we weren’t being invaded – and to that end, how can you build a wall around outer space!
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Might be easier to install a planet-hiding cloaking device, that way illegal aliens couldn’t see where to go. Hmmm… maybe a cloaking device instead of a wall down there. That way when they peer longingly over the border they see no where to go.
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So many options!
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