A bright moving object captured streaking across the California sky prompted speculation that it was a UFO. However, an official said the light, which was seen as far as Nevada, was actually a Trident D5 missile launch,
Multiple videos from eyewitnesses went up on YouTube, with many referring to the light as an unidentified flying object.
But a government official later went on Twitter to say the object was actually a missile test.
“Light seen in OC sky was confirmed through JWA tower to be a Naval test fire off the coast,” the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said on Twitter, referring to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana in the San Francisco Bay Area.
A Navy spokesman told the San Diego Union-Tribune that the object was a Trident missile fired from a submarine off the coast.
It was a scheduled test, Cmdr. Ryan Perry, of the Navy’s Third Fleet added.
“Each test activity provides valuable information about our systems, thus contributing to assurance in our capabilities,” Perry said in a statement released to the newspaper.
But some Twitter users indicated they didn’t believe the official explanation, emphasizing they still believe it was a UFO.
