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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on a supply mission to the International Space Station from historic launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 19, 2017. Joe Skipper/Reuters
Google searches for “UFO” and “Aliens” spiked as an eerie glowing cloud spread across the California night sky on Oct 7.
The hype surrounding the latest SpaceX rocket apparently hadn’t reached some Californians, who mistook the separation of the Falcon 9 rocket as an otherworldly event.
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
