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"Missile Testing" Over Southern California.

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According to many Californians and neighboring state citizens, a very large and magnificent ufo appeared above California. Considering the obtrusive brightness of the phenomenon, it caused an uproar on social media.

“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.


The Navy claims it was a test fire.

Cmdr. Ryan Perry, of the Navy’s Third Fleet, said the Trident II (D5) was launched as scheduled by an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine in the Pacific Test Range, the Union-Tribune reported. “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.


There is also speculation that it was a meteor shower.

The videos are pretty astounding to say the least. These pictures do not do any justice for the awe of the phenomenon. Personally, I find it strange to be doing a missile test that is clearly visible to the public without prior public warning. If this really is a missile, it sure is beautiful. Watch for yourself; what do you guys think it is?

Check out a pretty nice video I found here: (best I could find)
https://instagram.com/p/90Cs9UiUK_/?taken-by=dexta_dave

Sources:
http://pix11.com/2015/11/07/mysterious-light-spotted-over-southern-california-social-media-explodes/
http://ktla.com/2015/11/07/witnesses-across-socal-report-seeing-unexplained-light-in-night-sky/
and all over social media.

(tech related because missiles)

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It was cool... lol

Thought it was a shooting star like a couple weeks ago :P

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Here is a post I made regarding someone who was dismissing this as a normal military test.

Then the military royally f*cked up. Not only did their rocket go off course and turn over home soil, but it f*cking exploded (either by mechanical failure, self destruct if they lost control (which is probably what happened if this is U.S. military), or was shot by our anti-missile system (meaning this was an attack/show of force by someone, or they absolutely lost all control over it and this was their only option/solution)). Also some reports mention red blinking lights, which would be running lights, which are not present on missiles (suggesting an aircraft/drone suffered a catastrophic failure).

 

I extremely doubt it was a part of the meteor shower. I've seen these rocks do some weird stuff, break up, etc.. It doesn't look anything like this.

 

As for what this has to do with tech, you could mention how quickly this spread on social media and how this relates to society becoming increasingly intertwined with the internet.

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Well, it did happen near the Santa Ana Air Force base so it's kind of expected

I'm just wondering why they did at night, I speculate they're testing it's abilities during launches at night

 

They also ordered the no fly zone warning two hours before the launch, so it was a planned launch or an off-course detour towards the sea

(according to people I know who live there)

 

But my inner Astrophysics guy wants it to be a meteor shower

It might be the Taurid meteor shower that was slightly delayed: http://www.space.com/31029-taurid-meteors-fireballs-this-month.html

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More than likely another awol aircraft like that blimp.

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Censorship, I believe 

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Really not a ufo... or anything even close to the sort. We have this base, called vandenberg air force base, which does missile testing and launches on a regular basis. its just earlier in the year, and because of the time change people are up later and can see the missiles more clearly infront of the night sky.

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Really not a ufo... or anything even close to the sort. We have this base, called vandenberg air force base, which does missile testing and launches on a regular basis. its just earlier in the year, and because of the time change people are up later and can see the missiles more clearly infront of the night sky.

Wouldn't people be notified then to avoid something like this?

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