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From: Eep@erg.oy

On Sat, 23 Dec 2017 20:24:27 -0000 (UTC), "Leroy N. Soetoro" <leroysoetoro@bho-rejected.com> wrote:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/23/a- >ufo-sighting-briefly-freaked-out-the-west-coast-there-was-an-earthly- >explanation/?utm_term=.39a7e9b3431a

The people of Los Angeles can be forgiven if they were a little quick to
jump to extraterrestrial conclusions.

The government did, after all, just admit that it had spent $22 million to >investigate unidentified flying objects. And after 70 years of keeping the >government installation known as Area 51 under wraps, Uncle Sam conceded >that, yes, it did exist, and yes, some super-secret stuff went on there.

So, it’s perfectly logical that Angelenos gazing into a darkening sky
around 5:30 p.m. Friday would assume their city was in the midst of an
alien invasion as they saw this:

Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur who ultimately wants to put people
on a space-bound Megabus, fanned the flames by saying on Twitter that the >jellyfish-like shape in the sky was a “nuclear alien UFO from North
Korea.”

Southern Californians and other people out West, well, freaked out.

Jan Brewer, whose Twitter profile succinctly identifies her as “Arizona’s >22nd Governor” tweeted that she was wondering what the lights over Phoenix >were. For some reason, she tagged President Donald Trump.

And many, many others pointed their smartphone cameras skyward, capturing >what they assumed was the first sign of the alien apocalypse — or
something — and musing about the vapory lights in the sky.

The launch was spectacular; but anybody with a lick of sense should
have been able to figure out what was going on. Then again, these are
the same folks who were convinced an airliner contrail was actually a
submarine launched missile...

There was, of course, a perfectly reasonable explanation.

Musk’s SpaceX had launched an Irdium-4 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force
Base in California — about 150 miles from the City of Angels.

According to the Los Angeles Times, officials had warned that people would
be able to see the launch across Southern California and elsewhere on the >western half of the country. There was even a live webcast for those with >more than a passing interest in rockets.

But for most people, there was just confusion, awe and maybe a little bit
of panic.

And as Musk pointed out in the wee hours of Saturday morning, people along >the East Coast can freak out next month.

Elon Musk
?
@elonmusk
If you liked tonight’s launch, you will really like Falcon Heavy next
month: 3 rocket cores & 3X thrust. 2 cores return to base doing
synchronized aerobatics. 3rd lands on droneship.

1:10 AM - Dec 23, 2017
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A test launch of that rocket, which Musk hopes will someday lead to
missions to Mars, will launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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