A missile test off the Californian coast sparked frenzy on social media and spooked residents who believed they had just seen a UFO.

The Twitter hashtags #comet and #UFO were trending on Saturday as social media users uploaded videos and pictures of the mysterious bright light illuminating the night skies.

 

However, it was later revealed that the US Navy had conducted scheduled Trident II (D5) missile test flight at sea from USS Kentucky, an Ohio Class SSBN, in the Pacific Test Range off the coast of Southern California.

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George has a degree in Cyber Security from Glasgow Caledonian University and has a keen interest in naval and cyber security matters and has appeared on national radio and television to discuss current events. George is on Twitter at @geoallison
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Kent Reynolds
8 years ago

I saw a thread where this tin foil mad hatter was saying it was a ufo, and we all needed to wake up to ourselves.
I don’t know what it is, therefor…aliens. Logic fail

Sam Lee
8 years ago
Reply to  Kent Reynolds

“Hey I know what it is! It’s my remaining hope in humanity running away!” 😀

Kent Reynolds
8 years ago
Reply to  Kent Reynolds

“Get in Sam, where leaving here in this rocket”

Jason Cole
8 years ago

So it was just something alot scarier than a UFO

Stephen Scott
8 years ago

Thank God it was only Trident, for a moment I thought that someone had launched a nuke…

Kent Reynolds
8 years ago
Reply to  Stephen Scott

How would you be…

Daniel Bishopton
8 years ago

MG McCann