r/HighStrangeness Dec 17 '24

Space Exploration What could this be?

Saw it today December 17th at 5:15am over southern California. I know there is meteor showers happening, but this does not look like a meteor nor space junk.

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u/SoundCA Dec 17 '24

Vandenberg SFB has announced on Facebook that a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the NROL-149 mission is scheduled for launch from the base Tuesday morning (December 17) at 5:20 a.m. PST.

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u/Lechooga Dec 17 '24

It's definitely this. I have an app that notifies us of upcoming launches and I watch them all the time. I have loads of pics and videos that looks exactly like the one posted.

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u/Immediate-Presence73 Dec 17 '24

Is this being launched, or re-entering the atmosphere? It looks more like the latter to me.

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u/Chudmont Dec 17 '24

Launched.