SpaceX Rocket Launch Flares Over Southern California

The hashtag #aliens trended briefly on Twitter in Los Angeles as a spectacular light show from the launch of a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base spooked social media users on Friday, December 22.Social media users from across California, Arizona and Nevada shared accounts of witnessing the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX’s last launch of the year was on a mission to carry an Iridium-4 satellite into orbit.Twitter user @WallyAction said he captured this footage of the launch from Fullerton, California. Credit: Twitter/WallyAction via Storyful