'UFO sighting' briefly freaks out Americans, but there's an earthly explanationThe people of Los Angeles, in the US, can be forgiven if they were a little quick to jump to extraterrestrial conclusions. The US government did, after all, just admit that it had spent US$22 million (NZ$31.3 million) to investigate unidentified flying objects. — Brandi Cyrus (@BrandiCyrus) December 23, 2017When #SpaceX says that was their rocket and not a UFO.... pic.twitter.com/1JwlfbQIGt — Austin (@AustinLatest) December 23, 2017There was, of course, a perfectly reasonable explanation. "If you liked tonight's launch, you will really like Falcon Heavy next month: 3 rocket cores & 3X thrust. If you liked tonight’s launch, you will really like Falcon Heavy next month: 3 rocket cores & 3X thrust.

Source: Stuff December 24, 2017 11:37 UTC