Streak of light over Arizona sky came from SpaceX launch

Streak of light caught moving across Arizona sky

Arizona residents were abuzz on Oct. 27 regarding a strange streak of light and an odd-shaped cloud in the sky, with many wondering if it was a meteor, rocket launch or perhaps - aliens? FOX 10's Danielle Miller reports.

PHOENIX - Arizona residents were abuzz on Oct. 27 after seeing a strange streak of light and an odd-shaped cloud in the sky, with many wondering if it was a meteor, rocket launch or perhaps - aliens?

As it turns out, the cloud came from a SpaceX launch.

Viewers across Arizona - from Queen Creek to Tucson - reported seeing the rocket streak across the sky, hundreds of miles away from the launch site.

According to SpaceX's Twitter page, a Falcon 9 rocket was launching 53 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Falcon 9 eventually landed in the Pacific Ocean on a droneship called "Of Course I Still Love You" about nine minutes after its launch.

These satellites will provide Internet access to remote and rural areas across the world. SpaceX has now conducted 49 missions this year, and nearly two-thirds of them have launched big batches of Starlink satellites into the sky.

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SpaceX rocket launch (Steve Gooder)

SpaceX launch created streak of light over Arizona sky

We received a lot of calls in our newsroom this evening regarding a streak of light over the evening sky. That streak of light was the result of a rocket launch from California.