That thing in the sky? Don't worry, it's a SpaceX rocket

PHOENIX (KSAZ) - At approximately 6:30 p.m., the Fox 10 Phoenix newsroom's phones and Facebook page blew up with questions about "that light in the sky."

Is it aliens? A missile? Some type of smoke?

It's none of those things actually.

In fact, SpaceX along with Iridium just launched the Falcon 9 rocket out of Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California.

Fox 10 gave viewers these answers and they still questioned the validity.

We promise, it's a rocket. Even if SpaceX owner, Elon Musk, says otherwise: