Location of Sighting: Reno, Nevada
Date of Sighting: October 7, 2018
Time of Sighting: 7:25 PM PDT
PHOTO OF “SPOTLIGHT” OBJECT (FALCON 9 ROCKET).
Description: A strange spotlight appeared in the sky suddenly. It was surrounded by a large half moon of multicolored gases. The object hovered for 40 seconds before it began to ascend. The light shining down morphed into 6 symmetrical lights shining all around it’s epicenter. Then it began to descend quickly and it’s 6 lights changed into 3 lights on the top only. It suddenly turned black and disappeared.
Note: The witness saw the flight of a Falcon 9 rocket launched by SpaceX. News release of the launch follows:
A SpaceX reusable Falcon 9 rocket was successfully relanded yesterday evening, after illuminating the skies above California.
The rocket took off from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, northwest of Los Angeles, at 7:21 PM local time (3:21 AM UK time), Bloomberg reports. The main booster stage then returned and touch back down at the launch site eight minutes later.
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