Fireball in the sky - breaking news

I witnessed something less than an hour ago. A large fireball burning up in the sky. Haven't been able to find out what it was yet. I caught it on my cell phone:




It was towards the west (from 29 Palms, CA.). Will post info when I find any. (I don't have TV & local radio is.... well, not exactly big city media.)

Nov 8, 2015 2:57:33 GMT Gregg1956 said:

I witnessed something less than an hour ago. A large fireball burning up in the sky. Haven't been able to find out what it was yet. I caught it on my cell phone:




It was towards the west (from 29 Palms, CA.). Will post info when I find any. (I don't have TV & local radio is.... well, not exactly big city media.)

Could this be part of the Taurid Fireballs Event, going on through November 10? 

Sky and Telescope

From the CBS local affiliate in Palm Springs:

Light over Valley Military test


7:05 pm Update: Orange County Sheriff, reporting Light seen in sky was confirmed through JWA tower to be a Naval test fire off the coast. [source]

That's it. No further details yet.

Nov 8, 2015 3:23:39 GMT ET_Explorer said:

Could this be part of the Taurid Fireballs Event, going on through November 10? 

Sky and Telescope

No, it couldn't. Not even if I hadn't found the answer already. Meteor showers look very different from what I saw. Meteor showers don't leave big clouds like this. A HUGE meteor could have looked like this, but it's extremely rare as part of a known shower like the Taurids.

BBC NEWS


A mysterious bright light in the sky has sent Californians into panic - only for it to be explained soon afterwards.

The light was spotted travelling quickly over Orange County and neighbouring areas late on Saturday, leading to fevered speculation online over its origin.

The Orange County sheriff said the light was from a naval test fire made off the California coastline.

Aviation officials had warned of possible US military activity