Bright light in the sky seen from Kern County and beyond

The lack of information about the streak of light led to a flurry of calls to law enforcement agencies and lit up social media as people posted video of the celestial sight.

Naval launches are usually conducted to test the capabilities of its systems, Perry said.

They say these launches are conducted frequently to ensure the reliability of the military system.

“The planned test launch of a Trident II missile was carried out from the nuclear submarine “Kentucky” of the “Ohio” class, TASS quoted the representative of the Navy as saying”.

Here’s another video. The best bits start at around 1:20.

The Navy said it does not typically announce missile tests, and information about tests of Trident II missiles is classified prior to launch.

As the missile rose, the light in the sky flared into a blue haze that persisted for minutes and was reportedly visible as far away as Phoenix.

Nighttime flights into and out of Los Angeles worldwide Airport will avoid passing over the Pacific Ocean just to the west of the airport for the coming week because the USA military has activated airspace there, Reuters reported Saturday.

A comet? A UFO?

Several speculated that the object may have been a missile or rocket. “If the missile were above most of the atmosphere, you’d expect to see a bright flash and an expanding ring of gas from the staging ordnance”.

According to AccuWeather, cosmic fireballs were expected to occasionally light up the sky as the meteor shower peaked into next week.