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Many Californians were puzzled – and some panicked – when a mysterious bright light streaked across the Saturday night sky.
It turned out to be an unarmed missile fired from a Navy submarine, creating an illumination that whisked across the state and was visible as far away as Nevada and Arizona.
A Navy spokesman, Cmdr. Ryan Perry, told The San Diego Union-Tribune that the Navy Strategic Systems Programs conducted the missile test at sea Saturday from theUSS Kentucky, a ballistic missile vessel.