Light over Van nuys, CA
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The report, as filed
A bright starlike object was seen shooting towards south east direction coming from the west above van nuys city. It had a reddish tail like after burners from a jet but was quite. I thought it was a shooting star or space debris but it was not, it had trajectory. After a few seconds the after burner was gone then it did a gl free fall. It was spining as it fell then dissappered halfway going down. I dod not hear any explosions or saw an impact. Thats all Starlink-97 (6-20) launch from Vandenburg [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177412). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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