Exploding SpaceX Rocket Sparks UFO Concerns In Florida: Videos

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Numerous people in Florida posted videos to social media on Thursday wondering if UFOs were attacking after a SpaceX rocket exploded again over the Gulf of Mexico. The rocket also disrupted air traffic in Florida as flights into Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, and Orlando airports were shut down due to “falling space debris.”

“Anyone know what this is? I just saw this. At first it looked like an airplane behind the clouds and then it just started getting bigger and bigger?” someone in Sarasota, Florida asked on Reddit alongside one video showing what appears to be, as they called it, a “mysterious white apparition.”

That, however, was one the least interesting videos to be captured Thursday evening by residents of Florida and the Caribbean. “Over West Palm Beach 6:40 pm. UFO? Space Debris?” another person asked on X (Twitter) alongside a similar video.

Another resident of Sarasota also captured footage of the “mysterious white apparition” and said people were asking them similar questions. “Saw @SpaceX Starship explode from our softball field in Sarasota, FL. Some parents paused and thought it was a UFO,” they wrote.

“I have no idea what I just saw while walking my dog?!” another person wrote alongside their view of the SpaceX rocket debris. “Anyone wanna chime in on what this might be? I watched it continue on its trajectory until it disappeared behind the tree line. The spiraling smoke cloud eventually dissipated and it continued onward as a bright orb surrounded by those sparkling lights around it. The video I captured doesn’t do justice to what I witnessed.”

In the Caribbean, the videos were even more striking. “#SpaceX #Starship we are taking cover here in the Ragged Islands, Bahamas. Cross your fingers for us!” one person wrote.

“Someone said SpaceX is the best fireworks company,” another person who was on the water joked.

“Can confirm we did lose contact with the ship. Unfortunately, this happened last time too,” Dan Huot, SpaceX communications manager, said during the livestream of the launch after the SpaceX rocket exploded.

Hout would later add, “We’ve got a lot of measures in place, like debris response areas, where we coordinate very closely with air traffic control. We have a lot of measures put (in place) before we ever launch a rocket to make sure that we’re keeping the public safe. Those worked last time and they’re actively in work right now.”

According to a statement from SpaceX, “Prior to the end of the ascent burn, an energetic event in the aft portion of Starship resulted in the loss of several Raptor engines. This in turn led to a loss of attitude control and ultimately a loss of communications with Starship. Final contact with Starship came approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds after liftoff.”

The statement also specified that “any surviving debris would have fallen within the pre-planned Debris Response Area. There are no toxic materials present in the debris and no significant impacts expected to occur to marine species or water quality.”

Should you happen upon any of this debris, they are asking people to call the SpaceX Debris Hotline at 1-866-623-0234 or email them at [email protected].


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