PHILADELPHIA – An ascending rocket or something from beyond our world?
That’s what people all over the Philadelphia area wondered on Tuesday night after spotting a mysterious, glowing orb in the night sky.
What we know:
A bright orb surrounded by a faint, glowing mist was spotted over the Philadelphia area on Tuesday night.
FOX 29 News viewers from Glenside to the Jersey shore submitted videos and photos of the mysterious orb throughout the night.
Viewers flooded FOX 29’s newsroom with photos and videos of the mysterious glowing orb. Experts believe the sighting originated from a rocket launch in Florida.
It’s likely that the sighting originated from the launch of a Vulcan rocket in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The launch, which was part of a national security launch of satellites, could be seen as far north as Delaware.