BELONGINGS IN HIS BACKPACK.
JEFF: TO DEVELOPING NEWS, A
STREAK IN THE SKY, PEOPLE SAW
ALL THE WAY FROM L.A. TO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
VAND EVANDENBURG WAS SUPPOSED TO BLAST
A ROCKET, BUT THAT MISSION WAS
SCRUBBED, SO WHAT WAS IT?
TOM WAIT IS LIVE AT GRIFFIN
OBSERVATORY.
REPORTER: A BUSY NIGHT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
HUNDREDS ARE GATHERED HERE TO
SEE THE ROCKET LAUNCH THAT DID
NOT HAPPEN YOU ABOUT SOMETHING
ELSE DID, A MYSTERY STREAK.
PEOPLE WERE POSTING ABOUT THE
FIRING LOOKING SQUIGGLE, MANY OF
POSTS CAME FROM BAY AREA TO
STOCKTON, DR. LAURA DANLEY.
THERE WAS A HUGE BRIGHT
SHOOTING STAR.
WE CALL CAN A BOWL EYED, BIG AND
BRIGHT, A BIG CL CHUNK OF SOMETHING
BURNING.
A METEOR AND SHOOTING STAR ARE
SAME, BOWL EYED ARE BRIGHT ONES.
REPORTER: A FAILED ROCKET LAUNCH
HAPPENED AT SAME TIME.
A BIG CROWD GATHERED TO SEE THE
ROCKET SOAR OVER THE AREA.
IT WAS TO LAUNCH FROM
VANDENBURG, CARRYING A PAYLOAD,
WE CAPTURED SHOOTING STAR.
NOT EVEN SURE WHAT IT
IT WAS A COINCIDENCE, WE --
EVERYONE WAS LOOKING
THE LAUNCH, THEN WHAT IS THAT?
IS THAT IT?
IT IS NOT FOR ANOTHER 15
MINUTES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW WE LUCKED OUT.
REPORTER: WE DID NOT SEE THE
ROCKET LAUNCH BUT WE SAW
SOMETHING INTERESTING IN THE
SKY, WE ASKED THE CURATOR IF
THERE WERE SAFETY ISSUES OF
