There was a lot of chatter about strange lights in the sky last night, from the Bowery to Queens, with one tipster saying, "My boyfriend and I were eating dinner on our roof across from the New Museum and saw a strong point of light that slowly emitted a wash of light that grew then receded until it totally faded away. It was definitely NOT a chopper plane or anything we've ever seen." This took place around 8 p.m., prime time for an alien invasion.
Leave it to CNN to kill the buzz for E.T. hopefuls; this morning they report that while the "series of spooky lights above parts of the northeastern United States Saturday sparked a flurry of phone calls to authorities" it was just a little ol' rocket experiment, according to NASA.
If you're thinking a government subsidized rocket experiment is even more terrifying than our Alien Overlords making contact, or that this is all a lie, look into this spinning wheel and rest assured; "Keith Koehler said the Black Brant XII Suborbital Sounding Rocket was launched to study the Earth's highest clouds. The light came from an artificial noctilucent cloud formed by the exhaust particles of the rocket's fourth stage about 173 miles high." Rest easy Americans, no aliens to see here. Conspiracy theorists welcome in the comments section...
