Cape Canaveral Delta IV Launch Triggers Florida UFO Reports, Officially Explained as Rocket Exhaust.

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After a Delta IV launch from Cape Canaveral, Meredith Hockaday saw a bluish light and a strange cloud, but scientists and the National Weather Service said it was rocket exhaust forming noctilucent clouds, dispelling UFO claims while Peter Davenport of the National UFO Reporting Center noted lingering uncertainty.

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UFO or Cloud? Fla. Residents in Disarray

Following a Delta IV launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Meredith Hockaday and others reported a bluish light and an unusual cloud, prompting 14 Florida reports to the National UFO Reporting Center, while scientists and the National Weather Service attributed the phenomenon to rocket exhaust forming noctilucent clouds at high altitude, with Peter Davenport noting lingering uncertainty even as officials labeled it a routine atmospheric effect.