No wonder California freaked out! New pictures show spectacular launch of nuclear-capable Trident missile over Golden Gate Bridge that sparked UFO scare - and a host of conspiracy theories
Ollie Gillman | Daily Mail
Nov 9, 2015
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• US Navy fired a nuclear-capable Trident II (D5) missile off coast of California on Saturday as part of a top secret test
• Photographer Abe Blair happened to be taking pictures of San Francisco when the mysterious streak appeared
• He captured the dazzling blue light shooting across the sky after the ballistic missile was fired from USS Kentucky
• Mystery light sparked a flurry of calls to police and posts on social media speculating that it might be a UFO

For those San Franciscans who happened to be looking skywards on Saturday evening this was the ethereal and somewhat terrifying sight that greeted them shortly after 6pm.

With no prior warning and no immediate explanation - a nuclear-capable Trident missile was launched from a U.S. submarine off the coast of California and sent streaking in all its blue and white glory across the bay.

For a city famous for its lights, this one took the biscuit - and gave Twitter its very own nuclear meltdown with thousands speculating that it was a UFO.