{"id":4475,"date":"2017-12-23T07:36:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T07:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/?p=4475"},"modified":"2017-12-23T07:36:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T07:36:27","slug":"ufo-los-angeles-california-december-22-2017-solved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/ufo-los-angeles-california-december-22-2017-solved\/","title":{"rendered":"UFO Over Los Angeles, California, December 22, 2017 (Solved)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Case Status: Solved<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>by John Greenewald, Jr., TBV Investigations<\/p>\n<p>On the night of December 22, 2017, The Black Vault received numerous emails and telephone calls about a mysterious object, or objects, over the greater Los Angeles area.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I live in this area (specifically, Castaic) and witnessed the event first hand.&nbsp; Having grown up in the San Fernando Valley, I witnessed launches of rockets from Vandenberg Air Force Base numerous times.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The object that created quite a stir was a SpaceX launch of their Iridium 4 Mission, scheduled for this day. According to SpaceX:<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"style-scope ytd-expander\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>SpaceX is targeting launch of Iridium-4 from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The instantaneous launch window is at 5:27 p.m. PST on Friday, December 22, or 1:27 UTC on Saturday, December 23. A backup launch opportunity is at 5:21 p.m. PST on Saturday, December 23, or 1:21 UTC on Sunday, December 24. This is the fourth set of 10 satellites in a series of 75 total satellites that SpaceX will launch for Iridium\u2019s next generation global satellite constellation, Iridium\u00ae NEXT.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div id=\"always-shown\" class=\"style-scope ytd-metadata-row-container-renderer\">&nbsp;Elon Musk even got into the fun, by tweeting some humor, taking a shot at all the theories that were rampant on the internet.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Nuclear alien UFO from North Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GUIHpKkkp5\">pic.twitter.com\/GUIHpKkkp5<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/944399853316055040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"collapsible\" class=\"style-scope ytd-metadata-row-container-renderer\">Also to point out, these types of rocket launches have been the culprit in many UFO cases over the years.&nbsp; For those who don&#8217;t see a launch that creates such a dazzling light show &#8211; the result is a flood of UFO reports and accusations that aliens are invading.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3>Iridium 4 Press Kit<\/h3>\n<p>https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/iridium4presskit.pdf<\/p>\n<h3>Full SpaceX Launch Broadcast<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wtdjCwo6d3Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Case Status: Solved Background by John Greenewald, Jr., TBV Investigations On the night of December 22, 2017, The Black Vault received numerous 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