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Mysterious Blue Lights Over South Florida Solved

MIAMI (CBS4) – The mystery of the blue streaks of light across South Florida's sky Wednesday night has been solved.

No, it wasn't a UFO or shooting stars.

It was a rocket.

NASA launched it from the Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Delta IV was carrying a communication satellite for the U.S. military and its partners.

Australia paid for the spacecraft and its launch.

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