Strange Lights Reported after NASA Launches Rocket, page 1

WALLOPS ISLAND, Virginia — NASA says it successfully launched a rocket in Virginia as part of an experiment, and the blast may have caused dozens of people to report seeing strange lights in the sky.

The space agency said it launched the Black Brant XII on Saturday evening to gather data on the highest clouds in the Earth's atmosphere. About the time of the launch, dozens of people in the Northeast started calling local television stations to report seeing strange lights.

The calls came from as far away as Boston, which is about 380 miles northeast of the launch site.

The rocket is designed to create an artificial cloud. NASA hopes the experiment will provide information on the formation and properties of noctilucent clouds, which occur at high altitudes.

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I wish this article was a little more indepth, but this was all I could find. I wonder:
By strange lights, do they mean UFO's, Effects of the Rocket, or something else?

Thoughts?

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[edit on 20/9/2009 by Mirthful Me]