WHITFIELD: All right, welcome back. Hard to believe the Thomas fire is now the largest wildfire in California history. And nearly three weeks after it started the flames still are not under control. The fire has burned an area larger than New York, Washington, and San Francisco combined. SpaceX lighting up the night sky and social media. The company launched a rocket from an Air Force base north of Santa Barbara last night, and the sight sent some people across southern California into quite the frenzy.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Go to Twitter.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't know how to use Twitter.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi, do you see what's happening outside in the sky? I seriously think it's a nuclear bomb.</s>WHITFIELD: What a crazy look that is. SpaceX CEO getting a good laugh out of the reaction and then tweeting this, "Nuclear alien UFO from North Korea." Well, the rocket carried 10 satellites into orbit.
SpaceX Launches Rocket from Southern California.