Stargazers in southern Ontario hoping to catch a glimpse of the Perseid meteor shower Tuesday night were left scratching their heads when a mysterious object appeared in the skies above them.

A mysterious glowing object spotted over New Jersey skies Tuesday night, Aug. 12, had locals buzzing — but it wasn’t a UFO.

The spiral effect seen in the sky over western Mass. on Tuesday night was likely caused by the Vulcan Centaur rocket launch ...

A mysterious glowing object spotted over New Jersey skies Tuesday night, Aug. 12, had locals buzzing — but it wasn’t a UFO. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mitchell Federico / ...

The rocket took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida just before 9:00 p.m. Eastern. On board were two ...

The Vulcan, the United Launch Alliance's newer rocket, got off the ground from Florida on its first national security mission for US Space Force.

Visible across the Northeast, the bright, pill-shaped light was the exhaust plume from the United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket.

A number of people in eastern and south-central Pennsylvania reported seeing a strange light in the sky on Tuesday evening.

A bright light in the New Jersey sky Tuesday night the attention of many likely marking the launch of a powerful Vulcan ...

The glowing object was actually the Vulcan Centaur rocket from United Launch Alliance (ULA), launched from Cape Canaveral, ...