Rockets here launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Ahead of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, people in Florida reported seeing a fireball in the sky.

Some social media users thought the fireball was a satellite reentry from a rocket, meteorite or space junk.

A possible fireball or wayward object was spotted in Florida. Was it space junk? A shooting star? A meteorite?

One thing is for sure: It wasn't a SpaceX rocket launch nor was it a SpaceX rocket explosion.

And it wasn't the first time mysterious streaks were visible in the Florida sky (see below).

As FLORIDA TODAY's Space Team was covering a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch Saturday, Nov. 8, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, something was spotted in t

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