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Alien hopes crash to earth as glowing spiral over UK traced to SpaceX rocket

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A large, glowing spiral lit up the skies over the UK on Monday night .

The growing swirl was initially thought to be an aircraft or even extraterrestrial activity.

But it has now been attributed to a launch at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida .

Elon Musk's company SpaceX held a launch for the US government shortly before 1.50pm local time.

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