20 tweets about SpaceX’s rocket that will freak you out and then make you LOL
Earlier this evening, people all over Southern California momentarily believed they were witnessing a UFO flying across the state. But it turns out, aliens hadn’t made connection with Earth after all. Rather, Elon Musk’s aerospace manufacturing company SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket into Earth’s low-orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, just north of Santa Barbara.
While SpaceX had been live-tweeting the launch, it seems a lot of people missed the memo and were completely taken aback by the bright light flying in Southern California — and prepared for certain doom at the hands of an alien invasion.
Naturally Southern Californians took to Twitter to share their thoughts about the SpaceX launch.
Many were relieved to learn that the bright light was actually a SpaceX launch and not a nuclear bomb or alien invasion, while others were not convinced that SpaceX was actually behind the spectacle. Celebrities like Chelsea Handler actually welcomed a potential alien invasion, while others like Demi Lovato were not here for the SpaceX launch explanation. She tweeted, “I’m calling bullshit on SpaceX’s excuse. That shit’s a UFO and there’s been others that have been seen that are just like it!!”
Soon, the jokes about the UFO sighting, or lack thereof, began rolling in with many poking fun at L.A.’s immediate panic and others claiming the rocket launch was actually Santa popping through Southern California a few days early. Even Elon Musk got in on the joke, trolling the confusion, tweeting,“It was definitely aliens.”
Here are just some of our favorite responses to the SpaceX launch:
The For Your Consideration campaign for I, Tonya is not what I expected. pic.twitter.com/327fmORH3q
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) December 23, 2017
Kinda ridiculous that the scrooge’s out there are chalking this up to #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/iXaxUUpa0O
— Dave @ BIGPLAY (@BIGPLAY_Dave) December 23, 2017
I either thought Kim jong Un got our ass orrr the aliens had enough of our shit and was coming for us 😂😩 #SpaceX
— Angelina🪐 (@angie_v16) December 23, 2017
I’d be open to aliens at this point. https://t.co/m8YiTLiL5J
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) December 23, 2017
#SpaceX Ok but this was really the first thing I thought when I saw it lmao pic.twitter.com/vLdQyZMPxW
— sonny☁️ (@sonyeigueye) December 23, 2017
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Just turned in my Roswell draft, went outside to remind myself what life is like outside the alien bubble I've been living in all week, and there was a UFO above my house.
K.
— carina adly mackenzie (@cadlymack) December 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/944388859676131328
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when the #SpaceX launch isn’t the alien invasion https://t.co/W6A1ib7kR0
— big coochie bompensiero (@TeeHaitchGee) December 23, 2017
Her: Come over
Aliens: I can’t I’m not in the galaxy rn
Her: But my parents aren’t home
Aliens: pic.twitter.com/TUa4X8GRCZ
— CurryDagger™🗡 (@CurryDagger) December 23, 2017
What in the Stranger Things…
— Zendaya (@Zendaya) December 23, 2017
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“Guys we’re trending…..number 8.”
“…..that’s it?”
– aliens
— josh groban (@joshgroban) December 23, 2017
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broooo what is this?? #Aliens #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/Jz8OrIC1Aa
— cam (@CamDylong) December 23, 2017
The truth is out there… 🚀👽 #TheXFiles https://t.co/vcH9QnGBHr
— The X-Files (@thexfiles) December 23, 2017
#SpaceX next time give some damn warning! I was like Will Smith in Independence Day. pic.twitter.com/E7Kvt0YKKo
— PierréG (@PierreHoward) December 23, 2017
So while the aliens may or may not have — and it seems they did not — arrived on Earth today, at least we’ll always have these hilariously panicked tweets to forever immortalize the SpaceX launch.
