gettheledout: don't know WTF this was but I'll be damned if it didn't look like a missile being fired off. The trailing light eventually burned bright red and then dropped down trailing smoke. weird...

Riverrat: Around here we call it fireworks.

Deleted User: Looks like one of my loads ,

wink__dinkerson: http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2017/12/22/mysterious-bright-light-over-palm-springs-spacex-rocket-launch/978466001/

Ridgerunner: https://nypost.com/2017/12/22/los-angeles-freaks-out-over-ufo-sightings/