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Stopped in her tracks?

1. A bright, colorful light that streaked across the California sky, startling residents and leading to a flurry of calls to law enforcement, turned out to be an unarmed missile test-fired from a Navy submarine off the coast Saturday evening, officials said.

Kevin Stack was walking to dinner with his young son in northeastern Los Angeles when he was stopped in his tracks by what he thought was an especially intense light from a police helicopter -- except that it was completely silent.

“It intensified then shot across the dark sky, leaving a green trail,” said Stack, 41. “Then it fizzled and appeared like a dying dot on an old television screen.”

Stack’s 5-year-old son, Blackstone, was under no illusions about what he had just seen.

“It was an alien,” Blackstone said.

Not quite, said Cmdr. Ryan Perry, a Navy spokesman. Navy Strategic Systems Programs conducted a missile test at sea from the USS Kentucky, a ballistic missile submarine, Perry said in a statement.

- Not a UFO: Streaking light over California was U.S. Navy missile test, CTVNews.com, November 8, 2017.

2. Nick Wiltgen, a passionate meteorologist and senior writer at weather.com, passed way in a tragic car accident on Sunday night. He was 39.

When my wife broke the horrible news, I was literally stunned and stopped in my tracks. We worked together at the Weather Channel for nearly 15 years. Nick was an extremely bright, very accomplished meteorologist. He was unique and he was funny, dedicated and sincere. Every now and then you encounter a truly special individual in your field — someone who stands out in the crowd.