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Fire ball above Los Angeles not an alien invasion or meteor, just a film shoot

Mike Swanson - Red Bull wingsuit Los Angeles
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Mike Swanson soars through downtown Los Angeles in a wingsuit during the Supermoon on March 20, 2019. // David Clancy / Red Bull Content Pool
Mike Swanson - Red Bull wingsuit Los Angeles
Posted at 10:21 AM, Mar 21, 2019
and last updated 2019-03-21 13:27:23-04

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Police Department would like residents to know that aliens are not invading.

The LAPD says a fire ball that dashed through the sky over downtown Wednesday evening was part of a film production.

The department tweeted a video of the fiery streak with the reassuring message that it wasn't a meteor or an alien invasion -- "just a film shoot."

"This is Tinseltown after all," the tweet said.

Twitter user @dennishegstad shot video of the fireball as it happened.

KABC in Los Angeles reported that the production was carried out by Red Bull and it involved wingsuit flyers.

Copyright 2019 Scripps Media, Inc. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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