A mysterious object was seen off the coast of a Washington state island. The military denies it was a missile launch. (Facebook photo via SkunkBay Weather)

FOX News: Mystery object spotted over Washington state island, military denies missile launch

A weather camera on an island in Washington state on Sunday captured a mystery object that appears to some to be a missile in ascent, Q13Fox.com reported.

The object was spotted at 3:56 a.m. over Whidbey Island, where there is a naval air station. But a spokesman from NAS Whidbey Island said there are no missile capabilities at the base.

"There's a lot of speculation around here,” Tom Mills, the spokesman, said. "But it's definitely not a missile launch."

A professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington speculated that the object looks like a missile.

“I’ve seen a lot of stuff,” Cliff Mass, the professor, said. “But nothing like this.”

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Update #1: Missile launch? Lens flare? Mysterious object spotted over Whidbey Island raises questions -- Q13 FOX
Update #2: Pentagon Denies Knowledge of Mysterious Flying Object on US West Coast -- Sputnik

WNU Editor: That is a missile launch. But why launch at 4:00 AM? Followed by denials. Someone wants to keep this missile launch secret.