• Orange lights were reported Monday night above San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico.
• Lifeguards informed investigators that the lights noticed by homes were military flares.
• Camp Pendleton and Naval Air Station North Island officials knew nothing about the lights.

Mysterious lights seen in the sky over San Diego, which got a lot of attention on social media when they were seen, were actually flares used for a military exercise.

Monday night, orange lights could be seen over San Diego and the area around it, all the way to Tijuana, Mexico. Photos and videos of the event made people on social media think it might be space junk, satellites, or unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The strange thing was seen over San Diego and the area around it.

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According to the San Diego Police Department, lifeguards told investigators that the lights seen by residents were flares used by the military in a training exercise.

Both Camp Pendleton and Naval Air Station North Island said that they didn’t know anything about the lights in question.

Check out the video below:

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