Posted CINCINNATI — Space X Falcon 9 launched from Cape Canaveral this morning at 5:23 a.m. but in a rare turn of events, the rocket could be seen in the Tri-State sky. How is this possible? Cincinnati to Cape Canaveral Residents in multiple regions throughout the Tri-State reported seeing lights in the sky around 5:30 a.m., despite the launch being 750 miles away. We reached out immediately to local astronomer Dean Regas to see if it's even possible to see a rocket launch this many miles away from the site. "I saw one when I was in the Grand Canyon and it looks just like that," said Regas. He asked that we confirm it happened in the southern sky and if so, it likely was the rocket launch. Maineville resident Kurt Smith sent a video to our newsroom, taken around 5:30 a.m. Close to the horizon, you can see an odd bright light and a glowing tail coming off of it to the right. We zoomed in on the video and put a circle around it to make it that much more obvious. SpaceX maineville When I shared the video with Dean he said, "it's the only thing it could be." He agrees it's a very rare sighting to see it this far away but "the viewing conditions were really good this morning," said Regas. Another video sent to us from Doug Markley in Foster, Ky. showed the rocket streaking through the sky, its bright tail very visible. SpaceX in Tri-State