Fireball Streaking Across US Sky Was Russian Rocket Debris [VIDEO]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Military officials say a streak of light seen burning across the sky by people in three Western states was debris from a Russian rocket re-entering the atmosphere.
U.S. Strategic Command spokeswoman Julie Ziegenhorn says the fireball seen over Arizona, Nevada and California in Tuesday's night sky was an SL-4 rocket body booster from Russia that was launched Monday.
@ktnv @reviewjournal Shooting star across Las Vegas & Henderson. From NW to SE past our house near AG Sports Park pic.twitter.com/RfpUD1fw4H
— Christopher Boyd (@CJBear71) December 23, 2015
Dozens of people took to social media to share videos and photos and marvel at the white fireball flying through the sky that some described as a shooting star. Others wondered if it was a meteor breaking up on re-entry or space debris from a fallen satellite.
Apparently there was a fireball that went across the sky here a bit ago but I missed it. Don't worry it's probably just more aliens XD
— ✰⋈Kelsey⋈✰ (@xharajukubunnyx) December 23, 2015
#ufo #aliens Bright #Fireball Detected by 6 #NASA Cameras | #VIDEO https://t.co/mYvB2lq3v3 #2015 #december #georgi… pic.twitter.com/WARUVcOlq1
— Foxic Shropshire (@FoxicShrop) December 19, 2015
Russia's Federal Space Agency declined to comment.
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