A mysterious light show that illuminated the sky over parts of the Pacific Northwest on Thursday night was likely the remains of a SpaceX rocket that penetrated Earth’s atmosphere, authorities said.
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The stream of light, which resembled a meteor shower, shot over parts of Oregon and Washington state at around 9:00 PM, bewitching witnesses and causing some confusion about its origin.
‘Falling stars? Debris? Anyone else just saw this in Seattle? ” wrote Twitter user Fred Lu with a video of the passing debris.
Another witness wrote: “Ummm … I just caught this flying over my house in SW Portland.”
Debris likely from the second stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in the sky over the Pacific Northwest on March 25.
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But the National Weather Service’s Seattle office said on Twitter that the light show appeared to be debris from the second stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which did not re-enter Earth’s atmosphere after launch on March 4.
“Here’s the unofficial information we have so far. The widely reported bright objects in the sky were the debris from a Falcon 9 missile second stage that did not successfully deorbit combustion,” They wrote
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“There are currently NO expected impacts on the ground in our region,” added the weather agency.