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Fireball streaking across US sky was Russian rocket debris

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But the U.S. Strategic Command put all the speculation to rest, saying the fireball across the skies of the southwestern United States was a bit of Russian space junk.

Newfoundlanders in Canada took to social media last week to report another “mysterious fireball” streaking across the sky. Dr. Ed Krupp, an astronomer and the director of the Griffith Observatory, earlier said the object was possibly a meteor or space debris.

Russian space debris was spotted over Southern California and Nevada Tuesday evening, taking social media by storm. Some people also expressed distrust about the USA government’s comments on the rocket.

He initially thought it was an airplane.

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The same areas got a good view of a USA military missile test two weeks ago in New Mexico that produced a white contrail across the sky. And there’s a lot more space debris circling Earth than you might expect.

Fireball in CA was Russian Rocket Debris