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 the Tuesday night sky was an SL-4 rocket body booster from Russia that was launched Monday.
Luke Air Force Base and the Arizona National Guard say they had no reports of any strange lights.
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In kingman
Posted by Emilie Sparks Mosby on Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Viewer Gina Pelfrey sent us this pic from Kingman, AZ of some sort of object streaking across the sky. @KTNV @abc15 pic.twitter.com/TToc5s4enz
— Joe Bartels (@Joe_Bartels) December 23, 2015
We KNEW it! ??? https://t.co/SsgfjUP2fe
— City of Las Vegas (@CityOfLasVegas) December 23, 2015
Thanks for an extended version. :) Keep those pics and vids coming!
Posted by KTNV Channel 13 Action News on Tuesday, December 22, 2015
