visionary Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id4969 Space junk seen breaking up over California, other western states Debris from the Chinese carrier rocket Long March 7 (also known as Chang Zheng 7) has broken up over the western part of the United States, causing reports from witnesses of a meteor, comet or a "ball of fire" over California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, and other states. The incident happened at about 9:30 p.m. PT on Wednesday when a white streak of light with a flaming tail was seen breaking up in the sky, and the object then appeared to break up into smaller parts as it passed. Although there was no official word on whether it was a meteor or space junk, astronomers agreed that a meteor was unlikely because the object was slow moving. Some witnesses also feared that a plane had crashed, but authorities confirmed that no planes were missing. Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said the objects appeared to be from the second stage of the Long March 7 rocket. The rocket was launched on June 25 and debris had been expected to re-enter on early Thursday morning. "The rocket stage reentering over the western US tonight was from the first launch of the CZ-7, one of China's new generation of rockets," McDowell said. There was no immediate comment from NASA about the event. Scores of people reported the event on social media. We have received reports from the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Reno, Salt Lake City and scores of other locations across states in the western region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Whoa. Hope none of it is radioactive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 ****ing Chinese. They give zero ****s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Devo predicted this 35 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornaSkinsFan83 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Hopefully it lands on the California delegation Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Hopefully it lands on the California delegation Sorry Noooo... one of my friends is in that delegation you monster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornaSkinsFan83 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Couple NSFW language drops but nothing crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Weakest explanation ever. Didnt even go for the tried and trusty weather balloon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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