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The local TV news in Los Angeles lit up today Reports About the fireballs streaming across the Southland sky early this morning.
The fast-moving array of lights was visible across much of the area around 1:30 a.m., and the video shows a group of glowing objects streaking across the sky — perhaps a cluster of meteors or some type of object breaking up as it plummets toward Earth.
Speculation quickly arose that the lights may have been related to a SpaceX rocket launch that occurred Monday night at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Central Coast. These launches often create spectacular displays across the local sky. But this launch occurred around 7:30 p.m., long before the mysterious lights appeared.
By midday Tuesday, experts at the SETI Institute He said The objects in the sky were the remains of the Chinese orbital module Shenzhou 15, which launched into space in November 2022, carrying three astronauts who spent six months on the Tiangong Space Station. The unit was expected to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere on Tuesday morning.
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