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Mysterious streaks of light seen in the sky over California

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Mysterious streaks of light were seen in the sky in the Sacramento area Friday night, shocking St. Patrick’s Day revelers who then posted videos on social media of the surprising sight. Jonathan McDowell says he can solve the mystery. McDowell is an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. McDowell A mysterious streak of light was seen in the sky over California Friday night, shocking St. Patrick's Day revelers who then posted videos on social media of the surprising sight. Astronomer Jonathan McDowell is 99.9% confident the streaks of light were from burning space debris, identified the debris as a Japanese communications package that became obsolete and was jettisoned from the International Space Station in 2020.

Mysterious streaks of light seen in the sky over California

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Mysterious streaks of light were seen in the sky in the Sacramento area Friday night, shocking St. Patrick’s Day revelers who then posted videos on social media of the surprising sight. Jonathan McDowell says he can solve the mystery. McDowell is an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. McDowell said Saturday he’s 99.9% confident the streaks of light were from burning space debris. He identified the debris as a Japanese communications package that became obsolete and was jettisoned from the International Space Station in 2020 because it was taking up valuable space and would burn up completely upon reentry.


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