Russian rocket streaks across western U.S. skies as it burns up

[NightHawkeye]

Mystery Solved! Bright Light Seen Across Southern California Skies Was Debris From Russian Rocket | CBS Los Angeles

So many people reported the strange sighting that scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the North American Aerospace Defense Command investigated.

Late Tuesday, the U.S. Strategic Command, an entity within the Department of Defense, said the streak was in fact a Russian SL-4 rocket body that disintegrated after reentering the atmosphere over Arizona.​

 

[Hank77]

Hmm...

 

[NightHawkeye]

Hmm...

Good point. The test worked perfectly.

 

[cow451]

Mystery Solved! Bright Light Seen Across Southern California Skies Was Debris From Russian Rocket | CBS Los Angeles

So many people reported the strange sighting that scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the North American Aerospace Defense Command investigated.

Late Tuesday, the U.S. Strategic Command, an entity within the Department of Defense, said the streak was in fact a Russian SL-4 rocket body that disintegrated after reentering the atmosphere over Arizona.​

Obviously aimed at that nutjob sheriff.