On the night of Friday, March 17th, individuals across Northern California were treated to an awe-inspiring sight. Residents in areas covering Sacramento, Stockton, Folsom, Roseville, Santa Rosa, Petaluma and Oakmont all reported seeing streaks of fast-moving bright light in the night sky shortly after 9 pm. Many were puzzled by this unexpected phenomena, with speculation ranging from drones to satellites.

Astronomer Jonathan McDowell weighed in on the issue, confirming that the lights were likely space debris that reentered the Earth's atmosphere around 9:30 pm. The object, catalogued as object 45265, had been orbiting the earth for the past 3 years before reentering the atmosphere.

To confirm his analysis, McDowell tweeted to his many followers about the piece of space junk, which was a Japanese communications package called ICS-EF that had been originally launched to the