Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite falls to Earth but it is nerve-racking for Americans

The American Meteor Society received 36 reports of a fireball in the skies over four states. An expert says it was probably a Starlink satellite disintegrating in the atmosphere

The American Meteor Society received 36 reports of a fireball in the skies over four states (Image: AMS/Jim Saueressig II of Burlington Kansas)

A dazzling fireball that lit up the sky over four US states is thought to be caused by the fiery reentry of a SpaceX Starlink satellite.

Dozens of people reported seeing a meteor on Saturday, November 9, shortly after 10 PM Central Standard Time. The American Meteor Society received 36 reports about the bright fireball as it blazed a path over Colorado, Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma. Most sightings were near Oklahoma City and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. However, contrary to popular belief, the unidentified aerial phenomenon wasn’t a meteor at all.

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/us-news/elon-musks-starlink-satellite-falls-34089969

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