California's Mysterious Night Sky Lights Explained
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Streaks of light spotted over California night sky were most likely from burning space debris, according to Jon McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard and Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The debris was from the Inter-orbit Communication System, which was confirmed by the US space force to have re-entered the Earth's atmosphere over California. The lights were seen by St Patrick's Day partiers and were captured on video, which was posted on Instagram.
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