Unexplained Lights Illuminate Northern California Skies.

Bright orbs of light seen in the Northern California sky were identified by astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell as a Japanese communications package called ICS-EF, which was launched to the International Space Station in 2009 and orbited the Earth as space junk for 3 years before reentering over California at 9:30 p.m. People had been speculating about the lights, and those who took pictures or videos were encouraged to share them with [email protected].