"Unidentified Object Lights Up Southern California Sky in Spectacular Display"

A large piece of Chinese space debris, the orbital module of China's Shenzhou 15 spacecraft, created a spectacular fireball as it fell to Earth over Southern California, witnessed by observers from Sacramento to San Diego. The 3,300-pound module had been in space since November 2022 and was not designed for safe reentry. This event follows previous uncontrolled crashes of Chinese space debris, drawing criticism from the space community for being potentially dangerous and irresponsible.