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Oregon meteor shower – Incredible footage shows trail of ‘METEORS’ streaking across the sky leaving stargazers stunned
PEOPLE in the Pacific Northwest were amazed to see what appeared to be a massive meteor shower blazing over the Oregon sky Thursday night – but there’s speculation it could be space debris breaking up.
Some who saw the incredible site around 9pm local time took videos which quickly began circulating on social media.
People took videos of what appeared to be a massive meteor shower[/caption]
People were stunned to see the blaze from outside of their homes[/caption]
Videos appear to show several bright objects moving swiftly across the sky in sync.
The National Weather Service of Seattle could not immediately confirm what the objects were.
It did, however, note on Twitter that “there are NO expected impacts on the ground in our region at this time.”
The National Weather Service of Portland said that they are awaiting more details about the blaze before they classify it.
The service did note that the incredible sighting could have been caused by a SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage rocket that did not successfully have a deorbit burn and is now “reentering” the atmosphere “after 22 days in orbit.”
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NWS Portland said that this explanation “fits the bill,” but did not have confirmation yet.
NWS Seattle noted that the blaze in the videos looked more like a rocket reenterting the atmosphere because “a bolide meteor or similar object … would be moving far faster on impact with our atmosphere.”
Neither NASA or SpaceX have commented on the incredible sighting yet.
