And it's not a bird, or a plane or meteors. This video — which caused confusion on Twitter — actually shows a bunch of space junk flying around. The National Weather Service in Portland says it got a lot of calls about the mysterious bright lights in the sky over Seattle. Turns out, it was debris from a SpaceX rocket that launched earlier this month re-entering the atmosphere.
Mysterious West Coast Lights Actually Space Debris
The National Weather Service in Portland says it got a lot of calls about the mysterious bright lights in the sky over Seattle.


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