Reno, NV — A mysterious streak of light lit up the skies across five western states Saturday night, captivating onlookers from California to Nevada with what experts now believe was falling space debris.
According to the American Meteor Society, the bright light seen in the night sky was not a meteor. Instead, officials believe it was debris from the SpaceX Dragon Freedom-2 capsule, which launched in late September 2024 and was expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere around March 23.
The Society’s tracking map shows the debris entered the atmosphere west of Stockton, California, and continued northeast, becoming visible as far as Fallon, Nevada, before breaking apart and vanishing…