Those Lights in the Sky? Just Chinese Spacecraft Debris Burning Up on Re-entry

After mysterious light streaks were seen during the early hours of April 2 across the Southern California sky, sparking various speculations, the U.S. Space Command confirmed April 3 they were debris from a Chinese spacecraft that launched three astronauts in 2022. The “fireball” seen was the flaming debris of Shenzhou 15 as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere over the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to Fox News. “U.S. Space Command can confirm the People’s Republic of China SZ-15 Module, SCC# 56873, re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere over the eastern Pacific Ocean at approximately 1:43 a.m. Pacific time on April 2,” a U.S. Space Command spokesperson told Fox News....