Just saw an amazing meteor over Seattle. Anybody else see it? pic.twitter.com/F6bZXqcaQW
— Cameron Stokes (@clstokes) March 26, 2021
Videos showed streaking lights as reports from around Seattle described something like a meteor apparently burning up in the atmosphere lighting up the night sky over the city Thursday.
There has been no official confirmation of what caused the brief light show just after 9 PM but reports from areas across the city and the Pacific Northwest showed multiple streaks slowly sparkling and streaking across the sky.
We’ll update as we learn more. Let us know if you find interesting videos and pictures to share.
UPDATE: Jonathan McDowell, astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, reports the display was caused by a SpaceX rocket burning up on reentry after it “failed to make a deorbit burn” and has been orbiting the earth since early March. Estimates put the cost of a Falcon 9 second stage at around $10 million so, if you like, you can find a little extra satisfaction in seeing those streaks of light as watching Elon Musk’s money burn.
The Falcon 9 second stage from the Mar 4 Starlink launch failed to make a deorbit burn and is now reentering after 22 days in orbit. Its reentry was observed from the Seattle area at about 0400 UTC Mar 26. pic.twitter.com/FQrBrUoBHh
— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) March 26, 2021
Not sure what streaked across the Seattle sky. Here's some video of it. Meteor shower or space junk. pic.twitter.com/9ejqJE0w2Q
— Josh Dill (@joshjdill) March 26, 2021
Just caught a meteor shower on camera?? pic.twitter.com/dNCbFoaLOD
— vampire enthusiast (@vampyreparty) March 26, 2021
Just saw this over the sky in the Seattle area, anyone else? Looked to pretty and creepy at the same time. They started fading and then disappeared completely. #stars #sky #meteor #seattle #aliens pic.twitter.com/QmBWcAvBB7
— Damian Ian (@DamianIan9) March 26, 2021
Meteor, asteroid ☄️ UFO 🛸 in Seattle pic.twitter.com/lGmzzTwIZa
— RHurv (@RHurv) March 26, 2021
What is this?!???!!? Meteor? pic.twitter.com/KmsT7oHNLq
— henry brannan (@henry_brannan) March 26, 2021
With John in the Morning at Night commentary https://t.co/MXef2ROxao
— jseattle (@jseattle) March 26, 2021
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I am in Medford Oregon and saw the show from when it first exploded.
Yes! We saw this from West Seattle! So exciting- glad you captured on video.
Greg, here in Bremerton.. Walking the dogs, looked up and saw the whole event. It was awesome, beautiful and so glad it wasn’t a diaster. 🐆🐅🙄
The irony of people saying “Are we about to die?” during a global pandemic.
Yesssss ikr? It was crazy!!! I posted it on snap chat and my friends thought it was an alien!! 😂🌠
It was Elon musks Falcon 9 failing at re-orbit and burning
De-orbit.
The quip makes no sense. The 2nd stage is meant to expend in the atmosphere. Elon Musk didn’t lose money on that display he made money.
Agreed. Makes no sense as news facts, and as a joke it is not constructed well. I was just explaining to a friend moments before I read this that Capitol Hill Seattle gets some great news leads but it often comes with a garnish of very personal and subjective cilantro.
So that’s what it looks like to burn through $10,000,000 in less than a minute.
Seen that in othello wa.
That is awesome! Nothing that exciting on the East Coast… Just thunder storms!