Videos posted by Southern Californians on social media Wednesday night showed a celestial object streaking overhead before disintegrating into dazzling pieces. Space debris re-entry caught on AllSky6 camera over SoCal last night - more info here: https://t.co/DFLp4Yconc pic.twitter.com/ulZZQJNjyR — AMSMETEORS (@amsmeteors) January 30, 2020Cami Buckman, 23, of El Segundo, said she noticed the impromptu light show while driving on the 405 Freeway near Los Angeles International Airport. Advertisement“I never see these kinds of things, so at first I thought it was a plane,” said Buckman, an editor for “L.A. Advertisement“It’s more likely to be space debris than a weird, rogue, super-slow asteroid,” he said. The Quadrantids shower peaked earlier this month, and another — the Lyrids — will be active in April, according to Griffith Observatory.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 30, 2020 21:31 UTC