A fireball that streaked across the sky over southern Japan may have been caused by space debris from a Chinese rocket.
The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan said it observed the incident at 11 a.m. local time (4 p.m. BST).
He said the movement of the objects suggested it was not a meteorite but “looked exactly like the atmospheric entry of debris from a rocket” possibly from a Chinese launch in November.
The space junk was expected to land in the sea and posed no danger to residents.