Rocket Debris Lights Up Skies Over the Pacific Northwest

Debris from a SpaceX rocket lights up the sky behind clouds over Vancouver, Wash., on March 25, 2021. Roman Puzhlyakov via AP

SEATTLE—Burning debris from a rocket lit up Pacific Northwest skies Thursday night, the National Weather Service in Seattle said.

“The widely reported bright objects in the sky were debris from a Falcon 9 rocket 2nd stage that did not successfully have a deorbit burn,” the service said in a tweet about the astral occurrence that the Seattle Times reported was seen shortly after 9 p.m.