NUFORC Sighting 177412

Occurred: 2023-08-07 09:05 Local
Reported: 2023-08-07 22:40 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute

Location: Van nuys, CA, USA
Location details: Above van nuys

Shape: Light
Explanation: Rocket - Certain
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail

A bright starlike object that had a reddish white after burner tail was shooting above van nuys then stopped. Then did a free fall

A bright starlike object was seen shooting towards south east direction coming from the west above van nuys city. It had a reddish tail like after burners from a jet but was quite. I thought it was a shooting star or space debris but it was not, it had trajectory. After a few seconds the after burner was gone then it did a gl free fall. It was spining as it fell then dissappered halfway going down. I dod not hear any explosions or saw an impact. Thats all

NUFORC Note:

Starlink-97 (6-20) launch from Vandenburg

Posted 2023-09-10