Rocket meltdown over Prairie provinces confirmed by U.S. Strategic Command

The U.S. Strategic Command has confirmed a spectacular fireball witnessed in Saskatchewan and Alberta on Friday night was the Antares rocket body burning up as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere. Witnesses were initially baffled by the streak of bright light, which many thought was a plane crashing or a meteor. Some described it as looking like metal melting or like fireworks in slow motion. But the U.S. Strategic Command confirmed Sunday it was space junk burning up as it hurtled out of orbit and fell towards Earth. More

(Source: CBC.ca - Nov 27)