Russian space debris falls from sky

U.S. Strategic Command confirms the bright lights people saw streaking across the sky around 6 p.m. Tuesday evening was Russian space debris.

Just after 6 p.m. multiple calls came into the newsroom about bright lights in the sky.

One viewer took this picture.

U.S. Strategic Command says the fireball was an SL-4 rocket body booster from Russia that was launched Monday.

People saw the bright object searing across the sky in Nevada, Arizona and California.

Earlier reports from the Griffith Observatory stated it could have been a meteor or space debris.