NORAD: Rocket body re-entered the atmosphere

KUSA - Beginning at 6:15 Thursday morning 9NEWS was flooded with calls from viewers, many of whom said, “I have just seen the most incredible thing ever in my life.”

That incredible thing, according to NORAD, was a SL-4 rocket body that re-entered the atmosphere over Colorado and Wyoming. NORAD added that it is possible pieces of the object broke off during re-entry over states neighboring Colorado.

At this time reports of damage have not been received and the debris is not believed to be hazardous.

Viewers from all over the region called 9NEWS, some as far away as Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming, to report their sightings.