The car that flew over Spain, remains of a rocket or satellite; not a missile

He Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) of Spain ruled out that the car that flew over the eastern peninsula last night, Friday, March 29, 2024, was a missile until it was lost in the sea south of the Valencian Community, as was initially thought, and reported that it could rather be remains. of space rockets or satellites.

The conclusion was adopted after a team of researchers from the Institute of Space Sciences-CSIC analyzed in detail the images and measurements taken of the car, this organization indicated in a statement.

He CSIC emphasizes that the Fireball and Meteorite Research Network indicates that the fireball was produced by the re-entry of an artificial object into Earth orbit “and, therefore, it rules out that it is a ballistic missile as was initially considered.”

🔴 An “artificial car”, possibly a missile, flies over the east of the Peninsula and falls into the sea south of the Valencian Community https://t.co/upLbYa3D6N

— EL MUNDO (@elmundoes) March 30, 2024

The preliminary data obtained so far, he states, “leads us to believe that the fireball was produced by the re-entry of an artificial object in Earth orbit,” such as satellites or remains of space rockets, indicated Josep María Trigo, ICE astrophysicist, who added: “Reentries are becoming more frequent.”

It had previously been reported that the artificial fireball was possibly a ballistic missile, something “worrying.”

For the Bolide and Meteorite Research Networkthe racing car, which was called SPMN290324ART, flew over Spanish space at 11:59 p.m. local time on Friday (10:59 p.m. GMT). It was recorded and photographed by numerous astronomy fans.

ARTIFICIAL BOLIDE #SPMN290324ART OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN LAST NIGHT at 22h59m TUC (23h59 CET). Studying it since @ice_csic To know its origin, we opted for a ballistic missile.
📹 César Guasch @MeteoSantMateu
from Sant Mateu, #Castello/#Castellón.
🔜🔖 pic.twitter.com/yFYHpzow8L

— Bolide and Meteorite Research Network (SPMN)-CSIC (@RedSpmn) March 30, 2024

2) FULL COLOR CAPTURED FROM BARX, #Valencia by our colleague Jordi Donet @DonetJorge. Impressive flashes as luminous as the #Luna those that this meteoric bolide had with radiant in the constellation of #Leo. The final stretch of him suggests that he disintegrated without a trace. pic.twitter.com/YCYjvqbOA3

— Bolide and Meteorite Research Network (SPMN)-CSIC (@RedSpmn) March 30, 2024

According to this entity of the Institute of Space Sciences in Spainthe car, coming from France, flew over the provinces of Girona and Barcelona to enter the Mediterranean Sea and end its journey in the sea south of the region of the Valencian Community.