People in the western United States could not believe their eyes Wednesday night when, high in the sky, a bright streak of light appeared. Many people took photographs or made videos of the mysterious object in the sky. Within minutes, some posted their videos on social media. The strange fireball streaks were seen in parts of Nevada, Utah and California. Some people thought it was a meteor shower. After all, the Delta Aquarids meteor shower can be seen in many areas in the night sky this week. But, as the U.S. Strategic Command confirmed, these bursts of light were not from small rocks traveling through outer space. They came from a Chinese rocket re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. A spokeswoman for the Strategic Command told the Associated Press that remains of the Chinese Chang-Zheng (C-Z) 7 rocket re-entered the atmosphere at around 9:36 p.m., California time. The CZ-7 was part of China’s new generation of rockets, experts say.
Title: Chinese Rocket Lights Up Night Sky in Western US
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1238/Rocket_Img..m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Chinese Rocket Lights Up Night Sky in Western US' data-article-id='1745'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10229'>People in the western United States could not believe their eyes Wednesday night when, high in the sky, a bright streak of light appeared.</span> <span data-start-time='10229' data-end-time='17292'>Many people took photographs or made videos of the mysterious object in the sky.</span> <span data-start-time='17292' data-end-time='23146'>Within minutes, some posted their videos on social media.</span> <span data-start-time='23146' data-end-time='31146'>The strange fireball streaks were seen in parts of Nevada, Utah and California.</span> <span data-start-time='31146' data-end-time='34938'>Some people thought it was a meteor shower.</span> <span data-start-time='34938' data-end-time='44104'>After all, the Delta Aquarids meteor shower can be seen in many areas in the night sky this week.</span> <span data-start-time='44104' data-end-time='54542'>But, as the U.S. Strategic Command confirmed, these bursts of light were not from small rocks traveling through outer space.</span> <span data-start-time='54542' data-end-time='60229'>They came from a Chinese rocket re-entering Earth’s atmosphere.</span> <span data-start-time='60229' data-end-time='77521'>A spokeswoman for the Strategic Command told the Associated Press that remains of the Chinese Chang-Zheng (C-Z) 7 rocket re-entered the atmosphere at around 9:36 p.m., California time.</span> <span data-start-time='77521' data-end-time='84521'>The CZ-7 was part of China’s new generation of rockets, experts say.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1238/Chinese_Rocket.png'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=6811 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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