UPDATE: Fireball Over West Texas Sky was Stage of Russian Rocket

SAN ANGELO, TX – The mystery of the West Texas fireball that occurred over the weekend might have been solved. 

As previously reported, on July 18, a mysterious fireball shot across the West Texas sky. Here is the original story: WATCH: Mysterious Fireball Shoots Across the West Texas Sky

Many speculated that it was a comet, satellites or even aliens. Check out the video of the fireball. 

Now Dr. Langbroek, a Dutch archeologist (PhD) & SSA consultant along with an interest in astronomy and related fields, says he know exactly what it was. 

He claims that it was actually a stage of the Russian rocket Kosmos 2542 that launched in 2019. 

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