Satellite : Burning debris falls from sky

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Burning debris falls from sky
Updated: 2/15/2009 2:44 PM
By: News 8 Austin Staff
Despite preliminary reports by Williamson County officials that a small aircraft went down, officials now say it's likely just space debris from two satelites crashing.
Williamson County officials used a helicopter to try and locate the reported small aircraft, but they were unable to find anything.
A few days ago an American satellite and a Russian satellite collided 500 miles above the Earth.
According to NASA, it was the first high speed collision in space.
The debris field from the collision is described as huge, but scientists are still trying to determine the full scope of the crash.
Williamson County officials now believe that the fire trails seen in the sky are from falling space debris and not from a downed plane.
We'll keep you updated as more information becomes available.