What Were Those Falling Objects Seen Over Northern Samar and Zamboanga in May?
UFOs in the Philippines? Well, maybe not that kind.
Last May 27, 2023, sightings of unidentified falling objects (UFOs) seen over Northern Samar and Zamboanga Sibugay were recorded on video at around 3:00 a.m. Of course, social media was in a frenzy.
Was it a plane crash? Was it a rocket? A meteor of sorts? Was it... aliens? Did they happen to land on Philippine soil, particularly in the Visayas region? Was it all just a hoax or something?
This new report will put us at ease. Let's be clear on one thing: it was the other kind of UFO (falling, not flying). The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) wanted to quash any of those conspiracy theories so they looked into the incident.
Based on the predictions and tracking of objects returning from space, PhilSA came up with a logical, less fun conclusion to the whole ordeal, unfortunately.
PhilSA’s reconstruction of the trajectory.
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In all likelihood, it was orbital debris from the CZ-3B rocket launched on August 19, 2019.
"Orbital debris are components, parts, or fragments of objects sent to space, such as spacecraft and satellites, that are no longer serving function," the agency wrote in a statement. "They are sometimes called 'space junk' that could collide with other objects in space or fall back to Earth. The uncontrolled re-entry of orbital debris in the atmosphere has the potential to cause damage, harm, or injury."
Upon reconstruction of the trajectory, it was found that it entered the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean at 3:00 a.m. on May 27. Afterward, it would travel over Panay Gulf at 3:11 a.m., where it became visible from Zamboanga Sibugay. It would cut through the Visayas and head over to the Pacific Ocean.
It added: "The Philippines share the global concern on space debris mitigation, and is committed to the existing guidelines and mechanisms addressing the risks of space debris."
Now we know. We wish we had a cooler explanation, though.Â
