Light Flash Emerges In Polish Sky, SpaceX Rocket Debris Allegedly Checks SpaceX

Starship flight test illustration (photo: Doc. SpaceX)

JAKARTA - The Polish space agency POLSA is examining whether foreign objects found near the western Polish city of Poznan are debris from Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Foreign objects resembling containers, appeared on Wednesday, February 19 morning at the company's iseal in Komorniki, near Poznan, according to Polish police.

"We cannot rule out that objects found near Poznan come from a Falcon 9 rocket whose flights we monitored. Confirmation this requires proper inspection," said Annieszka Gapies, a POLSA press officer.

The agency said the rocket weighing about 4 tonnes monitored Wednesday morning came from the SpaceX Starlink Group mission, which was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on February 1.

"POLSA continues to be in contact with the police," the agency said separately.

"We already have a photo of the object falling near Poznan. The POLSA Department of Space Security will verify the object with Space X," he continued.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is a two-stage reusable rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX to transport humans and payloads into Earth orbit.

Poland has been wary of possible arms spills from war in neighboring Ukraine, especially since two people died near the border in November 2022 due to what Warsaw concluded as Ukraine's mistargeted air defense missile.

Polish state news agency PAP reported on Wednesday morning that flash of light could be seen in the sky in several Polish regions.

A press officer from the Polish State Fire Department, Martin Halasz, told PAP, at police request, a chemical and ecological rescue group was sent to the site to rule out the possibility of the object being found to pose a threat.