From Vadodara to Oregon: People share videos of 'meteor showers'

Possible reentry of a Chinese rocket seen over skies of Maharashtra on Saturday. (Image credit: ANI/Twitter)

A day after "meteor" sightings were reported from places in Maharashtra's Nagpur and Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua and Barwani districts, an astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics clarified that the "meteor" may have just been a Chinese rocket trying to reenter the earth.

Jonathan McDowell tweeted, "I believe this is the reentry of a Chinese rocket, the third stage of the Chang Zheng 3B serial number Y77 which was launched in Feb 2021 - it was expected to reenter in the next hour or so and the track is a good match."

I believe this is the reentry of a Chinese rocket stage, the third stage of the Chang Zheng 3B serial number Y77 which was launched in Feb 2021 - it was expected to reenter in the next hour or so and the track is a good match pic.twitter.com/BetxCknAiK

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— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) April 2, 2022

As initial reports, including that of news agency ANI, identified the blazing streak of light as a meteor, several people took to social media to share videos of what they believed was a meteor shower.

Meteor showers seen in parts of Maharashtra a little earlier pic.twitter.com/AZTfXvrKJH

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— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) April 2, 2022

Today witnessed a Meteor Shower from my own house pic.twitter.com/Apuz8Ufp0L

— Varad Ralegaonkar (@varadr_tistic) April 2, 2022

A crazy experience today. Out of nowhere witnessed a surreal event. We almost took it as a meteor shower, but the media now clarifies it as a Chinese rocket falling. Whatever it was, felt magical.#meteor #Meteorshower #indore #fallingrocket pic.twitter.com/hekQz1lUHJ

— Aman Sonel (@SonelAman) April 2, 2022

Gorgeous meteor shower tonight filmed by Me in Bhusawal, Maharashtra. pic.twitter.com/DmWnNIJzRX

— (@Roshan_Mahajan) April 2, 2022

While there has not been any official word out yet, social media continues to stay abuzz as more people share photos and videos of the occurrence.