(FOX40.COM) -- Several California residents reported seeing a fiery meteor-like object shooting through the sky on Thursday night. But was it? • Video Above: Mysterious light streaks across California sky

Around 7:45 p.m., people from all over the state said they witnesses a meteor, or something similar to it, traveling through the sky. Reports came in to the FOX40 newsroom from Rocklin, Shingle Springs, Salida, and the Sacramento area. Some of the witnesses also captured video footage.

Many people speculated that it could be a meteor. Some thought it was a satellite, or even the rapture. However, experts said it was something else.

"This was NOT a meteor, or the rapture, but simply space object reentry," said FOX40 chief meteorologist Adam Epstein. "The object is a Starlink payload, NO

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