"After Review, We Have a Reversal"

Earlier reports that the cause of Sunday night's light and sound show was due to a Russian rocket booster burning up upon re-entering the earth are now believed to be false. U.S. Strategic Command is reporting that the rocket re-entered the atmosphere over Taiwan nearly two hours later, and that eyewitness reports from the Mid-Atlantic are consistent with exploding meteors called "bolides".

Fireball Update: Russian Rocket Booster

The meteor-like explosion Sunday night was most likely not a meteor, but rather a Russian Soyuz rocket booster re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. For an update on what the mysterious fireball was over the Mid-Atlantic, read our CBS 6 news update here.
--Carrie