Polish space agency checking whether unidentified object is from SpaceX

20/2/2025 6:07

Poland's space agency POLSA

is looking into whether an unidentified object found near the

western Polish city of Poznan on Wednesday is debris from Elon

Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, a spokesperson said.



The object, resembling a container, appeared on Wednesday

morning on the premises of a company in Komorniki, near Poznan,

according to Polish police.



"We cannot rule out that the object found near Poznan comes

from the Falcon 9 rocket, whose flight we monitored.

Confirmation of this requires appropriate examination," said

Agnieszka Gapys, press officer for POLSA.



Later on Wednesday, a second "identical" container was found

in the forest of Wiry village, police told Reuters. The two

locations are approximately 30 km (19 miles) from each other.



"For now, the police are securing the second container

found. When the activities related to the inspection of the

first object are completed, we will perform similar activities

in the forest," said Lukasz Paterski, press officer of the

Poznan police.



POLSA said in a statement that the approximately 4-ton

rocket it was monitoring on Wednesday morning was from the

SpaceX Starlink Group mission, which launched from Vandenberg

Air Force Base in California on February 1.



"POLSA is in constant contact with the police," the agency

said separately. "We already have photos of the objects that

fell near Poznan. The POLSA Space Security Department will

verify the object with SpaceX."



The Falcon 9 is a reusable, two-stage rocket designed and

manufactured by SpaceX for the transport of people and payloads

into the Earth's orbit.



Poland has been on alert for possible spillover of weaponry

from the war in neighbouring Ukraine, especially since two

people were killed near the border in November 2022 by what

Warsaw concluded was a misfired Ukrainian air defence missile.



Polish state news agency PAP reported on Wednesday morning

that flashes could be seen in the sky in some parts of Poland.



The press officer of the Greater Poland State Fire Service,

Martin Halasz, told PAP that at the request of the police, a

chemical and ecological rescue group had been sent to the site

to rule out the possibility that the found item posed any

threat.