Jakarta, April 5 -- A cluster of burning objects seen over Lampung and Banten provinces on Saturday has been identified as space debris, according to Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).

"Residents in Lampung and Banten were shocked by a bright burning object they saw in the sky, which later broke into pieces. We can confirm that it is space debris," BRIN astronomy professor Thomas Djamaluddin said on Sunday.

He said orbit analysis showed the debris was part of China's Long March 3B (CZ-3B) rocket, moving from the direction of India toward the Indian Ocean.

The object descended below 120 kilometers at 7:56 p.m. local time, making it visible to residents along the western coast of Sumatra, he added.

"As the objec...