State media has reported that objects that hit Chinese grounds were actually space debris. The space debris in question was remnants of a Russian rocket carrying a communications satellite that fell back on earth after lift-off.
"Villagers in Mengchang heard a loud noise and then saw big ball of fire falling from the sky and into a vegetable garden", the county government reported China Topix.

Images of the three objects coming down from the sky were captured by the residents of the village. These objects were round in shape and made up of metal. Their size was 70 cm in diameter and 40 kg in weight. However, it has been said in a report by the state media that these objects are nothing but parts of the Russian rocket Proton-M that exploded soon after the lift-off on Friday.

The report was made public after Russia's space officials confirmed the failure of the Proton rocket's control engine on Friday. It lost contact with officials on ground just after nine minutes of the launch and exploded in the sky. The blastoff took place at the Baikonur space centre Moscow leases in Kazakhstan.

The carrier and its Express-AM4P satellite were showed burning up in the upper layers of the atmosphere in state television. Airbus Group's Astrium Corporation had built the 150-million-euro satellite for providing internet access to far-flung Russian regions with poor access to communication.

Experts in the province have conducted studies to identify the objects and the authorities are sharing information on the issue with relevant parties, said a statement from the China National Space Administration on Sunday.