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A possible meteor was spotted over skies above a US army base – but some claim it was a rocket launched by China.

The fireball was spotted above the island of Guam on Friday night with islanders claiming they saw a “bright flash of light streaking across the sky”.

Footage widely circulating online shows the phenomenon then shatter into smaller debris.

It was witnessed near Marianas while the National Weather Service Guam Weather Forecast Office said it appeared to have landed northeast of Saipan, Pacific Daily News reports.

However some have questioned whether it was a meteor.

According to Pacific Daily News, Chinese media outlets reported a Long March 5 rocket test was carried out from the Wenchang launch site on Hainan at 8.45pm China time.

US officials say they are "tracking and working to validate any information", The Guam Daily Post reports.

Witness DeAndre Barinas told The Daily Guam Post: “It was one long streak, then it broke off, and then started disappearing.”

Alarmingly, it comes after emergency sirens were accidentally activated at a US military base in South Korea yesterday, sparking fears of a North Korean attack.

The National Weather Service confirmed a possible meteorite was recorded at around 11.25pm.

It shared a Facebook post, stating: “There have been numerous sightings and videos of bright light breaking up over the skies of Saipan and Guam.

“Based on the videos, it is probably a meteorite breaking up in the sky as it enters the earth's atmosphere. Some residents also reported hearing explosion during this incident and it is not uncommon."