The farmer is not alone in finding space junk in his field; others have also found debris

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ITUNA, Saskatchewan — A Saskatchewan man found a giant piece of space junk on his farm and he says he’s not the only one to have spotted it.

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Barry Sawchuk said his neighbors found five more pieces of high-altitude debris.

Sawchuk, who owns a farm north of Regina, found a charred, honeycombed rectangle of aluminum and carbon fiber as tall as he was in his field last month.

He said SpaceX had contacted him and was negotiating a return of the fee, although the Elon Musk-owned spacecraft maker has not publicly acknowledged the rocket was from one of its rockets.

Samantha Lawler, a Saskatchewan astronomy professor, said there may be more debris left in the ground.

Lawler said it was a shame for SpaceX that the rockets did not burn up in the atmosphere.

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