Nothing was observed of the space debris titled WT1190F from Tangalle, the observers said from the southern coast.

A short while before the impact time, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics astronomer Jonathan McDowell said that WT1190F no longer exists.

Updating his twitter account he further asserted that an impact should be occurred by now even if WT1190F still remains.

"Reports from observers on the beach in southern Sri Lanka indicate nothing seen from the ground. No word from Stuttgart/UAE airborne team," MaDowell tweeted.