BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — SpaceX unintentionally made a splash last week after their latest launch.

Minutes after liftoff, its Falcon 9 booster missed the mark and came down in the ocean, instead of landing safely at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Now one Brevard County man is convinced he found something unusual on the beach during his daily walk Monday.

It was a typical morning beach stroll for Bill Till and his wife, something they've done for years living a block away from the ocean in Melbourne Beach.

But on Monday, they found something they’ve never seen before and recalled last week's launch of a Falcon 9 from the Cape.

"We saw the failed landing of the booster, and we wondered, 'Is that a piece of it that washed up?'" Till said.

The twin sonic booms signaled the planned first stage booster landing at Landing Zone 1 was seconds away. Problem was it was off course, and instead of a gentle return to Earth, the rocket hit the ocean hard two miles out.

Now, days later, this debris washed up 30 miles south.

Till worked for Boeing and is an Air Force veteran. His career involved working on Minuteman 3 missiles.

"After I viewed it, I said that came off a rocket of some sort," he said.

Till went to social media, and friends told him about the SpaceX Debris Recovery Hotline. He called and reported the find, and says he was asked to describe it and send in his pictures.

"They never said yes, but it was implied they think it was theirs," Till recalled.

We spoke to the Coast Guard who says SpaceX reported a rocket landing leg had been recovered in the ocean on launch day.

Per request, we sent Space X one of Till's pictures to confirm its part of the damaged booster, but haven't heard back yet.