A string of lights that lobbed across the night sky in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday had some people wondering if a fleet of UFOs was coming, including here in the Bay Area.
MINNEAPOLIS— Minnesotans spotted a strange sight in the sky this week — a string of multiple lights "We had no idea what it was," said Heidi Benson from Champlin. Chloe Fischer saw it in Brooklyn Park and says she did a double take. "It was kind of scary, because I feel like ...
You don't need any special equipment to see Starlink satellites as they are visible to the unaided eye. The satellites can appear as a string of pearls or a"train" of bright lightsmoving across thenight sky. Starlink satellites are easier to see a day or two after their launch and deploy...
Throughout the month of July 1952, a series of sightings known as the “Big Flap” put Washington D.C. residents into a panic. It began July 19: Repeated radar blips and sightings of lights moving at irregular speeds and trajectories (unusual enough to rule out shooting stars or aircraft)...
collisions with debris or active satellites seemed inevitable. Astronomers also warned of the impact the constellation would have on their observations when that initial batch of 60 satellites launched five years ago created a brilliant “string of pearls” display in night skies in the weeks after ...
These three missions have been eye-opening for skywatchers and professional astronomers alike. Shortly after deployment, the Starlink craft look like abright string of pearlsas they race together across the sky. This formation disbands as the 500-lb. (225 kilograms) satellites disperse and climb ...