Sightings2019

First Starlink satellite train sets off UFO reports

When: 24 May 2019
Where: Netherlands
Sources: 3 public sources

A day after SpaceX launched its first 60 Starlink satellites, a Dutch satellite tracker filmed them crossing the sky as a line of lights. The Dutch reporting site UFOmeldpunt got more than 150 reports, an early case of satellite trains being mistaken for UFOs.

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PressWow! The SpaceX Starlink satellite train (opens in a new tab)EarthSky (Deborah Byrd) / 2019-05-25
PressLaunch of Satellites Leads to Rise in UFO Reports (opens in a new tab)Voice of America Learning English / 2019-05-29
PressNo, these aren't UFOs, but here's how you can try to spot them (opens in a new tab)CBC News / 2019

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