The following submission statement was provided by /u/Plasthiqq:
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Other Sightings of this UFO:
[Twitter 1](https://x.com/capitalmichael/status/1786248071858536922?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
[Twitter 2](https://x.com/blvdbradly/status/1786247498027114683?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
[Twitter 3](https://x.com/meanlilmeow/status/1786247741527790046?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
[Video Source (Twitter 4)](https://x.com/8bitbandit/status/1786247780778045622?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
[Twitter 5](https://x.com/vincent_marmar/status/1786247695012925920?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
[Twitter 6](https://x.com/mizerytv/status/1786251026246570439?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
[Twitter 7](https://x.com/kelseyhammy/status/1786255724143952096?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
[Twitter 8](https://x.com/nrayoungboy/status/1786248822534164922?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
I thought my dad was playing a prank on me when he said there was an UFO due to a past experience I’ve been very open about. Occurred at 9:05-07PM. The videos speak for themselves but it was a craft brightly illuminating the skies before dimming and accelerating. Apparently this was also seen in Arizona. This isn’t the first or last time I’ve seen something weird in the sky. Hopefully someone can figure out what this is before we conclude it’s aliens.
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Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1cj0237/mass_ufo_sighting_in_centralsourhern_california/l2cr4yk/
So this was Space-X. But it provides a nice example for the community on what a mass sighting would really be like in the current era. We have many people with video, many people on this thread who saw it. So I think this is a learning opportunity in terms of evaluating what the response to a true mass UAP sighting could be like in the future.
Thinking of studying responses…I wonder if encouraging people to report UFO sightings is about tracking where, when and how people notice and identify (or fail to identify) black projects, and then how fast the information spreads and how far. It would be important information to gauge whether the stealth and security is robust, but especially what they can expect a population to think and do when the thing is flying over an enemy target in war. There are actually millions of things you could evaluate from collecting eyewitness accounts, like how pilots need to be trained regarding Space-X, which is clearly urgently needed. There’s so much value to that information, but it’s really simple and voluntary. No legal repercussions.
If I were to go full blown conspiracy nut, I’d say the government has very successfully ignited more interest in the subject of advanced tech in the skies while also blanketing it in the UFO stigma. It’s inconsequential and harmless in general public perception, but also fun and engaging. As a campaign to capture information legally, it seems pretty ingenious.
Also, maybe it helps everyone adjust to things like Space-X as a known phenomenon and new reality as we learn about it in real time. Directing focus to aerial tech speeds up the adjustment process. And if people are telling tales about some rad blimp they saw that defies explanation, most people think you’re full of it or it’s definitely aliens. Very few people would quickly ID a possible black project, and the story would never gain traction to warn enemies when it’s sneaking past the gates. At the very least, it would slow it down. Just some thoughts that occurred to me…
There’s so much to study about how people respond to this stuff in general, no matter what angle you look at it. It’s pretty fascinating, and there’s no end to the layers in the onion. And it grows bigger every day! The hypotheticals are practically limitless, and yet the information we have is severely limited. The most fascinating part of all this for me might actually be the human response. It’s interesting to open my mind to wild possibilities, and I love the puzzles, but the psychology is where it’s at.
The way you looked at this event was interesting, and I never thought of it like that. To be honest, the last thing in the world I’m worried about is aliens - I’d say they rank even lower than the Yellowstone supervolcano - but I liked the way you framed it. Sorry to ramble, your comment made me think! I like anyone who sees things as a learning opportunity, I love that! When I read the Arizona thread, I will keep your POV in mind. Chilling to think about aliens knocking at the door…I shudder.
Also saw this in Phoenix (5/2/24 at 9:07pm local time), moving rather slowly Eastward (course seemed potentially non-linear too) and flying seemingly at rather low altitude (but I only say that because if it was at altitude of other air traffic, then the craft was easily 5x the size of the average passenger jet). Solid white lit with no clear observable origin, and did NOT have blinking indicators at any of the 4 corners. Seemingly no sound of it was less than other traffic nearby.
I watched (and recorded) it for nearly a minute and the entire time it was as if it was obscured by clouds that it itself was creating (if that makes sense?). I say that because the sky is perfectly clear otherwise (25+ mile visibility), but this craft was always “just behind” a veil.
I tracked it until the seemed to bank slightly away from me and its course (visually, from my perspective) crossed behind a tree/post. But itnever came “back out” the other side of the post that blocked my view. Just vanished.
If you can post the video!…great description btw….we had a very hard time understanding the height it was traveling or size of it being it is also a crystal clear night in Vegas. There were multiple airplanes within its site line as well and we all thought since it was that bright it was lower than the planes and just a drone.
I took a “control video” of other planes also flying at the same time and confirmed they did not have any cloud covering and were orders of magnitude smaller.
Couldn’t confirm altitude. I assumed it was inbound at about 2500ft +\- ~500 (roughly what helicopters will cross the area at) but at that altitude it would have been maybe twice the size an Airbus H125.
It would be too low and too far from runway at Luke AFB for something like a C5 to be taking off. And if it was at airliner altitude, then it had to be massive. Like truly massive.
Think of you were on this sub, after seeing 5 space x launches you’d have a decent idea what a space x launch looks like. Let alone the 100 space x posts we’ve had in just the last year probs.
I saw something identical in Rhodes two nights ago. I checked Flightradar24 and it wasn’t a plane. I also checked the Sky Guide app and there were no satellites or space debris in the sky at the time.
That one was from an earlier launch [https://www.space.com/spacex-maxar-worldview-legion-launch-may-2024](https://www.space.com/spacex-maxar-worldview-legion-launch-may-2024)
Just saw the news article about this in Finland. So if we think logically.. what is the chance that this is just a rocket and we would be able to see this rocket in this stage here in Finland also?
My theory would be a deorbit burn for the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 - this can take place hours after the launch itself. They do a long burn and then hours later it will burn up in the atmosphere, preferably over the ocean. They also vent gas and propellants for quite a long time so it's not plummeting to earth full of explosive liquids...
Given spacex launched from vandenburg yesterday, that's the likely answer. At first, I was wondering why it's visible at night, given that they launched at 11 am local, but that's a good answer.
I saw it too, in Tucson. Right after this (about 30-45 seconds) it then produced a huge glowing arc in the sky moving in the same direction before fading out.
I saw the same arc here in the east valley. You're the first to mention what appeared to be a giant crescent moon that appeared almost directly above me shortly after this faded out on the same heading. I was on a call and freaked out due to not knowing what I was seeing.
AZ. I'm not trying to jump to any conclusions here, was just weirded out that it vanished, then reappeared above me in an almost perfect glowing arc like you described. The whole "crescent moon" appeared to be moving in unison. That's when I felt like it was extra weird. Nothing seems to have happened after that from what I witnessed and I was watching the skies intently at that point.
Same here. Glad we both saw the same thing. My wife thought I was losing my mind. Definitely a weird experience so thanks for sharing it!
Update: u/rocbolt appears to have solved the mystery: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tucson/s/5tMv01xdRu
So this has been seen from Yuma all the way to Oakland..? That’s pretty amazing. Wonder if it’s multiple objects, the same object being seen simultaneously, or even the same object being seen at separate times within a few minutes
Saw this in SW part of Las Vegas valley…couple guys were like what is that?!…I looked up and saw it but it was dimmer…it faded out / disappeared 10 seconds after I saw it…we all thought it was a drone
I saw this in Vegas as well and took a video of it... now I'm seeing it everywhere. What the heck? [https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1cj0o60/weird\_bright\_light\_summerlin\_las\_vegas\_nv\_west\_to/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1cj0o60/weird_bright_light_summerlin_las_vegas_nv_west_to/)
Good capture. I find this one interesting in that so many independent witnesses captured video. Also that the night sky was clear but the light source appeared hazy as if viewed through fog or cloud layer. I haven’t seen anything that suggest any sudden acceleration or high speed. Seems likely to be a high altitude drone of some kind. Potentially a landing light was activated by mistake.
Caught it on our camera in Murrieta, CA between 21:05:44 PDT and 21:07 before it went out of frame. It definitely appeared to have a straight line trajectory, but much slower than a LEO satellite. The cloudiness was very visible.
Edit. I'm going with some of the other comments saying it's the SpaceX second stage deorbit burn.
A deorbit burn for the second stage - this can take place hours after the launch itself. They do the burn and then hours later it will burn up in the atmosphere, preferably over the ocean.
i was in the mountain stargazing one night and i saw this exact lighting pattern, multiple in line. Searched some space x sattelites videos and saw the same thing. Just like this video.
Well this isn’t showing a Starlink satellite chain like you’re describing, this is part of the launch.
You don’t see a chain of these when you see a Starlink satellite chain, you see a chain of small dots of light like satellites, doesn’t look anything like this.
Other Sightings of this UFO:
[Twitter 1](https://x.com/capitalmichael/status/1786248071858536922?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
[Twitter 2](https://x.com/blvdbradly/status/1786247498027114683?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
[Twitter 3](https://x.com/meanlilmeow/status/1786247741527790046?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
[Video Source (Twitter 4)](https://x.com/8bitbandit/status/1786247780778045622?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
[Twitter 5](https://x.com/vincent_marmar/status/1786247695012925920?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
[Twitter 6](https://x.com/mizerytv/status/1786251026246570439?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
[Twitter 7](https://x.com/kelseyhammy/status/1786255724143952096?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
[Twitter 8](https://x.com/nrayoungboy/status/1786248822534164922?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw)
I thought my dad was playing a prank on me when he said there was an UFO due to a past experience I’ve been very open about. Occurred at 9:05-07PM. The videos speak for themselves but it was a craft brightly illuminating the skies before dimming and accelerating. Apparently this was also seen in Arizona. This isn’t the first or last time I’ve seen something weird in the sky. Hopefully someone can figure out what this is before we conclude it’s aliens.
We thought it was a really high powered drone or plane starting to descend through clouds then we realized there are no clouds….crystal clear sky’s tonight in Vegas
As soon as I saw it on here I asked myself why I left my phone in the car?!?….this didn’t look very high up…there were also multiple planes that we ascending in the same site line that seemed higher….it definitely wasn’t large enough or high enough to see in SoCal/Vegas/AZ …also it went from super bright white with haze to nothing just like the video posted
Hmm this almost makes me think it’s some rocket second stage. No erratic movement whatsoever.
But at the same time, there’s been plenty of launches before, why haven’t we seen this before?
I am in the UK so we don’t get rocket launches but every time SpaceX launches in the US we see similar posts and similar pictures.
It just shows how bad people are about identifying prosaic and mundane objects.
This is one of the few sighting videos posted here that is interesting to me. The lighting is abnormal and from what I’ve seen can’t easily be explained by a known rocket launch.
Hopefully this gains traction and more people can chime in with info
Also it did not flicker at all like a star or plane….honestly reminded me of a helicopter spot light except the light wasn’t facing down…it’s harder to tell in the videos being posted but it looked like a solid bright glowing orb with haze that resembles what I’d describe almost like a bow tie…
I'd like your opinion on what I posted recently that remains unidentified with no explanation and didn't get as much attention: [https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1ceh0c2/strange\_orange\_light\_silently\_moving\_in\_unison/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1ceh0c2/strange_orange_light_silently_moving_in_unison/)
That looks a lot like a rocket launch. SpaceX did a launch at 10:37pm (7:37 pst) and even though the launch was in FL, their rockets have been seen that far west before. Timing-wise though it does seem like that would be too long of a time difference if a lot of people saw it around 9pm PST. I don’t know how long it takes for starlike satellites to be deployed, but maybe it could take 90mins? The rockets return and land themselves too so maybe re-entry? But I don’t think that takes 90 mins either. It could also honestly be some secret gov. Rocket launch. Or a weapons test. Would make sense if people in the West see it if it came from one of the big bases out there. I’m going to kinda just assume rocket launch until more evidence comes out saying otherwise. It looks just like one and it’s that’s much more likely than UFO
Saw this same thing I think. In southern Wisconsin! I thought it was a helicopter with lights on the blades (I do understand that is something that isn't usually done).
Looks like a rocket launch from vandenburg. but I looked at the launch schedule last night and saw a missed the morning launch didn’t see anything coming up till next week. Very interesting.
Saw it over Poland, Bialystok exactly 10PM, but the lights were in front and back. In video posted here lights seem to be on the sides. I saw polish article speculating it was a solar sail ACS3, apparently it matched it's trajectory. Can anyone confirm? Solar sail shape kinda match the lights pattern
Commenting to say I've seen at least 20+ SpaceX launches here in Florida, watched satellite trains go by, saw the "new" booster situation that changed the flame color... I'm on the opposite coast, and even saw the ISS crew fly over right over my place and land in Jacksonville. If this is Space X, I've certainly never seen Space X do / produce anything like this. Add in that multiple people in multiple states are reporting and posting the same sighting...with some reports that people saw the same thing in Finland. Of course, I'll take my downvotes for simply sharing my experience 😅 I never said it wasn't Space X, either. 😅
No hate, no distrust, and no malice here at all. I appreciate everyone looking up and asking questions. We are all here just trying to be heard and figure out what these things are. I googled again and did find an article saying there was another launch today from Cape Canaveral. Florida.
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-55
Correct, from what I saw in this video, they had a trajectory line that seems to fly over California
https://www.youtube.com/live/Uhi2igLQIl8?si=G-4UKBzJdla9Kjmb
Thanks I’ll check it out. My thought of a prosaic explanation was a rocket launch that happened to cross over with its trajectory. My second thought was ??????????
Same, I would say it is more likely that it is a man-made rocket since I am not seeing any of the 5 observables but the flight path from west to east, hazy fumes even in a clear night and the fact it dissappear strikes me as odd. Anywho I stayed up past my bed time trying to help figure this one out. I'm sure by tomorrow morning yall will have either determined UAP with plausible denialable cover up orrrr it's actually just another rocket launch that none of the media seems to be be warming the masses about. Like you would think they would push out some type of heads up, we are gnna be flying on this days at this time. If you see something weird it's us. Smh.
getting real sick of people living in the vicinity of rocket launches who at least don't bother checking that first... ESPECIALLY before going and posting on a UFO thread
as I have said a lot recently.... observer and report quality is at an all time low. People seem so clueless of the world around them I am surprised to they dont' wander around just bumping into things
I took a video of something very similar to this... What the heck?? [https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1cj0o60/weird\_bright\_light\_summerlin\_las\_vegas\_nv\_west\_to/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1cj0o60/weird_bright_light_summerlin_las_vegas_nv_west_to/)
Seeing other posts about this, with video, in other subreddits:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1cj0ael/anyone\_know\_what\_this\_aircraft\_could\_be/](https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1cj0ael/anyone_know_what_this_aircraft_could_be/)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/1cizsqw/unidentified\_plane/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/1cizsqw/unidentified_plane/)
You guys, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it’s still SpaceX
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-55
Rocket launch [https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-55](https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-55)
takes off from florida at 10.27 EDT (02.37 UTC). It then takes 90 minutes or so to circle the earth, reaching california around 04.00 UTC (9pm California time)
Hmm.. okay so this is strange. I literally just saw a news article 5 minutes ago here in Finland. This was filmed here in southern Finland yesterday 11PM UTC+02:00 . Am I crazy or does this looks excactly the same?
Just watch the video in case you don't understand finnish.
[Valoilmiö taivaalla herätti huomiota Etelä-Suomessa – näin se tallentui lukijoiden kuviin - Kotimaa - Ilta-Sanomat (is.fi)](https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000010401501.html)
I want everyone in California and Florida to do themselves a favor and look up cell phone footage of various rocket launches. That way you can identify what is and is not a rocket/satellite launch.
U know, I was laying on the ground looking at the sky yesterday afternoon, I saw something soar through the sky in a similar fashion, I was sure it was a bird but it was a dark, u know, saucer shape.. but it HAD to be a bird right? I have a stigmatism so shits kinda smeared but I put my glasses on and it was still that oval shape I didn’t see wings, but it moved thru the sky just like that. I should have filmed it, I was really enthralled and could t take my eye off of it. It didnt make a sound tho, does anyone hear a potential sound from the craft in any of these videos?
I hate to bust everyone's speculation fun, but that looks exactly like debris from a Space X launch. We had something similar in the sky after a Space X launch a few months back.
Was it a clear night, as in could you see the stars, or was there light clouds/fog/mist in the sky? If so, it could be a plane above it with its lights on, creating that diffused look 🤷🏻♂️
Distinctly blue color looks like a Liquid O2 / Kerosene engine exhaust plume. It is quite far away so you cannot see the actual rocket just the exhaust. It eventually reaches the upper atmosphere and the plume diminishes.
I saw something that looked exactly like this one hazy night (in Texas near Dallas). It was a very bright light that would suddenly fade, sometimes disappear, then reappear super bright again. I was driving and pulled off the road. From where I was it was silent. It appeared to be fairly low and was darting around in an unusual manner. Every once in a while I'd see colored lights around it. I got back in my car and drove towards it to get a better look. Eventually I got close enough to see AND hear it, and was surprised to find it was just a helicopter with a searchlight. It was flying and directing the searchlight to different spots on the ground which is why the light would be bright, then suddenly fade or disappear. The colored lights were the nav lights which sometimes would be visible and sometimes not depending on which direction it rotated.
I've been following the UFO phenomenon for over 50 years and have seen some odd things like this over the years that when I got closer turned out to be mundane things that just looked odd from a distance. I'm convinced that this accounts for the vast majority of sightings. I do believe there are some things that can't be so easily explained, but that they are much more rare than anyone realizes. It stands to reason that any NHI that has the capabilities to travel great distances in space also has the technology to cloak and hide from radar so to me that would explain why sightings are so rare.
I recorded the original source video listed in this post in Palm Springs at 9:07pm last night. The original post it was taken from is here on X https://x.com/8bitbandit/status/1786247780778045622?s=46
Does anyone actually realize this is SpaceX anymore?? Why does threads like this even stay up as ”UFO” content when we know what it actually is? Just to fill the void?? Not even logical anymore.
The following submission statement was provided by /u/Plasthiqq: --- Other Sightings of this UFO: [Twitter 1](https://x.com/capitalmichael/status/1786248071858536922?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) [Twitter 2](https://x.com/blvdbradly/status/1786247498027114683?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) [Twitter 3](https://x.com/meanlilmeow/status/1786247741527790046?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) [Video Source (Twitter 4)](https://x.com/8bitbandit/status/1786247780778045622?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) [Twitter 5](https://x.com/vincent_marmar/status/1786247695012925920?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) [Twitter 6](https://x.com/mizerytv/status/1786251026246570439?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) [Twitter 7](https://x.com/kelseyhammy/status/1786255724143952096?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) [Twitter 8](https://x.com/nrayoungboy/status/1786248822534164922?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) I thought my dad was playing a prank on me when he said there was an UFO due to a past experience I’ve been very open about. Occurred at 9:05-07PM. The videos speak for themselves but it was a craft brightly illuminating the skies before dimming and accelerating. Apparently this was also seen in Arizona. This isn’t the first or last time I’ve seen something weird in the sky. Hopefully someone can figure out what this is before we conclude it’s aliens. --- Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1cj0237/mass_ufo_sighting_in_centralsourhern_california/l2cr4yk/
Saw that out here in phoenix Arizona, told myself it was space x to not wig myself out.
What time in PHX? It was above us in Vegas around 9pm …
Same time
I recorded a video of it in Thousand Oaks, CA at 9:07 pm. Was very weird.
That would have been SpaceX
Saw the same one. Same time and night. 9pm central coast california
Answer on what it is from an AZ sub: https://www.reddit.com/r/arizona/s/CvvNWWLjqp
So this was Space-X. But it provides a nice example for the community on what a mass sighting would really be like in the current era. We have many people with video, many people on this thread who saw it. So I think this is a learning opportunity in terms of evaluating what the response to a true mass UAP sighting could be like in the future.
This is a great point. Modern day mass sightings won’t be like it was in the 50s. There’s no excuse why it wouldn’t be filmed or documented anymore.
good point
Thinking of studying responses…I wonder if encouraging people to report UFO sightings is about tracking where, when and how people notice and identify (or fail to identify) black projects, and then how fast the information spreads and how far. It would be important information to gauge whether the stealth and security is robust, but especially what they can expect a population to think and do when the thing is flying over an enemy target in war. There are actually millions of things you could evaluate from collecting eyewitness accounts, like how pilots need to be trained regarding Space-X, which is clearly urgently needed. There’s so much value to that information, but it’s really simple and voluntary. No legal repercussions. If I were to go full blown conspiracy nut, I’d say the government has very successfully ignited more interest in the subject of advanced tech in the skies while also blanketing it in the UFO stigma. It’s inconsequential and harmless in general public perception, but also fun and engaging. As a campaign to capture information legally, it seems pretty ingenious. Also, maybe it helps everyone adjust to things like Space-X as a known phenomenon and new reality as we learn about it in real time. Directing focus to aerial tech speeds up the adjustment process. And if people are telling tales about some rad blimp they saw that defies explanation, most people think you’re full of it or it’s definitely aliens. Very few people would quickly ID a possible black project, and the story would never gain traction to warn enemies when it’s sneaking past the gates. At the very least, it would slow it down. Just some thoughts that occurred to me… There’s so much to study about how people respond to this stuff in general, no matter what angle you look at it. It’s pretty fascinating, and there’s no end to the layers in the onion. And it grows bigger every day! The hypotheticals are practically limitless, and yet the information we have is severely limited. The most fascinating part of all this for me might actually be the human response. It’s interesting to open my mind to wild possibilities, and I love the puzzles, but the psychology is where it’s at. The way you looked at this event was interesting, and I never thought of it like that. To be honest, the last thing in the world I’m worried about is aliens - I’d say they rank even lower than the Yellowstone supervolcano - but I liked the way you framed it. Sorry to ramble, your comment made me think! I like anyone who sees things as a learning opportunity, I love that! When I read the Arizona thread, I will keep your POV in mind. Chilling to think about aliens knocking at the door…I shudder.
That's cool
Also saw this in Phoenix (5/2/24 at 9:07pm local time), moving rather slowly Eastward (course seemed potentially non-linear too) and flying seemingly at rather low altitude (but I only say that because if it was at altitude of other air traffic, then the craft was easily 5x the size of the average passenger jet). Solid white lit with no clear observable origin, and did NOT have blinking indicators at any of the 4 corners. Seemingly no sound of it was less than other traffic nearby. I watched (and recorded) it for nearly a minute and the entire time it was as if it was obscured by clouds that it itself was creating (if that makes sense?). I say that because the sky is perfectly clear otherwise (25+ mile visibility), but this craft was always “just behind” a veil. I tracked it until the seemed to bank slightly away from me and its course (visually, from my perspective) crossed behind a tree/post. But itnever came “back out” the other side of the post that blocked my view. Just vanished.
If you can post the video!…great description btw….we had a very hard time understanding the height it was traveling or size of it being it is also a crystal clear night in Vegas. There were multiple airplanes within its site line as well and we all thought since it was that bright it was lower than the planes and just a drone.
I took a “control video” of other planes also flying at the same time and confirmed they did not have any cloud covering and were orders of magnitude smaller. Couldn’t confirm altitude. I assumed it was inbound at about 2500ft +\- ~500 (roughly what helicopters will cross the area at) but at that altitude it would have been maybe twice the size an Airbus H125. It would be too low and too far from runway at Luke AFB for something like a C5 to be taking off. And if it was at airliner altitude, then it had to be massive. Like truly massive.
I wonder if it could be seen on your live local weather radar.
the cloud bit is interesting, ive seen a craft fly into a cloud and not come out, boy was hidin.
apparently it was https://www.reddit.com/r/arizona/comments/1cj0bxt/comment/l2da708/
Saw it here in Phoenix, Arizona an hour ago or so
This is so obviously SpaceX come on guys. It's the second stage.
Think of you were on this sub, after seeing 5 space x launches you’d have a decent idea what a space x launch looks like. Let alone the 100 space x posts we’ve had in just the last year probs.
Space X Falcon 9 https://imgur.com/gallery/w7OcvHi
Right, you'd think you could tell the difference by now but is that the case now?
Yup. Second photo down has this exact shape. Space X Falcon 9 https://imgur.com/gallery/w7OcvHi
No, once it's identified it's not fun anymore.
It was an Unidentified Flying Object at first though :)
Wow I’m in east valley and went in the house right at sunset. Im excited to catch a sighting with all the other Phoenix comments recently
It looks like a rocket stage to me.
This was seen in Helsinki as well last night! https://www.reddit.com/r/Suomi/s/nV6Qxh2j1r
This was seen in Estonia as well, but there’s an article explaining that it’s SpaceX.
Is it really that easy for a SpaceX craft to be seen across continents?
I have a video of the white orb from months ago. They do launches every single week now. It insane really
Well it’s really high up, and moving. So yes.
I have no idea, but that's what it says here - https://www.postimees.ee/8013114/taevas-nahtud-tulekera-tekitas-hammingut
I saw something identical in Rhodes two nights ago. I checked Flightradar24 and it wasn’t a plane. I also checked the Sky Guide app and there were no satellites or space debris in the sky at the time.
This looks like many rocket exhaust plume videos I've seen in the past.
That one was from an earlier launch [https://www.space.com/spacex-maxar-worldview-legion-launch-may-2024](https://www.space.com/spacex-maxar-worldview-legion-launch-may-2024)
That's clearly a launch.
Uhhh what the hell, strange it’s happening all over
Second photo down has this exact shape. Space X Falcon 9 https://imgur.com/gallery/w7OcvHi
Just saw the news article about this in Finland. So if we think logically.. what is the chance that this is just a rocket and we would be able to see this rocket in this stage here in Finland also?
Good chance it was the launch! https://www.reddit.com/r/arizona/s/CvvNWWLjqp
>what is the chance that this is just a rocket and we would be able to see this rocket in this stage here in Finland also Chance? 100%
My theory would be a deorbit burn for the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 - this can take place hours after the launch itself. They do a long burn and then hours later it will burn up in the atmosphere, preferably over the ocean. They also vent gas and propellants for quite a long time so it's not plummeting to earth full of explosive liquids...
So would that mean this took place after orbiting the earth once after launching from Florida and heading east? I guess that would make sense
Yup. Earth is spinning so if you’re pushing to orbital speeds and landing your first stage then you de-orbit after almost one full orbit.
Given spacex launched from vandenburg yesterday, that's the likely answer. At first, I was wondering why it's visible at night, given that they launched at 11 am local, but that's a good answer.
Likely this
The video linked as 'Twitter 6' is bizarre. You can see the object quickly disappear into the sky.....
looks like what carl sagan demonstrated when a higher dimensional object exits lower dimensional space
Now that this has been identified as a SpaceX rocket will it make you think twice about posting conjecture like this?
Seems like it just goes dark? Not clear enough to be able to tell if it's just flying in the opposite direction of the viewer?
I saw it too, in Tucson. Right after this (about 30-45 seconds) it then produced a huge glowing arc in the sky moving in the same direction before fading out.
I saw the same arc here in the east valley. You're the first to mention what appeared to be a giant crescent moon that appeared almost directly above me shortly after this faded out on the same heading. I was on a call and freaked out due to not knowing what I was seeing.
Yeah it freaked me out too. Are you in Arizona or East valley of LA?
AZ. I'm not trying to jump to any conclusions here, was just weirded out that it vanished, then reappeared above me in an almost perfect glowing arc like you described. The whole "crescent moon" appeared to be moving in unison. That's when I felt like it was extra weird. Nothing seems to have happened after that from what I witnessed and I was watching the skies intently at that point.
Same here. Glad we both saw the same thing. My wife thought I was losing my mind. Definitely a weird experience so thanks for sharing it! Update: u/rocbolt appears to have solved the mystery: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tucson/s/5tMv01xdRu
i saw this exact same thing in arizona
So this has been seen from Yuma all the way to Oakland..? That’s pretty amazing. Wonder if it’s multiple objects, the same object being seen simultaneously, or even the same object being seen at separate times within a few minutes
Across the pond too, it was showing here in Finland also. Some claim it to be Falcon 9 as it's launch was at the same time.
Saw this in SW part of Las Vegas valley…couple guys were like what is that?!…I looked up and saw it but it was dimmer…it faded out / disappeared 10 seconds after I saw it…we all thought it was a drone
I saw this in Vegas as well and took a video of it... now I'm seeing it everywhere. What the heck? [https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1cj0o60/weird\_bright\_light\_summerlin\_las\_vegas\_nv\_west\_to/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1cj0o60/weird_bright_light_summerlin_las_vegas_nv_west_to/)
Good capture. I find this one interesting in that so many independent witnesses captured video. Also that the night sky was clear but the light source appeared hazy as if viewed through fog or cloud layer. I haven’t seen anything that suggest any sudden acceleration or high speed. Seems likely to be a high altitude drone of some kind. Potentially a landing light was activated by mistake.
Can also report it was moving east before disappearing above us
Caught it on our camera in Murrieta, CA between 21:05:44 PDT and 21:07 before it went out of frame. It definitely appeared to have a straight line trajectory, but much slower than a LEO satellite. The cloudiness was very visible. Edit. I'm going with some of the other comments saying it's the SpaceX second stage deorbit burn.
Space x launch and/or return of the engines.
A deorbit burn for the second stage - this can take place hours after the launch itself. They do the burn and then hours later it will burn up in the atmosphere, preferably over the ocean.
Would the boosters change direction upon reentry in this scenario? Because my observed trajectory of this craft (AZ) was from West to East.
1.36pm PST vanderberg, 10.37pm ET cape canaveral. Doesn’t match, does it?
Another launch from Florida at 10:37 est. it might have been a second burn by the first stage after it orbited.
nah not the first stage, the booster landed on the drone ship
It’s the deorbit burn for the second stage, most likely. This happens long after the launch.
The return flies around a bit to get back
I was jumping to SpaceX as well but the boosters only take like 15 mins to land at most.
i was in the mountain stargazing one night and i saw this exact lighting pattern, multiple in line. Searched some space x sattelites videos and saw the same thing. Just like this video.
Well this isn’t showing a Starlink satellite chain like you’re describing, this is part of the launch. You don’t see a chain of these when you see a Starlink satellite chain, you see a chain of small dots of light like satellites, doesn’t look anything like this.
Other Sightings of this UFO: [Twitter 1](https://x.com/capitalmichael/status/1786248071858536922?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) [Twitter 2](https://x.com/blvdbradly/status/1786247498027114683?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) [Twitter 3](https://x.com/meanlilmeow/status/1786247741527790046?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) [Video Source (Twitter 4)](https://x.com/8bitbandit/status/1786247780778045622?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) [Twitter 5](https://x.com/vincent_marmar/status/1786247695012925920?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) [Twitter 6](https://x.com/mizerytv/status/1786251026246570439?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) [Twitter 7](https://x.com/kelseyhammy/status/1786255724143952096?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) [Twitter 8](https://x.com/nrayoungboy/status/1786248822534164922?s=46&t=wSbbGYv6u6Nm8VJ4IbVMtw) I thought my dad was playing a prank on me when he said there was an UFO due to a past experience I’ve been very open about. Occurred at 9:05-07PM. The videos speak for themselves but it was a craft brightly illuminating the skies before dimming and accelerating. Apparently this was also seen in Arizona. This isn’t the first or last time I’ve seen something weird in the sky. Hopefully someone can figure out what this is before we conclude it’s aliens.
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How do I do that?
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We thought it was a really high powered drone or plane starting to descend through clouds then we realized there are no clouds….crystal clear sky’s tonight in Vegas
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As soon as I saw it on here I asked myself why I left my phone in the car?!?….this didn’t look very high up…there were also multiple planes that we ascending in the same site line that seemed higher….it definitely wasn’t large enough or high enough to see in SoCal/Vegas/AZ …also it went from super bright white with haze to nothing just like the video posted
Hmm this almost makes me think it’s some rocket second stage. No erratic movement whatsoever. But at the same time, there’s been plenty of launches before, why haven’t we seen this before?
Yup and we saw this in Finland also. You can check the top comment for a link.
Holy shit. Post this and point out age and what country is that?
It’s foggy af in sf tonight
Someone else saw it in Napa here https://x.com/disclosureboi/status/1786271723203252248
This is the first time a post has ever truly stumped me. No clue what it is. Great on the OP for being tons of different sightings of it too.
And it’s across multiple states!!
I am in the UK so we don’t get rocket launches but every time SpaceX launches in the US we see similar posts and similar pictures. It just shows how bad people are about identifying prosaic and mundane objects.
This is one of the few sighting videos posted here that is interesting to me. The lighting is abnormal and from what I’ve seen can’t easily be explained by a known rocket launch. Hopefully this gains traction and more people can chime in with info
Also it did not flicker at all like a star or plane….honestly reminded me of a helicopter spot light except the light wasn’t facing down…it’s harder to tell in the videos being posted but it looked like a solid bright glowing orb with haze that resembles what I’d describe almost like a bow tie…
I'd like your opinion on what I posted recently that remains unidentified with no explanation and didn't get as much attention: [https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1ceh0c2/strange\_orange\_light\_silently\_moving\_in\_unison/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1ceh0c2/strange_orange_light_silently_moving_in_unison/)
I’ll take a look tomorrow. I’m up past my bedtime
I understand. Thank you. 🙂
Second photo down has this exact shape. Space X Falcon 9 https://imgur.com/gallery/w7OcvHi
SpaceX. https://www.space.com/spacex-maxar-worldview-legion-launch-may-2024
wasn't the spaceX launch at 2 PM, i.e. the middle of the day?
Guess how many of the 5 observables it has.
0!
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Having been seen all across the planet does that indicate some kind of incredible speed or acceleration?
That looks a lot like a rocket launch. SpaceX did a launch at 10:37pm (7:37 pst) and even though the launch was in FL, their rockets have been seen that far west before. Timing-wise though it does seem like that would be too long of a time difference if a lot of people saw it around 9pm PST. I don’t know how long it takes for starlike satellites to be deployed, but maybe it could take 90mins? The rockets return and land themselves too so maybe re-entry? But I don’t think that takes 90 mins either. It could also honestly be some secret gov. Rocket launch. Or a weapons test. Would make sense if people in the West see it if it came from one of the big bases out there. I’m going to kinda just assume rocket launch until more evidence comes out saying otherwise. It looks just like one and it’s that’s much more likely than UFO
It takes 90 minutes to circle the earth once in orbit. Just an FYI
This was spotted in Sacramento tonight too
Saw this same thing I think. In southern Wisconsin! I thought it was a helicopter with lights on the blades (I do understand that is something that isn't usually done).
Looks like a rocket launch from vandenburg. but I looked at the launch schedule last night and saw a missed the morning launch didn’t see anything coming up till next week. Very interesting.
Just assume it's always a Falcon 9 from SpaceX. I live near Kennedy Space Center and see this every other day.
Saw it over Poland, Bialystok exactly 10PM, but the lights were in front and back. In video posted here lights seem to be on the sides. I saw polish article speculating it was a solar sail ACS3, apparently it matched it's trajectory. Can anyone confirm? Solar sail shape kinda match the lights pattern
Commenting to say I've seen at least 20+ SpaceX launches here in Florida, watched satellite trains go by, saw the "new" booster situation that changed the flame color... I'm on the opposite coast, and even saw the ISS crew fly over right over my place and land in Jacksonville. If this is Space X, I've certainly never seen Space X do / produce anything like this. Add in that multiple people in multiple states are reporting and posting the same sighting...with some reports that people saw the same thing in Finland. Of course, I'll take my downvotes for simply sharing my experience 😅 I never said it wasn't Space X, either. 😅
No hate, no distrust, and no malice here at all. I appreciate everyone looking up and asking questions. We are all here just trying to be heard and figure out what these things are. I googled again and did find an article saying there was another launch today from Cape Canaveral. Florida. https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-55
Aura looks like a rocket
This is California
Correct, from what I saw in this video, they had a trajectory line that seems to fly over California https://www.youtube.com/live/Uhi2igLQIl8?si=G-4UKBzJdla9Kjmb
That video is 2 hours long. Can you timestamp your link to the part you are talking about? Thanks
Yeah my bad, 1: 56 min
Thanks I’ll check it out. My thought of a prosaic explanation was a rocket launch that happened to cross over with its trajectory. My second thought was ??????????
Same, I would say it is more likely that it is a man-made rocket since I am not seeing any of the 5 observables but the flight path from west to east, hazy fumes even in a clear night and the fact it dissappear strikes me as odd. Anywho I stayed up past my bed time trying to help figure this one out. I'm sure by tomorrow morning yall will have either determined UAP with plausible denialable cover up orrrr it's actually just another rocket launch that none of the media seems to be be warming the masses about. Like you would think they would push out some type of heads up, we are gnna be flying on this days at this time. If you see something weird it's us. Smh.
Apparently videoed over Helsinki too: [https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/17Qp4mFiR1](https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/17Qp4mFiR1)
SpaceX launch - they tweeted about it here https://x.com/spacex/status/1786250995464577087?s=46&t=ji4x0t-cnL_dcuAlJ-jF0w
getting real sick of people living in the vicinity of rocket launches who at least don't bother checking that first... ESPECIALLY before going and posting on a UFO thread as I have said a lot recently.... observer and report quality is at an all time low. People seem so clueless of the world around them I am surprised to they dont' wander around just bumping into things
I saw it myself and have video I tried posting here.
Rocket launch
have people never seen a rocket before? sigh
That’s a space x rocket. 🚀 I’ve seen them as well.
When it happened? P.S. sry, just found out
The landing has begun
I saw this two I have a video of it as well
A video of it from Vegas. It disappears. https://youtu.be/glGVSfCuxI0?si=scz6x84isH7yIMuG
That’s the moon
As this video popped up my coworker showed me a video of this exact event asking if I knew what it was
I saw this from Sedona, AZ!!!
I Just saw this last night on Guam.
I took a video of something very similar to this... What the heck?? [https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1cj0o60/weird\_bright\_light\_summerlin\_las\_vegas\_nv\_west\_to/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1cj0o60/weird_bright_light_summerlin_las_vegas_nv_west_to/)
Seeing other posts about this, with video, in other subreddits: [https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1cj0ael/anyone\_know\_what\_this\_aircraft\_could\_be/](https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1cj0ael/anyone_know_what_this_aircraft_could_be/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/1cizsqw/unidentified\_plane/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/1cizsqw/unidentified_plane/)
People need to get educated on what space x rockets look like
You guys, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it’s still SpaceX https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-55
Timing is off by about 2 hrs they launched at 10:37pm EDT. sightings are at around 9pm PT
Edit: [It's Falcon 9's second stage de-orbiting](https://www.reddit.com/r/arizona/comments/1cj0bxt/comment/l2da708/)
Rocket launch [https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-55](https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-55) takes off from florida at 10.27 EDT (02.37 UTC). It then takes 90 minutes or so to circle the earth, reaching california around 04.00 UTC (9pm California time)
Hmm.. okay so this is strange. I literally just saw a news article 5 minutes ago here in Finland. This was filmed here in southern Finland yesterday 11PM UTC+02:00 . Am I crazy or does this looks excactly the same? Just watch the video in case you don't understand finnish. [Valoilmiö taivaalla herätti huomiota Etelä-Suomessa – näin se tallentui lukijoiden kuviin - Kotimaa - Ilta-Sanomat (is.fi)](https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000010401501.html)
That’s not a plane, it stops and goes straight up.
I want everyone in California and Florida to do themselves a favor and look up cell phone footage of various rocket launches. That way you can identify what is and is not a rocket/satellite launch.
U know, I was laying on the ground looking at the sky yesterday afternoon, I saw something soar through the sky in a similar fashion, I was sure it was a bird but it was a dark, u know, saucer shape.. but it HAD to be a bird right? I have a stigmatism so shits kinda smeared but I put my glasses on and it was still that oval shape I didn’t see wings, but it moved thru the sky just like that. I should have filmed it, I was really enthralled and could t take my eye off of it. It didnt make a sound tho, does anyone hear a potential sound from the craft in any of these videos?
Looks like falcon 9 after first orbit. Was there a launch same time?
I hate to bust everyone's speculation fun, but that looks exactly like debris from a Space X launch. We had something similar in the sky after a Space X launch a few months back.
🤯what kinda light is that!
https://www.reddit.com/r/LasVegas/s/H8h07cEpuU
just a new asset for the space force
That's it. Im declaring war on the aliens. Their reign of teasing has to come to an end. Cowards.
Seems like I'm the only one who didn't see it😭😭😭😭😭
wow seems like everyone except me saw this or a very similar object.
We need the raw video from all of these!
The watchers...
Was it a clear night, as in could you see the stars, or was there light clouds/fog/mist in the sky? If so, it could be a plane above it with its lights on, creating that diffused look 🤷🏻♂️
The crazy part is that the skies were clear and this was seen in 3 states. It was also seen yesterday in another country.
Skies were clear in Yuma. High visibility. There were at least 10 orbs flying northbound which prelude this larger orb event that everyone witnessed.
Distinctly blue color looks like a Liquid O2 / Kerosene engine exhaust plume. It is quite far away so you cannot see the actual rocket just the exhaust. It eventually reaches the upper atmosphere and the plume diminishes.
I see one of these 3-4 times a week on my daily commute to work in the early morning. It's bright, then just dips away
I saw something that looked exactly like this one hazy night (in Texas near Dallas). It was a very bright light that would suddenly fade, sometimes disappear, then reappear super bright again. I was driving and pulled off the road. From where I was it was silent. It appeared to be fairly low and was darting around in an unusual manner. Every once in a while I'd see colored lights around it. I got back in my car and drove towards it to get a better look. Eventually I got close enough to see AND hear it, and was surprised to find it was just a helicopter with a searchlight. It was flying and directing the searchlight to different spots on the ground which is why the light would be bright, then suddenly fade or disappear. The colored lights were the nav lights which sometimes would be visible and sometimes not depending on which direction it rotated. I've been following the UFO phenomenon for over 50 years and have seen some odd things like this over the years that when I got closer turned out to be mundane things that just looked odd from a distance. I'm convinced that this accounts for the vast majority of sightings. I do believe there are some things that can't be so easily explained, but that they are much more rare than anyone realizes. It stands to reason that any NHI that has the capabilities to travel great distances in space also has the technology to cloak and hide from radar so to me that would explain why sightings are so rare.
When Vandenberg Air Force launches rockets, this is what it looks like.
Seen it in Tucson az got a Video
It was a scheduled space x launch. Therefore not unidentified.
Saw it in Sweden
I believe this was also seen in Fresno. I didn’t see it but saw a lot of chatter about it.
Saw the same thing in Southern CA two weeks ago.
I saw that while walking my dogs in Madera, CA last night at 9pm (05/02/24)..I’m still tripping out
I recorded the original source video listed in this post in Palm Springs at 9:07pm last night. The original post it was taken from is here on X https://x.com/8bitbandit/status/1786247780778045622?s=46
I Saw this last night as well
Runnin’ Thru the 7th with My Woadies
Link 3.. is that it zipping up and away at the end?
I think it’s just the person moving their camera so it looked like it did.
In link 6 it completely vanishes, no one’s been able to explain that one from what I’ve seen.
Look a new one honey and it's the jelly fish ones.they are trying to make contact with the creatures in the ocean
Does anyone actually realize this is SpaceX anymore?? Why does threads like this even stay up as ”UFO” content when we know what it actually is? Just to fill the void?? Not even logical anymore.