The most recent sightings were reported lastSaturday (5 September), in Olhos de Agua (Albufeira), and around 35 kilometres away in the village of Ferragudo (Lagoa), both at about the same time.
An email sent to The Portugal News from holidaymaker Paul Lewis said “hundreds of flashing lights moving slowly across the sky at approximately 10h40pm” were sighted in the Olhos de Agua area and “witnessed by several hotel guests including myself.”
A resident in the village of Ferragudo also told The Portugal News that that same night “I was sitting outside on the balcony with my husband when we saw what looked like a shoal of shimmering stars moving slowly through the sky. It was a bit like a cloud of tiny lights.
“We watched it move for about 15 minutes but it was too far away for our phone cameras to pick up. We tried to film it; it was 10.38pm”
Readers commenting on The Portugal News’ website in recent weeks have also given accounts of similar sightings.
A group of several Britons in Cascais witnessed something similar last month, on 19 August, and said: “This was not fireflies or any reflected lighting; [it was] a group of pure white twinkling stars in the stratosphere, they stayed over us and then slowly moved out to sea. It was really incredible.”
André Magalhães from Oporto said: “I saw this two times, on Sunday, 9 August”, while another observer in the Algarve said: “We saw the same on Friday, 15 May 2015 in Tavira.
“The lights travelled like a swarm of birds, and the lights were blinking continuously - on/off. Definitely a swarm of animals of some sort.”
A spate of similar sightings were reported in 2013 in Cascais, when a number of eyewitness accounts described unusual light phenomena in the night sky in and around the area throughout the months of June and July.
At the time, in response to questions posed by The Portugal News, a spokesperson for the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park (PNSC) said the lights “could well be a type of firefly”, which comes out when the weather warms up.
However, this suggestion is rebuffed by those who witnessed the more recent phenomena, as “it seemed too high up to be a flying insect”, the Ferragudo resident
recalled.
Another possible explanation for the phenomenon comes from the website UFO Portugal, which has also received numerous sightings of “agglomerates of lights that flash intermittently” in recent months, from north to south of Portugal.
UFO Portugal believes the sightings are LED balloons.
“It is quite natural that many people are unaware of the phenomenon, however the most plausible explanation for these sightings is the release of LED balloons.
“The LED [lights] are embedded inside the balloons that are in turn released into the atmosphere creating a light show in the night sky.
“At a certain altitude the balloons are no longer perceptible and all that is visible are the LED lights within them”, the website explained.
This theory is corroborated by the Astronomical Observatory in Lisbon, which this week told The Portugal News: “Recently the releasing of balloons with LEDs has become fashionable almost nationwide at birthday parties, weddings, etc…
“And when people observe this phenomenon at night, at a distance from the site [of release], it can be confused with stars.”
‘Moving shoal of stars’ sighted in Algarve night sky
in Algarve · 10 Sep 2015, 13:07 · 272 Comments
I was near marinha beach. Not far from sao Martinho in algavre this August 2016. I was on the balcony of the hôtel watching the stars on Thursday the 25th at around 10h30 pm. I saw exactly what was described in this article. Exactly. Seemed like tones of shinning stars ( on-off) moving in a direction. I was watching this for about 10 minutes at least. Unfortunately i was alone. I was really wondering what it was. It disappeared slowly...I guess they were getting too far for my eyes to see. I couldn't believe this article when I read it. I'm glad im not alone to have witnessed this phenomenon.
By Frederica from Algarve on 31 Aug 2016, 18:36
Im sorry, i got mix up in my last msg. I wasnt at sao Martinho. I was in Algarve near benagil, marinha beach. I was in vacation. Im from Canada, Québec. I saw those lights the 25th of August at 10h30 pm.
By Frederica from Algarve on 31 Aug 2016, 18:51
At 10:40pm, september 04 2016, me and my wife was lookinf to the clear sky above Faro city at Algarve, Portugal and saw in the zenith view 5 or 6 white dots of light traveling at the same speed going to North. It Was increadible that were nothing like planes or meteorites or satellites.. 2 dots were travelling oposite direction and the other 5or 6 were very flying like a formation. We were intrigued because didn't sern anything like that.. Ballons.. Maybe..
By Pedro from Algarve on 04 Sep 2016, 22:40
I was also in Sao Paio de Oleiros near Espinho In Portugal and we witnessed the very same thing at about 22h30. It was incredible. It was alike a blob of twinkling lights far up in the sky which is why we thought it was stars - thats how high and tiny they were. LED lights.....really??
By Maria from Other on 08 Sep 2016, 11:41
Friday 9.9.16 evening at 11:54pm I made a video where you actually can't see anything of what happened. One or two hundred stars (or super far away lights) flew slowly over the sky while blinking. All in the exact same directio
n, all 200 lights holding the same speed. super tiny and bright like stars moving towards west. We were around 7 friends on the balkony pre drinking when one of our friend told us to look into the sky. we were literally freakin out, a little bit scared but also impressed of this incredible phenomenon. What was that? The first 3 lights of the whole formation we think was a triangle formation of 3 green blinking lights, blinking the same time with the same frequency. We can't describe it better, but we will not forget what we saw, beautiful and mystic.
By Marcel from Lisbon on 14 Sep 2016, 07:25
We saw a large group of twinkling lights above Funchal (Madeira) at about 2am on 11th September 2016. They were drifting like a scattered cloud formation with what looked like 3 brighter lights at the base of the 'cloud' in a triangular shape. Very strange sight and they were high up in the atmosphere.
By Val from UK on 18 Sep 2016, 15:14
I saw exactly the same of this in Funchal (Madeira) on Saturday the 17th September around 11h pm,i saw lights like stars on-off goi g to the same direction and slowly.
By Andy from Madeira on 21 Sep 2016, 10:25
I saw about 18 or so flashing lights rise from the sea area which then hovering and later joined by another three or four.
They moved in a magical way displaying a high level of intelligence. There was also a green lit disk with red flashing light above it which moved horizontally and changed directions 180 degrees instantly several times.It appeared to be monitoring the flashing light which moved out to sea and the disk inland. Time approx 23:00 hrs 21st september on outskirts of albufeira
By James from Algarve on 22 Sep 2016, 14:00
I saw yesterday (0/10/2016) at Povos, Vila Franca de Xira. About 10h30pm. It's NOT a Led Ballons. This is intelligent... one ahead, a shoal, and behind another one... AMAZING! Beauty!
By Flavia from Lisbon on 02 Oct 2016, 06:36
It was a very windy night when I saw the lights.
It could not have been led balloons,because they hovered and were then joined by more of the flashing lights.
They also moved back and forth,yet the winds were very strong coming from one direction.
It also does not explain the green disk with red flashing light.
By James from Algarve on 04 Oct 2016, 03:52
Just saw this phenomenon at 22:17 in Funchal,today ,october 8
They followed one star and were about 30.
It looked like christmas tree lights,blinking a lot
By Luis Nunes from Madeira on 08 Oct 2016, 22:51
My sister and I saw a large bunch of star like lights over the sea in Majorca last week. The group of lights started off in a vertical position and over 5-6 minutes kept their pattern but moved to a horizontal position before each one slowly disappeared leaving just the normal stars behind. Very freaky!
By A Clark from UK on 26 Oct 2016, 16:53
We were watching the firework displays from the roof of our house near Carvoeiro at midnight and just as they were ending we realised that there was a shoal of stars moving over our heads from south east to north. They looked like xmas tree lights flashing on and off continuously. There had to be about 100 of them moving in formation across the sky in various grouping. We stopped looking at the fireworks and watched the amazing celestial display moving overhead and away. It took about 5 minutes to move off. They were moving at quite a speed. None of us had ever seen anything like it before, it was amazing. I eould love to know what it was and will look for it again
By Kitty from Algarve on 01 Jan 2017, 11:31
This morning (00: 05 to about 00:15 , 1 Jan.2017) me and my family were watching the fireworks all around Carvoeiro, Praia da Rocha ,etc. suddenly we all experiencend this amazing cluster of stars, above our heads, all moving together at the same speed, blinking on/ off al the way, coming from Faro/ Lisbon direction. Also spotted a couple of something rectangle shape, full yellow light, moving next to the cluester, same speed.
Amazing!
By Jose M.V.Guerreiro from Algarve on 01 Jan 2017, 11:52
We (myself and 3 family members) were looking at the view from our balcony at Pestana Palms admiring the moon and stars shining over the sea when we noticed a large bright cluster of stars twinkling and moving steadily overhead at around 12.25 am. It moved across the sky and passed across in about 10 minutes. We were not able to see it on our sky map app which clearly registered the moon and other stars but not these. Not sure what they were but it was certainly spectacular and mystifying.
By S.Walawalkar from Madeira on 16 Mar 2017, 00:52
Good morning,
I'm on holiday in Albufeira and yesterday night I experienced the same 13/05/2017 around 1:10 am
Thousands of flashing lights moving slowly toward the sea . It's incredible!
Did someone experienced the same?
By Emmanuelle from Algarve on 13 May 2017, 09:10
I saw the same twinkling lights drifting north west on the 20th of May 2017. I was at my friends' wedding in Vila do Conde in Portugal and went for a midnight stroll along the harbour wall near the old chapel. My partner and I both witnessed this stunning display of twinkling lights just after midnight, also a little way back from this shoal of lights was a single orb flashing light, this was heading west then it seemed to become stationary for about 5 seconds then changed course to follow the shoal of flashing lights ? We couldn't make out what they were, they seemed too high in the sky to be insects, and birds don't glow and twinkle, right? Whatever it was, it was magical and beautiful!
By colin shaw from UK on 22 May 2017, 21:10
Tonight as we sat on a balcony in Porto Portugal we witnessed a shoal of fast travelling 50 to 60 flashing lights & some trailing behind,moving towards the Atlantic. Phenomal & awe inspiring, defiently not what you expect to see . 23/ 5 / 2017
By Rebecca & David Cocks from Porto on 23 May 2017, 22:10
Tonight as we sat on a balcony in Porto Portugal we witnessed a shoal of fast travelling 50 to 60 flashing lights & some trailing behind,moving towards the Atlantic. Phenomal & awe inspiring, defiently not what you expect to see . 23/ 5 / 2017
By Rebecca & David Cocks from Porto on 23 May 2017, 22:10
This to me is very strange. I was on my balcony in olhos de agua and from what I have read this us what I saw last night 28th may 2017.
Tried to take photos but was to high. They are not firefly or led lights.. Whatever it was it looked beautiful
By Lavinia Chew from UK on 29 May 2017, 04:46
I just saw this at 11.33 pm 17-6-2017
And I live in the middle of 2 mountains far way from the sea
By João from Porto on 17 Jun 2017, 22:35
I live in Portugal, Braga, and today, 17th june 2017, at around 11:13 PM, me, my parents, siblings and a friend of mine saw a group of "stars" moving. First it was moving from North to South, and then it ended up going East. I really don't believe it was a group of ballons nor fireflies. The group of "stars" was really high in the sky, and was moving and twinkling.
I don't kbow what it was.. no one knows. I'm trying to find some answers on the internet but find nothing
By Jessica from Other on 17 Jun 2017, 23:59
I have just witnessed these moving stars in Balaia golf village by Albufeira on 19th June 2017 at 10:25pm. They were moving quite fast and all sparkled to create a beautiful view. They definitely weren't fireflies or balloons and gradually faded as they moved across the sky, possibly moving away from us. Couldn't capture them on a camera but I am really interested to find out what they were!
By Alexandra S from Algarve on 19 Jun 2017, 21:34
We saw what we assumed were dozens of chinese lanterns coming in towards our villa in Eulalia near Albufeira on the late evening of 19th June 2017. Weird but beautiful. Initially we thought they were planes when we saw the first two but they were soon joined by dozens more. They appeared yTo be moving in a straight line though. They came from the sea so a south to north trajectory.
By Nick Perry from Algarve on 21 Jun 2017, 21:41
We were in Funchal on Saturday 24th on top of the Savoy Gardens We were watching the firework displays from the roof in the bay at the end i noticed the sky moving , this was a shoal of twinkling moving stars from east to west moving through the night sky it was definitely not LEDs or the like they were too far up in the atmosphere they lasted a good 15 minutes there were hundreds this was witnessed by at least 40 guests and staff
By Colin Crutchley from UK on 27 Jun 2017, 12:08
We have seen a moving shoal of stars in the sky at 23.35 tonight above Alvor. Has anyone else reported this ?
By Brian Smith from Algarve on 30 Jun 2017, 22:47
Spotted last night 08/07/17 in monte de caparica hundreds of them anybody?
By Alejo Bernal from Lisbon on 10 Jul 2017, 00:20
This article isn't really describing what was in the sky those nights. I was in portugal and on June 17th 2017 in loule portugal about 12am. my family and I saw these ufos. There is no way to dismiss what we saw as flashing lighting satellites or firefires. Anyone who seen what we seen should know they were ufos or ufo. We seen a cluster of about 50 pulsing lights at the front then around 150 of these pulsing lights followed behind in perfect formation. Not once did any move out of formation. They travelled from one end of the sky to the other untill they were out of sight.by the time they travelled i would say it lasted about 15 minutes. as we started speaking about it 10 to 20 minutes later 1 pulsing light followed in the same direction. That was the last we seen of them. These lights are hard to explain. They were like if you turn a dimmer switch of a light on and off constantly slowly. They were not flashing or twinkling they were pulsing on and off like a dimmer switch as I described. It was like breathing every time you take a breath in they would light up and when you exhale they go out very slowly. We tried to capture the ufo with a £200 camera and a samsung s7 edge. None managed to capture it. There's no doubt in any of my family's minds that what we saw was a ufo or ufos that night. I know by reading this people have seen the same thing not just in portugal but around the world which rules out some of the ridiculous theories.it was the most incredible thing we have ever seen in our life's and I hope everyone gets the chance to see what many people have now seen.
By Gary from UK on 12 Jul 2017, 13:59
We are in central Lisbon and just saw hundreds of these dancing lights across the sky!
They moved in a group traveling slowly through the sky, looking as if they were almost as high as the stars. They flashed and tinkled in a way similar to Christmas tree lights. Random but intense and powerful. They were extremely bright and unmissable, beautiful and amazing, unlike anything we've seen before.
What was truly amazing was how they seemed to defy the light pollution, more visible than any stars, like perminant fireworks as they light up the city sky.
This was an experience we'll never forget!
By Benjamin Goodwin / Kayleigh Lawrence from Lisbon on 15 Jul 2017, 22:29
Hello, I saw the same shoal of twinkling lights moving like a geese formation , while eating dinner outdoors around 1030 pm on July 15, 2017, in Lisbon. It was amazing and several people looked on in awe as the formation moved slowly across the night sky. We were unable to take photos because the lights were too far to be captured by camera or cell.
By Jo from Lisbon on 16 Jul 2017, 00:26
Stunned is not the word whitnessed thus tonoight 29/07/2017 in Villamoura Portugal stunning sight, I have no explanation to what it was.
By Kev hammond from UK on 29 Jul 2017, 22:07
Just seen a shoal of around 70 twinkling stars moving from West to East over Carvoeiro, at around 5 minutes to midnight on Saturday 29 July. Very bizarre...
By Chris from Algarve on 29 Jul 2017, 23:25
We were out for dinner tonight when at 10:30ish my daughter told us to look at the moving flashing stars in the sky. We saw exactly as described above with a last lone light about 30sec after the main group. 100% not dragon flys. Really don't think led balloons either
By Stephen from Algarve on 29 Jul 2017, 23:44
They're back... last night, Seia.
By Nick from Other on 07 Aug 2017, 16:32
Have just seen the same as described above, maybe 200 flashing lights moving as one group westwards towards Porto from my current location cabeceiras de basto. Beautiful to watch, it'd been nice to think it was a shoal of ufo's paying us a visit, however the LED balloon idea is the best explanation...
By Michael from Porto on 10 Aug 2017, 21:36
Just happened in Porto over the sea heading north to south. Omg they are coming ;)
By Luis from Porto on 19 Aug 2017, 00:38
My wife and I have just witnessed a spectacular display of a stream of flashing lights high up in the stratosphere, approximately 21.50hrs.
We first saw them in the East in the direction of Villa Real / Monte Gordo heading West over Cabanas and then beyond. Our sighting last some 10 minutes maybe There where 50 plus of these lights and in a unique formation. Firefly's , led balloons , I think not!
By Tom from Algarve on 20 Aug 2017, 22:14
Here in Porto just saw does! At around 22.30 and lost sight of them after about 15 minutes... At first there were about 60 in triangle formation, them formed more of a line, paced out, and eventually lost sight of them.
Do believe the led Ballon theory because they were traveling very slowly and if released from the same place it's normal that they appear more close together and then start to spread out and form more of a line as they start to travel with the wind
By Dom from Porto on 03 Sep 2017, 00:43
I was in algarv on the 28 August to 3rd September And me and my partner seen the Shoul of stars on 29th August when walking back to our hotel around midnight. Iv never seen anything like it in my life. It was defiantly not fire flies like some say that's rubbish. These was like lots of traveling stars or something that lasted around 15 minutes then faiding out to space . I'd love to know what this was
By John from Algarve on 06 Sep 2017, 12:10
...some 50 shoal of stars observed by our group of four above NE leiria skies at 10pm sat sept 16... spectacular... estimated stratospheric++ altitude... trajectory approx N to S...
...as a meteorologist i have, during my career, regularly observed aurora borealis in canada and occasionally noctilucent clouds - NEVER a shoal of stars... awesome...
By darr from Beiras on 18 Sep 2017, 08:20
I finally solved the flashing lights that I saw last year as last night I saw helium balloons with flashing led lights being launched from hotel.
The effect was the same as I saw this time last year.
The green flashing light that appeared to be shadowing them was a drone mounted with a camera.
By James from Algarve on 19 Sep 2017, 06:45
I was on the balcony around midnight - August 2016, in vale do lobo when I witnessed 2 huge star clusters moving slowly from land out to the Atlantic. They were moving and shining like stars, they never seperated, stayed together. Lasted around 15 minutes until they faded over the sea. I was the only person to witness this on this occasion and I’m so relieved to have found I’m not the only person who has seen this amazing display!
By Jan from Algarve on 28 Sep 2017, 11:06
Just witnessed them over Cascais 21:50 - 1 October 2017. What a joy!
By Nicola from Lisbon on 01 Oct 2017, 21:10
Hey, this evening at about 2200 at BBQ at my mate Doms house in Ericeira, over ten of us witnessed the flashing shoal/bird phenomenon.
We watched a 'flock' or 50-100 flashing lights move across the night sky.
They made no sound we could hear.
The flashed at the same rate but not in unison.
Some moved at different speeds, ie catching up to the flock from behind.
They moved from north to south about 1-3km in from the coast towards Sintra.
They seemed higher than birds usually fly but not as high as aeroplanes.
Definitely not led balloons because of the varying speeds.
A mate did get a couple of photos but no video unfortunately.
No theories posted so far do the phenomenon justice.
Magnus had seen exactly the same thing a foz do Lizandro two nights previous.
We need folk with good slr / zoom lenses keeping watch to get good video to study it more,
Aye
Robert
By Robert Emmanuel from Lisbon on 01 Oct 2017, 22:45
Tonight by 19:40 just by the Tejo river alongside the Padrão dos Descobrimentos in Lisbon I watched that same “cloud or flock” of bright “stars”, much like blinking reflections of the sun on waves very high on the sky, way above the clouds, in a South—North trajectory. It seemed to be comprised of more than 50 dots, in an elongated pattern. More suspicious was the fact that from around 20pm to at least 20:30pm, all take-offs from Lisbon airport were taking place on the opposite direction of the “cloud/flock, from North to South, which as far as I remember is extremely rare, even as there was no fog, rain or unusual metereological abnormalities...
By Roy Justin from Lisbon on 14 Oct 2017, 21:53
Just saw this fenomenon in Madeira island today at 21:47 ,last year I saw it as well ,I'm in the middle of the Atlantic and there were no weather balloons released on the island,literally looked like Christmas lights cintilating and travelling in the night sky
By Luis Nunes from Madeira on 17 Mar 2018, 23:25
I have just seen this tonight at approx 22:00pm amazing to see but unsure what it actually is! Looks like hundreds of flickering stars moving in a group! Too far away to get a good video on the phone camera. Made my holiday
By Sam from Algarve on 09 Jun 2018, 21:27
We saw it too in 2018.08.17 in Lithuania. Me and my 3 friends saw this sparkling huge cloud or something in the night sky (around midnight). It was crazy...We do not think that it was LED balloons, the amount of them had to be enourmas.
By dubch from Other on 20 Aug 2018, 20:14
I live in riverside ca 7 pm myself and wife and 3 kids all seen what seemed lile 80-100 lights all flying across the sky some in groups others randomly .This is not the first time i witnessed them a week ago atound 430 am while i was walking to my car for work i counted 9 that time.
By Anthony lopez from USA on 05 Feb 2019, 03:23
We seen a train of lights, moving the sky.
Lights keep on no flashing. Was coming from west to east, at 1 am in Holland Deurne.
By Frits vd heijden from Other on 25 May 2019, 08:10
I've seen the exact same thing yesterday at 22:45h in Croatia...many stars moving along same speed as satellite...looks too far away to be some balloons, also got a video of it but its just showing two dots(stars) and not the rest of the line. It lasted for 2 minutes then got away behind the hill. Fortunately two of us saw it so I have at least some proof I'm not hallucinating because it is a hell of a beautiful view.
By Ana from Other on 26 May 2019, 08:48
I also spotted the same natural phenomenon tonight around 4.30 am over Indonesia. In my case, I saw a group of seven stars moving from the west to the southeast at the same speed. A minute later, another star followed the group going to the same direction. I made sure that they looked exactly like other starts which remained in their own places in the night sky
By Ngabdul Khalim from Other on 02 Jun 2019, 04:21
Me and my brother saw the same thing at 22:15 in Greece. A shoal of stars moving fast from west to east. There were about 30-50 stars.
We started making reasonable theories of what this phenomenon would be. At first, we thought that they were some kind of space drowns or shatellites.
A plane later on passed "through" them. We think that the stars were over the plane but we cant be sure. The whole thing lasted about 5-10 mins. Then they started arising until they went out of sight.
By CATH from Other on 12 Jun 2019, 19:41
It’s 22.06.2019 and me and my parents were hanging out in the balcony and suddenly we saw a group of lights, there were at least 50 of them, flickering and moving faster than an airplane normally would move. And they were moving so close to each other. At first we thought it was a group of birds but they also kinda looked like planes. I tried to record it but they were too far away.
By Simge from Other on 22 Jun 2019, 20:29
Sunday 7 July 2019. At about 12 pm I walked outside to see what looked like a moving wave of flickering stars. It was flowing like a wave and was enormous in the sky- i couldn’t take a video of it unfortunately. It moved off and got smaller and smaller until it disappeared.
By Daniel from Algarve on 06 Jul 2019, 23:49
I saw this last night - 11:33pm on the south coast of Portugal inbetween Val do lobo and Quarteira. As with other comments - it looked like a wave/shoal of flashing/blinking lights. They were moving quickly but it seemed organised and stayed in the cloud “formation”. It was unbelievable, all 4 of us saw it. I don’t believe in the super natural but it was so bizarre and seems no meteorologists can explain it online. Very weird.
By Christian from UK on 28 Jul 2019, 09:31
I am in Australia qld and about 1 week ago i saw simaler things like every star was flying or glyiding in one direction every star was glyiding in the same direction it was remarkable and no one else to witness or my camera handy but i have not seen anything like that it was like mini ufos flying in space above me like stars all flying in the one direction and very low too might i add what was that i witnessed but it unanswered
By Benjamin from Other on 30 Jul 2019, 09:47
We have just witnessed what seems like a shoal of a hundred flickering stars moving in unison for about ten minutes before disappearing. It's very clear calm night with no clouds. Never seen or heard about this before. It must have been at around 10.30 pm
By Maria from Algarve on 18 Aug 2019, 22:50
I saw this exactly tonight, 10 mins ago around 11:00 pm. I came to comment. It's a beautiful sight. Never seen such a phenomenon before.
By Uthra from Algarve on 24 Aug 2019, 22:11
I just saw this from my house in Madeira a few minutes ago both me and my mom saw them moving in the sky so well organized.Dozens of them were blinking on and off .Sometimes they would stop for a few seconds and do a straight light or they would do what it seemed to be a triangle . It truly was a very weird experience but also very beautiful . Something that I never ever seen before
By Mara from Madeira on 25 Aug 2019, 00:02
My friend and I were outside around 845pm est, looking at the half moon, Saturn, and Jupiter. All of sudden, an object flew overhead from 4 to 11 on a clock face. I dont think it was in space, didnt appear to be. There were 8 to 10 white lights spaced out blinking simultaneously in a straight line direction of travel. It was huge, then saw what looking several, more than to count, of red and blue blinking lights in synchronicity. Very strange... anyone
By pj from USA on 06 Sep 2019, 03:41
I saw about 50 shimmering dots move through the sky last night in Porto. I was looking at the big dipper and watched what my friend said looked like a bunch of airplanes moving, but after the shimmers disappeared, I watched one final dot shoot across the sky. I think it was a shooting star. What could this have been?
By Madeliene from Porto on 08 Sep 2019, 13:52
We hosted a surfing event is figuera do foz ,saturday august 5, we were around 150 people standing waiting for them to announce the winner around 10:30 pm ,
when I started screaming to the announcer to look up , it took a minute for him to shut up meanwhile everyone was screaming what is that , there seemed to be hundreds or more, blinking and although scattering while blinking, they where all moving in the same direction . as the first wave which was the most dense past, there was few hundred stranglers catching up to the initial swarm . white lights blinking white/ red . looked like a swarm. I will see hopefully some one filmed that . the first wave seemed to very very high in altitude the back up was a bit lower . within 5 minutes , everything gone , back to normal
By robin from Porto on 11 Sep 2019, 22:47
My husband and I were in Funchal on our balcony on Wednesday 14th August looking out to the Atlantic Ocean when we saw lights. The first was on the sea and moved across the water faster than any boat and didn’t leave a wake. Then we started seeing more arising from the west and slowly ascending in the east direction. They were beautiful and moved in a organised and dutiful way. I could see four of them holding what seemed to be the ropes of a fishing net (only way I can explain it). We managed to get a short video on the mobile phone but difficult because of the distance. I believe they were Angels going back up to heaven having completed their mission
By Annette Hay from UK on 11 Oct 2019, 09:12
Oh man, i saw the same thing around 6:30 IST. I am located in India at munger. I saw a series stars moving in a perfect straight line, header and trailed a by star in perfect herd formation. Neither satellites nor other things can moving in that perfect formation.
By sumit sourabh from Other on 12 Nov 2019, 14:17
Saw something like this while camping with friends in the Himalayan foothills day before yesterday. A line of maybe a hundred stars travelling in a straight line from North to south. The spacing inbetween the stars wasn't completely uniform as some were closer together and some a little further apart but all travelling at approximately the same speed in a line. Initially thought it was migratory ducks but they were definitely something higher up in the sky and lit like stars.
By Samir Rana from Other on 15 Nov 2019, 05:21
Most probably it's a bunch of satellites from "SpaceX Starlink"
By Victor smetacek from Other on 15 Nov 2019, 13:21
45 minutes ago I seen a line of maybe 30 stars travelling in a straight line from North to south. The spacing inbetween the stars wasn't completely uniform as some were closer together and some a little further apart but all travelling at approximately the same speed in a line. Initially thought i was seeing things but they were definitely something higher up in the sky and lit like stars, anyone have any idea what this is?
By Chris harris from Other on 15 Nov 2019, 18:40
Y'all I saw the same thing, a line of about 8stars, I thought I was losing my mind or something. Four at the beginning and a there was space then the rest followed. They were in a line alright, but their movement was like a zigzag. I am so glad I am not crazy.
By Yvonne from Other on 20 Nov 2019, 11:19
Today 22 November 2019 at 4:50am I saw around more than 20 lightning object like stars moving to one direction in Riyadh saudi arabia. I saw only one object going cross. I wonder what is this. Any one can help me for this. Me my wife and my son witness this today
By Imran khan from Other on 22 Nov 2019, 02:15
Early today 4:30am In Half Moon Bay California, My spouse and I looked up at the sky and we saw right above us a a lot of lights coming out from a space right above us. Moving in the same direction right behind each other at the same speed and on of them moved to the side. They kept coming out of this empty space in the aky above us. I dont know what to make of this.
By Jeanette from USA on 24 Nov 2019, 17:30
My spouse and I just wittiness the same phenomenon, November 25th at 5:50am a hour ago in Canada, Langley BC.
My spouse Matt got home from work and let dog out for a pee in Langley, BC. He looked South in the clear sky and witnessed around 50 unidentified objects that were star-like appearance that were coming from South/West direction moving towards North/East route. These objects were moving in a uniform speed with most of them being equally spaced apart, with a few flying in groups of 2 or 3 off, set from each other. But most of them flew mainly in single fashion and they were all on the exact same flight path.
We can’t believe what we saw, that was truly something amazing. We hope others saw this locally
By Emilie from Other on 25 Nov 2019, 15:27
I saw the same thing this morning in Nebraska. I didn’t have time to watch it all but there were more than 30 lights heading in a line, not in uniform at al and some side by side. I didn’t notice the lights blinking at all but it was strange especially how high they seemed to be. I thought maybe military planes headed somewhere but with it being so out of uniform I don’t know. The were headed from west to east. Was pretty strange, wish my phone caught it.
By Adam from USA on 25 Nov 2019, 16:58
My boyfriend and I just seen the same thing! Star in a row travelling North East in yellowhead county Alberta Canada just outside of Edson Alta at around 630 am November 25 2019.
By Tannis Grant from Other on 28 Nov 2019, 14:12
I’ve just seen the same thing in Leamington spa Midlands uk , seen over 40 lights moving in a line some catching other ones up crossing over each other look like stars but moving slow-ish far to high for planes!!! At 6:15 am . Anybody know what they are??
By Paul ison from UK on 29 Nov 2019, 07:26
I thought I was loosing my mind this morning at 6=15 am I witnessed the same thing one minute the stars were all in formation then some started to move and then more they were heading in a strait line in formation one behind eachother must have been at least 50+ going at the same speed I could not believe what I was seeing what is it ?
By Janet from UK on 29 Nov 2019, 11:21
Writing in from Vancouver Island, BC - my husband was out in the hot tub this morning around 6am. He is often out in the hot tub in the morning but he has never seen this before!! He said he counted up to at least 25 random stars, moving in their own straight lines across the sky. He though he might be going crazy so he came in and woke me up. I went outside with my parka and crocs...and sure enough, in less than 2 minutes we counted another 10. Seemingly random, yet moving in straight lines...each on their own path. We thought it might be SpaceX Starlink, but the odd thing was there were times when they were completely stationary, and suddenly they’d just start moving while you were watching them. Could it be a biblical, last days sign? It does say that there will be signs in the heavens.
By Melanie from Other on 30 Nov 2019, 07:17
7:30 am MST Amazing to watch the lights (stars) moving in a uniform line, spaced the same distance from one another, same rate of speed, with an arc in their directional travel. Have never seen this in all my years of looking up to the stars and planets. :) Hudson's Hope BC, Canada
By trina from Other on 30 Nov 2019, 14:44
At 7am this morning in the twilight sky i saw a stream of white lights that appearexd to be stars travelling at the same speed , equally spaced in a perfect line across the sky. It was a clear frosty night with no clouds and amazing vissibility with no pollution . At anyone time i could see about 20 of them as thety approached passed overhead and dissapeared in the distance . They remained high onthe horizon as they went out of sight . It was silent no aeroplanes could be heard . I watched them for 10 to 15 minutes and must have witnessd around 60 of them passover they were still passing over as the day began to break and they just like the static stars in the sky became harder to distinguish in the sky until they were no longer vissible. They were not chinese lanterns or balloons with leds . Their formation was a perfect line the spacing appeared exact . They were to fast for aeroplanes and were silent and they never flickered . I was and remain stunned i searched on google , facebook and the news channels for confirmation others had witnessed it but it appears i am alone. I have no idea how to report it nor who to so if others have witnessed it I may never know .
By Steven Johnson from UK on 30 Nov 2019, 23:10
Debenham, Suffolk, UK. 29-Nov-19 05.03hrs Crystal clear night, with no light pollution.
Glad to see my wife and I weren't the only people to see these. Got woken up by our dog and let her outside. Looking East, I noticed what looked like a line of 10 large bright stars, equally spaced, with a gap between the last 2 lights to rest. I honestly thought where the hell did that constellation come from and why haven't I seen it before!
The line of lights ran from the Horizon up to a position about 70-80 degrees above it.
It was at 5.03am. I got my wife up and we watched for approx 7-8 mins till they disappeared below the horizon all travelling at the same speed.
By David Smith from UK on 01 Dec 2019, 09:09
This morning 2nd December 2019 my husband and I saw over 10 lights in a perfect line and spaced evenly go across the sky
. Never seen anything like it before. Anyone know what it is ? x
By Kathy from UK on 02 Dec 2019, 06:57
Got up with the dog looked up and saw at least 20/30 stars moving in formation across the sky 6am in caerphilly. Made my husband get up and have a look. Never seen anything like this before.
By Judith cook from UK on 02 Dec 2019, 07:16
I saw the same but only counted 7 , Moving in a straight line equally spaced ,apart from the 7th which was about 1/2 the distance again behind the rest .
This was @06.05am in Bridlington UK 02/12/2019
By Wayne from UK on 02 Dec 2019, 18:35
Gerard here in Sligo northwest of Ireland, i seen what yer chatting about at 6:45am
On sat morning 30/11/19 while i was out at my recycling bin, a long line of what id call stars moving at speed, in a line and same distance between each one. Lasted about 10-15 mins. i was stunned to say d least, would love to know what it was ????
By Gerard Finan from Other on 02 Dec 2019, 19:57
I have seen this just now and yesterday in the early hours. About 12 of them yesterday and about 20 today. Really strange yet beautiful.
By Hazel Brown from UK on 03 Dec 2019, 06:43
0615_north west england... Just watched excaxctly as described a row of lights moving from west to east. Never seen anything like it... Amazing.
By Jason Alexander from UK on 03 Dec 2019, 06:45
6 am this morning I have just seen a group of stars evenly spaced moving in a straight line. What is this?
By Shameela from UK on 03 Dec 2019, 06:51
My wife and I have just seen a formation of about 30 stars evenly spaced moving in a straight line across the sky. Never seen anything like this before. It was 6am 3rd December 2019 Birmingham. Whst could this be?
By Junior from UK on 03 Dec 2019, 06:56
Just seen these from 6:30 this morning, there were more than I could count - looked amazing but don’t know what they were.
By Lucy from UK on 03 Dec 2019, 06:58
Liverpool 6.30 am walking dog in park .seen about 30 lights all going same direction, perfect line and distance from one another. Bizarre.
By Cal from UK on 03 Dec 2019, 07:44
I saw this at 6.30 this morning over northwest England. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. A perfect formation of at least 50 stars moving slowly and evenly spaced in single formation. There could have been hundreds, I could only see about 20 at one given time but watched them for about 10 minutes. They eventually came to an end. Initial thoughts that they were aircraft but thought that couldn't be possible as they were too uniform. They looked they same as the stationary stars around them. Amazing but unnerving sight.
By sarah from UK on 03 Dec 2019, 08:04
Posted earlier on,if anyone can shed any light on those lights seen over the north west this morning pls comment. I know what I'll be looking for tomorrow morning. I tried to film on my phone but it didn't turn out. I never really look up at the sky ,funny how I was compelled to this morning.
By Cal from UK on 03 Dec 2019, 17:06
These keep being seen, so reckon they must be Elon musks spacex program. Believe 120 already sent up. They going to put 42000 of them up there, so say goodbye to the night sky as you know it....
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/spacex-starlink-internet-satellites-itc-filing-30000-additional-42000-total-2019-10
By David Smith from UK on 03 Dec 2019, 18:50
After much googling I have found out what these are...60 starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral on 11/11/19 by Space X. They will orbit in a straight line for several weeks before going solo. There is a full hour and 15 minutes of the launch and separation on the internet.
By sarah from UK on 03 Dec 2019, 19:28
I saw these at around 6:45am this morning (3/12/19) overhead in Warrington,Cheshire. I thought initially they might be aircraft but they were far too uniformed and didn’t leave the usual trail behind (which other craft did around the same time)... I was so impressed I’ve taken to google to find out what they were and am pleased to hear others also saw them!
By Sonia from UK on 03 Dec 2019, 20:43
My boyfriend and I saw this in September 2018 in Rome, Italy. Hundreds of tiny lights moving in unison across the sky like a shoal, sort of like the same movement as the northern lights. Lasted about 5 minutes until they faded too far away for us to see them any more. Definitely wasn't insects, birds, balloons, space craft or a beam of light - it just looked like small stars. So perplexed!
By Lucy from UK on 04 Dec 2019, 01:29
I seen the same thing today this morning, I arrived at work at 630 am on December 3rd in the morning from Winnipeg MB, canadan, I randomly looked up and seen a "what I thought was a plane" untill I seen another one behind it, and behind that same space from the first 2 was a 3rd then I look way behind the 3rd and seen multiple of them in a straight line going the same direction, eventually counted 32 of these moving lights, but had to go to work to do Tinie watching them. Was told it was satellites but didn't think it was the way they were. Glad I wasn't the only one seeing it this morning
By Darren from Other on 04 Dec 2019, 02:18
I have just seen 15 stars moving across the sky in a line...and just two odd ones out of line and 3 shooting stars..in wombwell Barnsley South Yorkshire....
By Ian Mitchell from UK on 04 Dec 2019, 05:33
I saw it this morning too. In UK - Midlands. It was about 5:20 AM - I saw about 50 stars all moving in line. Some where bit more closer and kinda changing positions to be at level with one another as they moved along, but most went in a straight line. Lasted also about 10-15 minutes. Couple last stars were with bigger gap and one was even fiddling its route. Never seen plane or satellites or anything to be able to move so easily. It seemed like it wasn't sure of the route of the where others went, so it was moving from one side to another. So odd. I also saw that there was one star coming from left side of the line and then just disappeared, but maybe I just didn't notice where it was, as I looked at away for a second. So odd and cool.
By Ren from UK on 04 Dec 2019, 06:39
What is this conveyor belt of stars? Seen in Manchester Sky
03/12/19 6.15am dog walk seen conveyor belt of stars about 8 watched them travel away.
04/12/19 6.15am dog walk noticed them again, but this was less uniform and over 20 lost count. Watched it for 10mins still went on. Conveyor belt of stars again, but some were above the line, less uniform?
Is this space trash or what?
By N.Hart from UK on 04 Dec 2019, 07:36
I see exactly the same thing at 06,25 was sitting outside in my back garden having a brew before I got ready for work. I'm a keen sky watcher and have never seen anything like it counted 21 in all, all moving at the same speed equally spaced apart, glad I'm not the only one who see it
By Samantha from UK on 04 Dec 2019, 09:34
What is being observed is the starlink satellite. They have set a train of satellites for technology stuff. Expected to place more into it, orbiting the earth.
By NH from UK on 04 Dec 2019, 16:35
I saw a line of bright lights a in one line about 15 - 20 equally spaced and travelling faster than a plane but it wasnt a shooting star over Bristol this morning 04th December 2019 - what is it?
By John Ellis MIWFM from UK on 04 Dec 2019, 17:04
Be part of the team
By Bwebwentau from Other on 04 Dec 2019, 21:47
I saw a line of what I thought were stars moving in a perfect line @ 5:45am this morning 5/12/2019.
I counted 9 in total, 7 of them looked to be perfectly spaced apart & the last 2 were lagging behin, yet looked as if all were going the same speed. Took about 6 minutes to pass until they were too far away to see any longer. They traveled from 270’ W to 90’ E, very strange, mystical
By Darren from UK on 05 Dec 2019, 12:46
Gerard here in sligo/ireland. As someone
Said before
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/spacex-starlink-internet-satellites-itc-filing-30000-additional-42000-total-2019-10
By Gerard from Other on 06 Dec 2019, 10:00
I saw the same thing this morning at 5:45 A.M. December 10, 2019 over 50 Stars moving in a line equally spaced across the NY sky when I went to walk my dogs.
By carol from USA on 10 Dec 2019, 11:34
Hi I saw the same think today (17th Dec 2019), I was doing Yoga in the morning on terrace, and found around 20 starts moving spaced equally one after one.. it was amazing to see those stars. Really I enjoyed the moment for almost 10-12 minutes.
By Yathiraju BK from Other on 17 Dec 2019, 07:00
I saw the same phenomena this morning around 4 am philippine time. December 17,2019. I was washing my clothes when i just looked up above and i noticed first 3 stars moving in a perfect line,as i estimated there were more or less 40 stars that i saw moving at the same direction and it took few minutes for me before i stopped watching it because i was observing and i was amazed since that was my first time to witness things like that in the sky. I waited for it to end. Wish i could have my own telescope so next i would go out same hour when it appeared and take a closer look. Simple cellphone cameras cant cover such wonderful sightings..
By NiÑa Gapol from Other on 17 Dec 2019, 09:04
I just witnessed up to 40 star like lights appearing from the southwest and then disappearing into the west. While illuminated there was about 8 visible at one time. Directly overhead 3 star like lights converged to same location in the west also disappearing. Then they all were gone. Totally bizarre. Viewed at 19:27 New Mexico.
By Joe R from USA on 22 Dec 2019, 03:29
Christmas Day 2019 at 6.15pm, husband and I just witnessed about 20 to 30 stars moving in a line with an even space. He shouted for me to get into the garden quickly because of all these stars not planes trailing through the sky and he thought it was an alien invasion but luckily I found this article and reassured him.
Glad I was able to see this before the satellites disappear into their own orbit.
Hastings uk.
By Christina from UK on 25 Dec 2019, 18:26
Just witnessed 40 “stars” or “satellites” in a perfect row, perfectly spaced, Heading southwest to northeast and then would flash and then disappear into the sky at 6:50pm Mountain Time in Alberta, Canada. What exactly are they??
By Geena Lynn Hanlon from Other on 29 Dec 2019, 01:46
Tonight we witnessed this, me my husband and son. Must of been about 80-100 at least moving from south to north. As they reached mid sky they disappeared. Found that freaky. This was in Southern Alberta Canada
By Leanne S from Other on 29 Dec 2019, 05:44
Just saw this myself tonight at approx 6.15pm UK time! I thought first it was the space station then directly behind cane another, then another, then another all the same colour, shape, style and distance between each - except 2 which were much closer, then it continued again with the same bigger distance between each. I lost count the amount in total but there were easily over 20!
By Karl Bruen from UK on 29 Dec 2019, 18:45
Same here...took my 5 year old to countryside yesterday making sure it is really dark,no street lights. I know the sky well,so when I pulled over was surprised to see a line of stars...first I didn't notice the movement had to get out and stand still to see them moving into a straight line about 20 of them...I must admit it wasn't a good feeling I had, more of a worry...then I learned its the man who's at fault...we have put them satellites, that did cross my mind. Went home to investigate for the sake of peace of mind...:) 29/12/2018 Co Tipperary Ireland
By Sanita Krumina from Other on 30 Dec 2019, 21:23
i m also seeing same line of stars in same distance to eachother in 2 times.. i m working in merchant ships.. once i saw in madiratian sea in end of oct 2019 nd ones again i saw same line of stars moving 8th of jan early morning around 5 o clock near jeddah (saudi aribia)..
By arunpal singh from Other on 08 Jan 2020, 09:47
Stars moving in formation!!! That's what I thought to myself. Just saw 8-10 perfectly spaced apart lights/stars moving in the sky. Looked exactly as any other ordinary star (same twinkle and same size). Happened roughly 8pm moving in a straight line, all moving at the same exact speed of one another, SW to NE. Location: South Texas. Very odd. Made me instantly think of flat earth theories or that we (as a human race) were being watched somehow.
By David from USA on 13 Jan 2020, 03:26
Hi, tonigth at 19.00 i saw exactly the same in Saarbrücken sky, in Germany. The distance between this moving light were equal and they followed the certain path (line). There were almost 30 of them. It was amazing :)
By Nel from Other on 18 Jan 2020, 23:52
I saw the same event described above at 04.30am today on the 19th January 2020.
These stars were moving in a straight line for 12 minutes.
They kept the same distance between them.
I'm still shocked nd surprised
By Tharollo Ntaoana from Other on 19 Jan 2020, 02:36
I just saw these lights movin in a row. T watched 30 or so , then stopped watching. They had the same distance between them. Never seen this before. Im in wales uk.
By Machaela from UK on 19 Jan 2020, 18:33
I live in Ramsgate kent England, and I've just witnessed around 20 lights (Not flashing) going in a straight line, each light disappearing in the same place, I've never seen anything like this before. 19/1/2020
By Paul Quincey from UK on 19 Jan 2020, 18:40
This morning at belrose, Sydney Australia, 4:40am 21/1/2020. My colleague and i had seen what has been described here, but they weren't flashing they had a solid reflection off the sun. Maybe 50 of them grouped in a line, then a gap and about five more with a larger distance between them. Couldn't believe my eyes. Oh and they were travilling west to east. Still can't get over it. So happy to find other people in the world have had the same experience. Amazing.
By Jimmy from Other on 21 Jan 2020, 01:23
21 Jan 2020 at approximately 19:00 saw what at first I believed to be 6-8 white lights heading from SW to N NE directiin from my vantage point. For a moment I thought these were a formation of military aircraft but as I remained watching, the top one would dissappear and the remainder kept on coming until the next top one disappeared and so on. I tried to film it using my mobile phone but no chance to capture any images. I can only assume they are stars where some how the top star/light disappears when beyond the reflection of either the moon or sun. This Went on for ages. I'd love to know what the answer is. Fascinating especially considering I'm watching a HBO TV series right now called "From the Earth to the Moon". I actually thought my eyes were playing tricks on me but nope, this was happening. Wonderful!!!!
By Stephen flynn from UK on 21 Jan 2020, 19:21
I live in Cornwall England, and I've just witnessed around 30 -50 lights at 19:15 going west to east (Not flashing) going in a straight line, each light disappearing in the same place, I've never seen anything like this before.
By Sarah Toulouse from UK on 21 Jan 2020, 19:33
Just seen the same at bolsover near chesterfield..my children witnessed this too..I have never seen anything like this their must have been 50+ of these..Have I just witnessed ufo' s?,,weird!!!!
By Andrew Atkin from UK on 22 Jan 2020, 18:31
On the 23rd Jan 2020 in Grimsby England I saw the same as other comments, looked like stars moving up to a certain point then disappearing I saw about 10 it was a clear night sky they were in a perfect line with the same distance between them with no noise definitely not meteors cos no tail . I was walking the dog and another couple came walking up I said look a that he was like wow . So I've got witnesses . Never seen nothing like it before . Are we in for an alien invasion ? Weird..
By Rick Francis from UK on 26 Jan 2020, 14:12
I was just out walking my dog at 6pm and I seen this perfect line of lights travelling from West to East. I live in Naas, Ireland. At first I just saw one light and thought it was the ISS, but after looking up for a while I realised it was this perfect line. Anyone know what that is? The satellite map is showing only 4-5 satellites travelling on that line tonight, but I could see about 30 lights! It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen in the sky.
By Gabi Lukas from Other on 26 Jan 2020, 18:36
I have just witnessed a line of stars moving in line from west to east at 6.05am on the 29th January 2020 and live on the south east coast of England. There were about 20 to 30 of them moving in line with equal distance between them just as described within the rest of the comments here. Never seen anything like this before. Does anyone know what this phenomenon is likely to be.
By G Barlow from UK on 29 Jan 2020, 06:30
I just witnessed this exact thing heaps of white blinking lights travelling in clusters in the sky above me....
it is truely unbelievable Around 10:20pm in New Zealand Kaiaua many people with us witnessed this phenomenon. It really has no words to describe it’s a baffling and scary experience.
By Lexus from Other on 01 Feb 2020, 09:29
It was 28th Jan at 18:00hr Totton southampton. I was out in my garden bench pressing looked up to the sky and saw a light moving. Then another.....and another. I jumped up and saw a string of lights same distance apart moving across the nights sky.....in a perfect line. The line was so straight and true it made the sky look like it was a digital map. I watched about 50 lights pass over.....screamed for my wife to come out and watch. She did and we must have watched another 20 pass over. She went in as was scared I stayed and watched the rest. All in all about 80 lights passed over and the last 3 lights were 3 times the distance apart only one light was out of line travelling by the side so to speak and closer to the others. The last light came over and stopped right above me. It hovered and vanished. They were very high and to cover that distance must have been moving fast. I feel blessed to have seen these as they were not of this world
By Pat Wilson from UK on 03 Feb 2020, 18:11
Just witnessed it in cancun, mexico on 4th feb 2020 0600. Around 20 non- bljnking moved in one direction and disappeared in the same spot.
By Lakpan from Other on 04 Feb 2020, 11:35
Barnstaple, North Devon.
Thought I was going mad. Approximately 05.45am out of the corner of my eye saw a line of 5/10 lights, same distance apart travelling W to E.
Already thought myself lucky because has seen a shooting star only a few minutes before!!
By Charlie from UK on 05 Feb 2020, 06:10
@Charlie from UK just saw the same lights flying over Ljubljana past the castle this morning from West to East around 5:53 a.m. All in formation... caught a glimpse of 7 to 8 of them as they disappeared over Golovec....
By Charli from Other on 06 Feb 2020, 05:19
Returning from my walk at approx 6:50 a.m. on Monday January 27th on the coast in West Sligo, Ireland, i was amazed to see a very definite line of lights in the sky .....i clearly counted 15 but there appeared to be lots already passed by in the distance. They did not appear large enough to be aircraft but did seem automated and were not balloon like. I normally do not take any great interest in astronomy but this was a spectacular sight for an ordinary Monday morning!
By Sinead from Ireland West from Other on 06 Feb 2020, 22:33
5.20am my partner was outside having a smoke and witness a straight line of moving stars and came woke me up to see what he just witness, it was amazing but at the same time I am wondering what was that? I just Google it and find out that there is a lot of people that have witness it too. Date Sunday 9th Feb 2020 Auckland New Zealand
By Lynn from Other on 08 Feb 2020, 17:59
At 5:40 (11 February) I looked outside my window to look at the stars when I noticed a purfect line of stars. Thay where all equal spaces apart. I got my compass out and it looked like thay were coming from South-West to North-East. Thare was 30+ thay just kept on moving in a straight line. Thay started to go down in a diagnal line until I couldn't see them any more because a house was in the way. Thay looked like stars, definitely not any sort of aircraft. Thay were to far away - above the cloud line definitely, maybe not even in the earths atmosphere. I live south in England right by the coast and have never seen anything like it.
By India from UK on 11 Feb 2020, 06:00
Just seen the exact same line of approximately 30 lights, travelling SW to NE in close proximity over Coventry. UK at 06:00 am.
By Sharon from UK on 12 Feb 2020, 06:31
On 19 January 2020 Africa Zimbabwe the Town of Masvingo. I witnessed the same thing of stars moving in a row.from the East to the South.they were just like disappearing in the sky. So many marching in a row.
Time was around 02:50am-03:15am.had just arrived in the town and waiting for pick up.
By Egna from Other on 12 Feb 2020, 15:56
I so it today in uk aroud 5.15am looks great
By Linas from UK on 14 Feb 2020, 05:57
Just seen the same line of lights looking like moving stars above leicester in the UK. It looked amazing, it would appear we may have some new friends.
By Simon from UK on 18 Feb 2020, 05:57
5:30am here in Vanvouver Canada and I just witness the ligths passing by in line. Scary and amazing. Don't know what to think about that! The sky is so clear and when I saw came running inside. UFO???? ????
By Ariadne from Other on 20 Feb 2020, 14:06
We saw 9 moving stars in Noordhoek, Cape Town (South Africa) last night! 21:20 20/02/2020
By Tannith Hechter from Other on 21 Feb 2020, 09:04
I saw exactly the same group of stars traveling slowly across the pacific skies here in PALAU. it was around 6 to 8pm from the north West traveling to the south. it was amazing! at first I thought they were weather balloons but when we counted them they were 17 stars perfectly spaced until the eleventh and there was a gap but then it continued until we counted all 17. I thought me and my partner were the only one to see it after I asked all the people I know weather they saw it or not. non of them saw it but its comforting to know that we weren't the only ones who saw it. coincidently, my class have 17 students...
By tamara okabe from Other on 21 Feb 2020, 11:44
My partner and I had just finished enjoying the sunset at Tamarindo beach in Costa Rica Feb 18th or 19th 2020 (not sure cause we are on vacation!) And saw 8-10 linear bright lights moving south-west right over us, perfect spacing between most of them excluding 1 or 2 that were a bit more spaced out. Still unsure of what it was.
By Alice from Other on 21 Feb 2020, 22:02
I watch a line of lights around 5:30 this morning ..it was so amazing Feb 22..i couldnt move away from my window
By Ida from Other on 22 Feb 2020, 14:39
At approximately 5:20 am in Selkirk, Manitoba Canada, a string of "star-like" objects were moving from South-West to North-East. There were 30+ that just kept on moving in a straight line. They went in a diagonal line until I couldn't see them anymore because a house was in the way. The phenomenon lasted till 5:30 am and seemed perfectly spaced out. They looked like stars, definitely not any sort of aircraft, as the lights were too far away.
By Rhonda from Other on 22 Feb 2020, 20:09
Today 25th February 2020 in the town of Balidogle in Somalia, East Africa, at around 0515hrs in the morning, I spotted for around 5 minutes straight, a straight line of tens of shining objects in the far sky. They were definitely very high up in the sky and looked like stars. They travelled in a straight line from the South West to the North East, and could have been 100 in number or thereabout. They were slow moving and quite bright. It was so cool and mind blowing at the same time. I have never seen or read anything like that before, and had to call other colleagues of mine who equally marveled at the sighting. They disappeared after around 5 mins
By Albert from Other on 25 Feb 2020, 02:32
Just seen a line of white lights/stars north east England lasted for around 5 minutes from when I went outside that’s when I noticed them until I couldn’t see them anymore perfectly in line all moving at the same speed with the same distance between each light!!
By Abbie from UK on 25 Feb 2020, 05:45
I’ve just googled what I saw this morning and this article came up. So glad I’m not going mad and others have seen this phenomenon! It’s was 5:30am and I was up for work having a smoke at the back door when I looked up and saw a slow moving star, then another, then another. In total there were only 4 but perfectly spaced apart and travelling in a straight line. I ran to the front door as they passed over the house and then disappeared. Totally amazed. Just wish I knew what they were.
By Gemma from UK on 25 Feb 2020, 18:11
We spotted them twice on separate days , First being 21/02/20 approx. 05:30 travelling s/w to n/e First sighting was 10 starlike objects in a perfectly straight line equidistant over south east Essex. The second sighting was on 24/02/20 same time and direction this time approximately 25 to 35 objects.
By Richard from Essex Uk from UK on 26 Feb 2020, 20:20
I was outside at 4:45am and noticed a string of moving lights in the north sky moving east. All perfectly spaced apart. They seemed to move out of sight then I’d see another drop down and join the string of lights as if in a loop. There must have been 30 that I counted. Towards the end, there was more random movement as if some had come back but were not in a straight line. Then it all faded. Am I losing my freakin mind? Quite something to see!
By Margot McBurney from Other on 28 Feb 2020, 13:23
To add, I am in Nelson BC Canada
By Margot McBurney from Other on 28 Feb 2020, 13:24
Western Australia coastline - February 24th 2020. Approximately 8.30pm AWST noticed an odd line of star-like objects in a straight line formation. They stood out immediately as it was a very clear dark moonless night, as The Sun had moved out of perspective sight about 90 mins earlier. They were of the similar magnitude (brightness) and size as surrounding stars and approximately in a Westerly overhead direction. Not only did they stand out as being in a straight line - my immediate thought was 'I have never seen any stars in a straight formation' - but they were also MOVING all at once in a South Easterly direction. There were about 16 that I could see with my eyesight, all spaced irregularly apart. A few close together in pairs others more apart. I lost sight of this 'star train' after about 5 minutes. According to some reports these are supposed to be some sort of multiple satellites launched by ' Space X' - but do your own research about this suspect explanation!!
By Georgio from Other on 28 Feb 2020, 15:25
Hello. I am Alice and i saw here, in Yassi, Roumania, a group of Orange stars, but not in line, IT had a crescent moon form. In that moment (around 20:30, on 2 march 2020 ) i saw them moving from the constelation of cancer to the canis majoris and the faded. I'd realy like to know what they were.
By Alice from Other on 02 Mar 2020, 20:03
March 6th 7:45 pm, Southern MN, USA. I let the dog outside and looked up at the night sky and bright moon. Then I saw a low object with a double light. I thought it was a drone but it made no noise. Seemingly trailing behind it was a steady "train" of lights. They made no noise and I was enamored. My dog barked at something in the dark and I called her to come with me inside. I called my husband and he caught the very last of it. We researched what it could be and are learning that it is very likely the "Starlink Satellite Train". Elon Musk recently released 60 satellites into Earth's orbit and because they are spreading out in Earth's orbit they are observed on a different path in the sky each day. So wild! I thought UFOs or observation drones for COVID-19. Sleep better tonight knowing that high speed internet is becoming more globally accessible.
By Aly from USA on 07 Mar 2020, 02:19
Here near Varna Bulgaria on 6/03 and 7/03/2020 at 8.30pm line of star looking objects were moving slow from west to north in perfectly straight line formation. They will appear from west then travel slow to north then faded at same spot. This is totally unexplained phenomenon as so many people around the globe have recorded
By Ivo from Other on 07 Mar 2020, 18:55
I have just seen at least 20 high altitude lights at 4.30am traveling North / North East across the North East UK in a straight line they looked equallyy spaced apart and they just seemed to appear out of nowhere!!.
By Derek from UK on 11 Mar 2020, 05:05
Hey I seen the same thing I could capture a video so I started taking pictures with the idea of Live Photo’s catching it and it did only a few second of Live Photo you can see the stars moving a couple Live Photo’s of 2 following each other slow
By Mark Portales from USA on 12 Mar 2020, 18:23
We just seen the same phenomenon at approx 8:55pm March 15' 2020 in Vancouver BC Canada, as is described in this article...We were out on our deck, lots of stars out as it is a nice clear night, seen the first moving star then 1/2 a second later noticed another following behind it, then another and another and they kept coming, all seemed to be evenly spaced and all disappeared in approximately the same spot.
From the time we went outside we had counted 25, don't know if there were any before that and or how many but was quite fascinating to see.
We see a lot of crazy stuff above our house... don't know if it because we are under the flight highway from our airport but it was neat, a nice break from dealing with the pandemic that is going on right now world wide..
Someone told me it was the Aliens coming to steal our toilet paper..and someone else said..my Son ( who we just lost to a tragic accident...He was a father, Military and becoming a firefighter, forever 30) that he was bringing the troops to protect us from the said Aliens...kinda put a smile on my face and a but of peace while all this havic is going on.
Thank you Universe
By Terri from Other on 16 Mar 2020, 07:07
I had to look this up as yesterday evening around 7.20pm UK time 16th March 2020 I seen n counted at least 18 high altitude lights that looked as bright as a star Rainham Kent traveling North West to South East across the UK in a straight line they looked equallyy spaced apart and they just seemed to just appear. At first I thought seeing the first one it was just a satellite, but then another and another until 18 I counted not sure if missed any from start of seeing them. Even got the binoculars out to see if any red or green lights on them like you'd see on and aircraft, but nothing on looked like a none twinkling star. Hence searched Google for this odd phenomenon!!
By Neil from UK on 17 Mar 2020, 10:21
Hi,
We've seen what you've all seen. About 30 stars that were moving across the sky. We could only see about 3 or 4 at a time, but as one starts to fade, another one appears. Does anyone know what this is? We're in Rochester, Kent (UK)
It's 17th March 2020 - Time, approx 8pm
By Ian Andrews from UK on 17 Mar 2020, 20:46
Early this morning while stretching before our run, a group of students and I witnessed a string of 30 or so lights moving North. When they asked about it, I thought they could be anything from satellites to comets, or even UFO's, but it really suprised me to see such a sight. Anyone figure out what this phenomenon was yet? I'm eager to know. This is in Kosrae, FSM
By Henry from Other on 19 Mar 2020, 20:08
At about 5:50 am on 20th March, 2020 when going back home after the fajr (Muslims morning prayer, I sighted hundreds of stars evenly lined up moving towards the Northeast! I have never seen this happened. This can't be satellites because it's completely out the earth.
By Nasir from Other on 20 Mar 2020, 05:18
just saw a line of what appeared to be moving, flickering stars, definitely not balloons as they were moving in a downward direction approx 1945, Sydney, Australia. they were travelling at a steady speed. thought it might have been a comet as there was a larger "star" at the front and the rest being smaller in size just followed it was not your usual comet tail.
By Peta from Other on 20 Mar 2020, 09:06
I saw similar lights moving west to east the first one put out a big flash of light and then others converged from different locations and proceeded east. Satellites don't change directions like that I've seen similar lights over the years but never this amount very strange. Iwl would like to know more about what I saw. Kevin Midlands Ireland.
By Kevin from Other on 25 Mar 2020, 22:08
I’m from southern part of Denmark (Esbjerg) today at 8pm I was looking to the sky as it was clear sky (no cloud) and then I was looking to the starts when all of the sudden some of what I thought were stars start miving slowly following each other. I called my wife and kids to watch it as I couldn’t believe my eyes and then few minutes after we saw again others what also we thought are starts start moving also (these ones were not moving before thus we thought they were stars)...this phenomena lasted half an hour, lights like stars appearing or/and start moving in the sky) .... I googled until I found this article and wanted to share the experience as well , I could see that many persons have observed this during the month of March 2020? Any explanation ? I’m really confused about it
By Zakaria from Other on 28 Mar 2020, 20:12
i live in ballynahinch.co.down northern ireland,i was watching space station go overhead and as it passed i noticed all these moving stars one after the other and then 3 close together moving west to east,there was 20 i counted,date is 29/03/2020 9pm uk time
By jim from UK on 29 Mar 2020, 20:16
Tonight whilst walking our dogs at 1945pm my husband noticed what he believed to be a moving star. We stopped to watch it and witnessed a further 25 all in perfect formation, perfectly timed in perfect formation one after the other going west to east we believe, The sky was perfectly clear and the plough was visible. The all came from under the plough, through it and over our heads! My husband Grant does not get freaked out easily but this has really unnerved him. Any explanations???
By Donna from UK on 29 Mar 2020, 20:25
29.03.20, 8.45pm in Bishops Stortford, UK, my husband and I saw 30-40 moving dots going above our heads. At first we thought they were planes (Stansted airport is nearby) but they were travelling too high, in convoy, equally spaced apart. It was an endless chain of dots travelling across the sky. We checked planes in the sky app and there was meant to be just 1 plane in the air nearby. We would like to know what it might have been. It was absolutely not balloons. Military planes? Reconnaissance? Delivering medical equipment to Nightingale hospital? Any idea?
By Natalia from UK on 29 Mar 2020, 20:25
We too today saw approx 25 of these at 9.00pm all following each other in a straight line going from South to North over the London/Bucks area. However what everyone is witnessing is actually SpaceX's Starlink Satellites ('Satellite Train') that were launched in 2019, another 60 of these satellites were launched in January 2020. It's a spectacle that had me completely bemused until I did a web search!
See https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites-night-sky-visibility-guide.html
https://www.cnet.com/news/the-spacex-starlink-satellite-constellation-is-growing-heres-how-to-spot-it/
As for the 2016-2018 sightings I really don't have any explanation for these!
By Jez from UK on 29 Mar 2020, 20:29
My husband just called me as he saw what he thought moving stars. I thought it was just a plane but when I looked- there were at least six stars moving across the sky, not in exactly the same precise line or direction but they were moving from right to the left until I could not longer see them. I thought then that maybe it is just a false impression from fast moving clouds but among the stars that were moving - there were others about three -looking exactly the same - however, they were still, and not moving.
There is nothing in the internet about this phenomenon and I notice mostly these sightings appear to be now in March. I wonder if we could raise this somewhere? Find an explanation?
By Doris from UK on 29 Mar 2020, 20:30
My husband called me as he was at work in Rotherham (UK), and told me to get outside and look up to the sky with our little girl. As it was 9pm I got her out of bed and we went into the garden. We looked up towards the moon, and then Orion's belt as my husband told us to, and then 'POW' there were lights moving across the sky together, lots of them. They started moving slowly following each other, then some sped up, and then another seemed to start travelling vertically. Towards the end, there was more random movement. Then it went out of sight and started to fade off....this phenomena lasted about 10 minutes of what we saw.
They looked like stars, definitely not any sort of aeroplane.
By Mrs Jennifer-Ann Johnson from UK on 29 Mar 2020, 20:42
Hello All. Please google "Starlink".
By Greg from UK on 29 Mar 2020, 20:43
I have seen the same tonight west london aprox 18 or them only went out back garden to throw rubbish bag and looked up at the beautifull moon and venus and suddenly to the left of the moon at high altitude thinking they were moving stars a 3 triangle formation then 3 inline then all side by side and one as if its a look out near the end of the whole group of star like lights couldnt get a photo as phone cams not that goix for that distance .
Could be elon musks or the chinese who sent up loads of small qube sattellites if not then could be alien .
West kensington
By Salman from UK on 30 Mar 2020, 01:08
I spotted all the lights too. I filmed the space station go over and nothing followed, then all of a sudden bright lights started to appear from a totally different point in the sky but followed ther same path as the ISS. All perfectly moving as one, there where also smaller less bright lights moving between them in different directions and changing directions. About 20. Then a huge triangle formation two long sides I short (definitely not the Naval Ocean Surveillance System (NOSS) satellite formations as far too large a triangle) went over with a smaller light trialling which actually moved closer then went through to centre of triangle then out again. I searched net everywhere. Nowhere did it mention this would be viable (and usually anything known about like this would hanved been everywhere telling people to watch) it is not the Space X satellite train as some are saying as that was the day before and it was slightly visible but nothing like this. Also satellites do not change directly like that or have others weaving. I watched the ISS again tonight thinking if they were the same speed and orbital direction they must come over again... but tonight just the ISS nothing else in the sky.? I have 6 excellent films I took odd the lights last night which lots of people have asked me to share with them. The same formation was spotted on a live feed from a NASA rocket in 2017 and they shut ther live feed off within seconds of the lights coming into view.
By Sean Roberts from UK on 30 Mar 2020, 22:13
Me and my wife just noticed about 15 moving stars, equally spaced out and moving in the same direction. It was followed by a very fast moving craft. What is this? We are in Dusseldorf area of Germany
By H from Other on 31 Mar 2020, 19:55
At 4.31 this morning I woke for the third time, I decided to make a cup of tea and took it to drink sitting on the chair just outside my back door. It was 4.38 when I went outside and there I watched for a good 15 minutes stars moving across the sky! What caused this, what is it? I live in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
By Karen Connell from UK on 01 Apr 2020, 05:50
I have just seen these lights in North London for a good few minutes. Some of them also seemed to be going on and off. No triangle formation though. No idea how many in total as I only saw them for about five minutes before they disappeared. Moving from West to East.
I went outside but there was no sound.
By Elizabeth Scott from UK on 02 Apr 2020, 04:24
We too seen sightings of moving stars. From 4.45am til 5.10am 2/4/2020 Qld Australia. My partner was having his coffee and sitting on our back steps looking up into the sky and seen four moving stars heading NE. He’s been seeing at least one every in the morning since early March; but now there’s was 4 so he woke me up to tell me, on his way to the toilet. So I thought I should go out and have a look for myself. while he was on the toilet I went out to have a look. I spotted 5 heading the same direction NE. Looking up they just look like stars but one at a time they would start moving NE and disappears. Too fast for a plane and no sounds. My partner came out and I told him, I’ve just seen 5 of them. While we were telling each other our sightings and pointing out where we seen them, more stars started moving towards the same direction. One at a time then 2 and 3 at a time. Though there was 2 that went west. But the last two spooked me, they were in-sync with each, side by side but wide apart, travelling at the same speed and heading NE as well. what are they?
By M-C from Other on 04 Apr 2020, 22:51
I too saw about 50 or so what appeared to be moving stars, moving from west to east on March 27 2020 at 6 00 am in Whitby, Ontario Canada. Beautiful sight to see, definately out of this world
By Jordan from Other on 05 Apr 2020, 04:20
9:30pm Tue 7th April Milford Haven Pembrokeshire, just seen 5 star like objects moving accross the sky at a constant speed all following eachother. What the hell are they, dont tel me thats a plane or a helicopter or insects or baloons ! Also saw a bright orb 2 days ago, again a constant speed accross the night sky, no flashing lights not a plane not a helicopter. The bright light did not change as it moved past which means there was not a light at the front or rear of the object. These are sightings over 2 days with my naked eyes, what on eath are these people with telescopes picking up ! ! !
By John Roberts from UK on 07 Apr 2020, 21:32
Saw them this morning, south west France. Woken up by my dogs at 5.30am. Looked at the sky which was very clear and light due to the big moon. Surprised to see a large cluster of bright ‘stars’. At first they were motionless. Then one by one they started to move, all heading east. I counted 12 moving over a period of maybe 20 minutes, with around 7 remaining in a cross style formation. Never seen anything like this before. Any explanations out there?
By Denise from Other on 13 Apr 2020, 08:27
20+ stars moving East South-East also across formation visible north east county Donegal Ireland 4:30-4:45 am 13/4/2020.
By M from Other on 13 Apr 2020, 18:36
went outside and immediately saw about 25 of them at 9:00pm in orange county, CA heading west to east all originating from various spots but converging to the same direction. would say the 19th or so one flared up very brightly untill it faded away like the rest of them. saw 2 the night before.
By justin from USA on 17 Apr 2020, 04:41
I’m from Longview, Tex was fishing last night around 9:30 pm saw at least 30 objects in sky that appeared to be like a star one after another going East to west. 3 of them lit of really bright and then back to the way it was. What are these?? By far one of the weirdest things I’ve seen yet.
By Dustin Mauldin from USA on 17 Apr 2020, 13:45
Say the whole sky moving at the same time. Had all my kids outside witness with me and called siblings to witness. Called my God Mother in LA, however she did not see what we were witnessing. Stars where shifting in different locations, it seemed like all at the same time.
We Thank GOD for allowing us to witness the Beauty of His creation. Greenleaf, Idaho USA
By Patty from USA on 17 Apr 2020, 20:06
I'm from Croatia, around 9 p.m this evening a friend and I saw about 50 moving stars from SW to NE. They were not in clusters or any other formation, rather looked like randomly scattered stars but moving to the same directions, maybe 50 of them. A few of them suddenly flared up but after a second faded away and continued moving. It lasted for about 20 minutes or so. A friend and I were confused because we couldn't come up with any logical explanation. Obviously the same is being reported from different parts of the.world. And from other commenta it seems they go back and forth.
By Tamara from Other on 17 Apr 2020, 23:07
My wife and I have only just witnessed these lights in the sky 22:00 hrs 18.04.2020. Northern Germany between Hamburg and Hannover .All moving at exactly the same speed and pretty much keeping exactly the same spacing ! I counted at least fifty of them going over at very high altitude with no sound ! They were heading from east to west for the most part in a straight line . I, m not a ufo spotter and don,t actually believe in such things but I could not help thinking ,first we get a killer virus and then a allein invasion , what a year this is turning out to be ! Please do not try and tell me these were weather ballons or L.E.D ballons for that is just B.S ! I don,t think that Nato has 50 plus jets that it could put in the sky at the same time on a saturday night so that explaination is also out ! A most weird and spooky experience for us both , makes you wonder what the hell is going on up there as we lie in our nice cossy beds ?
By James from Other on 18 Apr 2020, 20:52
It was the strangest thing in my life, I counted 18 stars moving from west to east in the same speed with a distance each other, the same distance, the same speed. I called my friends they also witnessed it. I took video but it was not very clearly seen in the video. The location is Nottingham, UK
By Yusuf from UK on 19 Apr 2020, 00:04
I am also seen the same effect in the sky which moves west to east in Chennai date-19-10-2020 7pm
By Madhana Gopal from Other on 19 Apr 2020, 14:57
I have just witnessed a band of stars , equal space apart , travelling slowly across the night sky at 21.40 . On the south coast of England.
What have I just seen ?
By Andy from UK on 19 Apr 2020, 20:47
Today I witnessed the same thing with stars heading South. At approx 9:30pm on the 19th of April 2020
By Tyler Lopez from UK on 19 Apr 2020, 20:49
Just saw the same thing most of you are describing, (38NE). Same size stars, same distance apart, same speed, same direction. At about 9:45pm. It was actually the most beautiful, yet oddest sighting I have ever seen. Please can someone tell us what is was? My partner is thinking it’s satellites. Any ideas?
By Natasha from UK on 19 Apr 2020, 21:03
I am from Wrexham and have just witnessed about 20 objects moving typical in the same speed and distance across the sky, which were identical to stars (22:00, 19-04-2020).
By Samantha Crimes from UK on 19 Apr 2020, 21:05
Last night, 2200 hrs 18/04/2020 I witnessed 6 lights floating across the sky. I saw them all within 5 minutes. They were headed from SW to NE. No noise, no flashing lights. Not in any particular formation but close to eachother. I witness another single light just now, at a similar time, floating in the same direction.
Lincoln UK
By Sam jones from UK on 19 Apr 2020, 21:12
I'm seen this last night, at around 9:30 pm. 15 lights or so, moving in a straight line in the same direction. Maybe it is Elon musk's satellites? That, or aliens.
By Francisco from UK on 20 Apr 2020, 06:51
21:20 my location Strood UK Just seen a 20+ of star like objects passing through all in a line and roughly same space apart.
By Rik Tye from UK on 21 Apr 2020, 20:42
I just noticed many "stars" moving by slowly after each other in the same direction. Its 5am here in South Africa. My first time seeing this as I am always up this time looking at the sky.
By Dillon Rigney from Other on 22 Apr 2020, 03:05
Today, 22/02/2020, at aprox. 21:05, location Bonn, DE, I have seen 15+ moving star like objects, some were keeping the same distance some apart, moving quite fast and all heading to the same direction.
By Elsa S from Other on 22 Apr 2020, 19:55
My husband and I have seen the same lights in the sky in convoy on 4 separate occasions (March/April 2020 in Totton, one specifically being on 21.04.20 at 21:11) with over 25 lights. There is no sound or flashing so definitely not aircraft. People have also witnessed these moving objects before Elon Musk's Star Link was launched which is interesting.
By Caryn from UK on 26 Apr 2020, 19:47
I was download sth out of my house becouse inside there's no connection,when i saw 30 starts following each-others from the north.i was terrifying l told my family they get out and saw these stars was 20:45.i was afraid.i have no word then l check on the net about the phenomen.i saw. 30 stars following each other.15 km far away from vlora-albania
By Sonila from Other on 27 Apr 2020, 19:01
10:45pm Washington State. I was looking out my sky window trying to fall asleep when I noticed what I thought was an airplane. After 3 minutes I noticed another one going the same direction, after seeing 10+ I realized that they couldn’t be airplanes.
By Sandra V from USA on 28 Apr 2020, 06:03
On 19.04.20 at 21.52 I went out to watch the scheduled 16 star link satellite train scheduled. (I have several satellite tracking apps) was due to last 6 mins from NW to W. Saw the small satellites as planned.
Then I spotted slightly brighter star than the satellites followed by another much brighter star (not on any of my satellite trackers) they matched pace. The back star then changed speed so I started filming. It increased speed to catch up with first star then slowed as it passed. I have all on film.
Then to my surprise I saw lots of very bright stars in a row. Many came from slightly different paths but all converged in to exactly same path. Some faster than others so overtaking other lights. This went on for 19 minutes and 52 seconds with over 80 lights in total. After about 10 mins smaller fainter lights started to cross paths with the main brighter lights and some weaved. I have full event on film from my galaxy a10 which has clearly captured all main lights and a few of the smaller lights. Most of the smaller lights have not come out on the recording as the camera is not powerful enough.
Nowhere on the net can I find an explanation for this very long string of lights.
Majority of the lights I have filmed are brighter than the ISS which I watch go over and they change speed and direction so they can not be satellites?
Sean Roberts Ruislip UK
By Sean Roberts from UK on 28 Apr 2020, 14:54
Me & my daughter just witnessed these while camping out in marion sc usa. Beautiful line of stars moving and disappeared halfway through the sky. Awesome!!!
By Christopher Brown from USA on 29 Apr 2020, 01:30
I Just got home from walking my girlfriend home, when in the corner of my eye I seen something in the sky going at a high rate of speed. To say I thought it was a shooting star. Witch was cool. But then as I keep looking around I started ti see a train like motion of stairs , some like following one another one by one . Going at the same speed about 5 cm, apart by how far they were from the site of the ground to them. As I watched I counted 12 in one direction then kept watching in another part of the sky the same formation going east another line of stars flowing in the same speed as apart from one another the same and counted 7 more. going then same way but more right in the sky. Now I'm really not one of those people to believe in flying spaceship and all that. But holy shit, how can you explain that. Way to far in the night sky to be one of our sir planes and to be going slow as well as the same distance apart from each other excatly to a tee apart. and counted 17 of them . That's truly amazing to see for myself that . Like I don't no who to call or tell somebody about this in counter. Hoping that NASA is watching and hopefully aware of them cause if not it could be not good for us. LOL. cause that's somethI Just got home from walking my girlfriend home, when in the corner of my eye I seen something in the sky going at a high rate of speed. To say I thought it was a shooting star. Witch was cool. But then as I keep looking around I started ti see a train like motion of stairs , some like following one another one by one . Going at the same speed about 5 cm, apart by how far they were from the site of the ground to them. As I watched I counted 12 in one direction then kept watching in another part of the sky the same formation going east another line of stars flowing in the same speed as apart from one another the same and counted 7 more. going then same way but more right in the sky. Now I'm really not one of those people to believe in flying spaceship and all that. But holy shit, how can you explain that. Way to far in the night sky to be one of our sir planes and to be going slow as well as the same distance apart from each other excatly to a tee apart. and counted 17 of them . That's truly amazing to see for myself that . Like I don't no who to call or tell somebody about this in counter. Hoping that NASA is watching and hopefully aware of them cause if not it could be not good for us. LOL. cause that's something that is truly cool. But at the same time scary as helling that is truly cool. But at the same time scary as hell.
By Joe Mcwilliams from Other on 29 Apr 2020, 06:13
Sweeny, TX here I took my dog out tonight at about 9:30pm I saw a bright light that caught my attention it was a star brighter than I ever seen... as I was checking it out trying to figure if it was actually a star, that's when I noticed to the right a perfectly straight line of stars moving. They looked as though they were shooting straight up in the atmosphere. As I watched start after start disappear out of my eye sight the stars kept coming. I ran to get my phone but could not get a clear view. I frantically called my brother out side to come and check it out and to confirm I was not going "crazy" lol but unfortunately they were gone as soon as he came outside. Side note the initial bright "star" I first saw was Venus.
By Amanda from USA on 30 Apr 2020, 12:50
Please someone else tell me they saw this last night early hours of 30th May. Westerly direction. I can't find anywhere else on web for last night yet but same object spotted over past 4 years on various spots in the world.
Sky's were busy last night. Woke up at half three last night so watched skies as cleared so good viewing. Normal few satellites as usual, but then...
At 3.52 towards west. About 45°
A tiny ball of yellow light appeared grew to about the size of one of the moving large lights we've all been seeing but more yellow rather than white (but only moving diagonally down left very slightly. Then flared up moving fast in same direction and faded out with a small trail. Within 20 seconds I saw many really small white lights going towards the direction it went , suspect a large bit of space debris burning up in atmosphere and coincidence of the (so called) space x satellite chain. Note this chain was very high altitude and very small lights, nothing like the chains of much brighter and bigger lights I filmed in two occasions before.
Then, this is the really odd and special one!
I continued watching in case any more burning lights appeared.
At precisely 4.04am 30th May 2020, a blue and red craft at mid atmosphere level (I'm guessing) came into view.
A vivid blue in the middle and radiating to bright red on sides. Not flashing but radiating from middle to sides travelling very fast from west to east. It went close to going over my house but no sound at all and much much bigger than a plane, I couldn't tell if it was just one length or round as it was slightly blurred, due to brightness maybe? It was like a haze above and below it. About 30 seconds later a jet plane went past in same direction. Clearly high flying jet, by speed and faint noise I heard. red and white plane flashing lights as expected.
I tried to film by grabing phone as quick as could (fumbling on bedside cabinet as didn't want to look away and miss anything)
Looked back at phone film but I didn't get it in time just a fleeting bit of the light at the very edge of screen for a second which was stars as I tried to start filming and bring phone up. Gutted as to have that on record evidence would have been on every space site on the net, just couldn't get recording quick enough.
I cannot explain what it could possibly be, but fact it was being chased by a jet says it's something special.
I'm hoping others saw it too so I can get confirmation on net, but very early in morning so not many would have been start gazing.
Sean Robert, now avid sky watcher, Ruislip UK
By Sean Roberts from UK on 30 Apr 2020, 12:59
Me and my son seen the the same. I live in Visalia CA.it was 9:30 and we saw about 15 of them going in a sright line going the same way SE they were separated the same distance but in about 20 minutes more came but scattered. May 2th 2020
By Roger Andrade from USA on 02 May 2020, 08:57
On the 4th of May I saw at leader 10 moving shimmering stars without any sound higher then a plane would fly. The same distance apart. Would be suprise if balloons can fly on such a straight line and equally apart! Was visible just under the moon at 9.30 pm from London. Nothing like I've seen before.
By Nadia from UK on 04 May 2020, 22:06
I've just seen five objects that are following each other like stars or saterlights equally spaced apart. London..22:10
By GARRY TITHERIDGE from UK on 05 May 2020, 21:26
Hi im velile ngcobo stay in South Africa at inanda Ohlange. Im witnessin a very incredible straight line of moving star with equal space apart. I was so happy to see something like this. The problem no is believing me. Im happy most of you did noticed. Time ( 6 May 2020 ) 05:15 in themorning..
By Veli Ngcobo from UK on 06 May 2020, 04:31
At 5am 8th May on the Gold Coast we noticed stars moving from West to East. At first we thought it was the southern cross moving as the first ones we saw were moving as there was (what we thought were stars) moving east next to each other then we noticed behind the
centre star there was 4 or five more moving in evenly behind it then more started appearing from behind a cloud and they just get coming evenly spaced. After about 5 minutes watching this, I realised the other stars in the sky and the satellites were not moving at all. Very strange but amazing to see and I’m sure people won’t believe until they see it for themselves but what is it!?!
By Gigi from Other on 07 May 2020, 19:36
I witnessed the above on the Gold Coast, Australia.
By Girlie from Other on 07 May 2020, 19:37
I think this is the same set of stars we saw this morning 11th May 2020 at 5am here in Papua New Guinea. They were all in a straight line and seemed somewhat at an equal length apart and were all moving at the same speed into the same direction. After several stars have passed we then noticed the other stars behind were in a zig-zag line and moving also behind.
By Louise Boma from Other on 11 May 2020, 00:21
Hi i see it every morning at 5.00am till 5.30 am approx, a shoal of stars one after the other same speed and same distance no noise, no they are not planes, faster then any plane x 2 , i am in australia goulburn 2580 nsw, 12-05-2020
By david from Other on 11 May 2020, 21:09
I saw 12 to 15 travelling north over Bangor on Dee north Wales last night around 11 pm all in formation in like 2 V shapes. They looked like satellite but were travelling much to fast. I first thought I'd seen the startrain but the formatoin, shape and speed makes me think it wasn't
By Carl bebbington from UK on 12 May 2020, 17:20
Seen them too. Between 5:00-5:30am in Western Kenya. What's the explanation? I thought I was going crazy.
By Mwenesi from Other on 13 May 2020, 04:00
Just now before I have seen a straight evenly spaced star like objects for about 5 mins at equal speed and about 5 mins zigzag moving objects like stars from India at 4:45am I'm eager to know what is this phenomenon.
By Firoz khan from Other on 14 May 2020, 23:42
Me and my wife saw this morning 15th May 2020 at 4.30m here in India They were all in a straight line and seemed somewhat at an equal length apart and were all moving at the same speed into the same direction. I am Gulab John India Tamilnadu.
By Gulab John L from Other on 15 May 2020, 00:25
On may 15 around 4.45 am I witnessed few stars moving smoothly with a certain dstance to each other..they are about less than or more...they look just like stars but moving
By Rose from Other on 15 May 2020, 19:38
me and my wife saw a group of stars movings towards the east direction and then one big star is near by the moon moving downwards in UAE at 4.12am to 4.45 am
By arafath from Other on 17 May 2020, 03:10
Today after sehri at 4 30 am I saw the stars moving towards north east i also tell my cousins and my whole family watch this
By Wasif Ahmed Shah from Other on 17 May 2020, 23:50
Today on 18-05-2020 at 4:30 am we saw the slowly moving line of 60+ stars with equal distance from each other here in Sukkur, sind Pakistan
By Khan from Other on 18 May 2020, 00:09
It is 19th May at 4:20am in Delhi,India. I was out in my balcony and saw a moving star. First I thought it was some satellite but soon I saw another and then another. I woke up my wife just to check I am not going mad. We both saw almost 20 to 30 such moving objects all moving in a straight line towards north east direction. The last two were not in a straight line but parallel to each other as if declaring the end of the show. Never witnessed anything like it. Searched google and landed here. I am still not convinced what they were but enjoyed the show anyway.
By Ankur from Other on 18 May 2020, 23:15
Today on 18-05-2020 around 4 a:m. I saw the slowly moving line of 50+ stars with equal or some unequal distance in india .
By Arsh from Other on 19 May 2020, 02:52
I have seen shining objects moving in a row around 4:15am for to consecutive days but in different directions. On 18.05.2020 they were moving South to North East and on 19.05.2020 they were moving from South to North West. There were three at equidistance then two parallel and the folding them in a row. Can anyone explain?
By Shah Usman from Other on 19 May 2020, 23:43
Hi everyone im sohail i live in saidu sharif swat kpk pakistan today md with brother and my after having sehri (its the holy month of ramdhan and muslim having fast all the month of ramdhan ) we just stand ot side of our hous looking at the sky when we also saw at 3: 52 am almost 8 stars moving toward the same direction.
By sohail ali shah from Other on 20 May 2020, 05:54
Me and my husband yesterday 07.06.20 night 9 o clock walking in our garden. and we both saw like one big light walking in the sky slowly. We both are shocked that what was that. 5 mnt we saw that than due to rainy sky its hidden in sky. But really shoked and interested to know what was that?
By Adit from Other on 08 Jun 2020, 05:03
I saw a parade of very faint star like lights moving slowly one at a time in a perfect line SW to NE about 23 seconds apart 30-50+ of them. At around 10pm from Long Island NY. USA. Lasted about 15min.. What was that.. Thought maybe military planes but they were very very high almost faint and unnoticeable if you weren't focused in on the stars..
By FRANCISKA BITTAN from USA on 08 Jun 2020, 14:21
Early AM on June 23rd, 2020 we were above 11,000' on Mt Rainier WA, attempting to summit. We were one day away from a new moon so the skies were very dark and at that elevation we could see so many stars and the Milky Way.. and as we were looking up we began to see a formation of lights moving in a straight line across the sky. They weren't dots of light.. but seemed to be triangular in shape.. one after another, fairly evenly spaced. No flashing lights, no sounds.. and they kept coming.. we didn't count exactly.. but an estimate would be 40-50+. They were definitely moving in some "formation"... going in the same direction. And we all had never seen anything like this.. they weren't shooting stars, or satellites.. but we had no explanation. By the way, this is the first time in my life to see something that was an unidentified flying object. I'm glad others have seen this too.
By Scott from USA on 25 Jun 2020, 04:46
This might explain what we are seeing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=29&v=QoS4Xs8BFig&feature=emb_logo
By Scott from USA on 25 Jun 2020, 05:07
I have seen very similar to what described above on 15/09/11 in area of Figueira da Foz in Portugal at around 1 o’clock at night.
About 30 objects in almost perfect straight line were heading from north to south following coast line. Those object has bright blue lights not making any noise and blinking periodically. I’ve been observing this for about 15 min. After that blue light gathered in two groups and disappeared in opposite directions.it was amazing sight
By Artem from Lisbon on 11 Jul 2020, 11:12
Hello everyone!
So I was taking a stroll on my apartment terrace like every other day but yesterday I continued my walk for more than two hours in hopes of spotting NEOWISE-2020 comet from Moga, Punjab on 17th July, 2020. Although the effort of two hour long walk and stargaze was in vain to spot a comet but I saw something so strange. I saw two stars moving . The first one that I spotted was too faint and far away so I **assumed** it to be ISS (moving from S to N) but the other one that I spotted was a huge glowing blob/star that seemed like it was in the lower reaches of the atmosphere. Until then this huge glowing object was stationary in the SW sky but suddenly it started to move almost parallel to the far away star( which I assumed to be ISS) . The huge glowing star continued it's journey towards the northern sky and then it vanished after it had gone far.
My curiosity kicked in and I started to Google this phenomenon up but found no result that could explain me the event. Anyway, it was a beautiful sight. :)
By Banhishikha Datta from Other on 18 Jul 2020, 08:43
Just seen the weirdest thing..... a perfect line of lights/stars moving across the sky took a few minutes to pass over before they were too far to see.... way too hight up to be insects and didn't look like any balloons I've ever seen.... perfect line brightest at the start dimming down towards the back of the line.....does anyone know what this could be. Husband is adamant theybarent stars but I cant think of anything else.
By Elle from UK on 08 Aug 2020, 03:17
Australia, Victoria.
Last night 09/08/2020 at 8pm I saw a trail of 20+ stars moving north west in single straight line for about 10-15 seconds. One larger star and a smaller star followed in a distance. The stars vanished after a while not moved out of sight. Very strange.
By Laura from Other on 10 Aug 2020, 00:29
I just saw about 40 lights traveling in a line slowly across the horizon about 20 minutes (just before 3am).
By Sara from USA on 11 Aug 2020, 08:18
I just saw 10 objects scattered, not in a line fly from east to west over Chicago Illinois. Then a few seconds later a lone one, going in same direction. I always look up for satellites etc, but I've never saw anything like this. At durst I thought it may be birds but it is very dark out and these were extremely high up. Anyone else see this?
By Angie from USA on 12 Aug 2020, 02:34
The lines of moving ‘stars’ many of you are seeing sounds like part of Elon Musk’s Starlink project involving thousands of satellites to provide global internet communications. I recommend searching ‘Starlink SpaceX’ for more info. There’s even apps you can download that will give you the time and direction that these things will pass your location. Hope that helps ????
By Mark Carter from UK on 12 Aug 2020, 13:20
Today At 2.10 Am in Crimea ,Russia i saw so many Moving dots in like stars and equal Distance maintain ..its approximately 20 what Is the thing that ??its is satellites or what because The height they maintain its impossible to reach Any Normal Human things ...
By Sandipan Roy from Other on 13 Aug 2020, 23:26
Today At 5.07 Am in King City Ontario Canada, I saw six Moving dots like stars with maintaining equal Distance. What was that ??
By Basharat Ahmad Sheikh from Other on 15 Aug 2020, 10:25
Hello, i have seen the moving shoal of stars and filmed with my phone it is visible. It is not starlink as they are not aligned and spread around without
the video is on my twitter (@okan_turedi) for all person that have witnessed the same thing
I stil don't have any explanation for it !
By Okan from Algarve on 22 Aug 2020, 20:57
Well a similar fenomena ocurred this night abou midnight. I was bringing the trash out with my wife when we looked up in the sky and saw this hughe quantity of blinking objects moving in an organized manner through the nighsky. Those objects, i would guess a couple of hundred, were moving like a bird flock really close together which each other until a time when they broke up formation and turned into another S like shape. Curious to watch was that there was 1 of the objects way behind that flock/shoal and caught up with the rest at an incredible speed. All this happend in a distance hard to tell, all i know it was well higher than an commercial airplane which happened to pass by and preparing for landing in Oporto airport. This was a magical moment watching this spectacle and i am quite sure it wasn’t anything man made not at this altitude nor with that speed.
By Kai from Porto on 23 Aug 2020, 08:19
Every night I go outside and walk my dog and I have seen all of the above almost every night def not Star link because the stars hover then make sharp turns and move at various speeds then disappear some blink to catch the eye I’ve seen so many the sky full of them u just need to watch to see which stars aren’t stars the bright big stars seem to be the bigger ships and they vary in color I’ve seen them get bright and go dark it’s scary and amazing I’ve also see the red Crafts with red and blue and I was about to have a heart attack there were other planes in the sky and it looked nothing like them... I really hope nasa addresses there is no way they miss this it’s every night I’m in upstate ny. Hundreds of online posts about this my husband saw as well I’m convinced they are ufo and the way they moved my husband is now a believer too. Quite scary why are so many here every night I’ve even seen 2 star crafts tango with each other closely
By Kristin from USA on 23 Aug 2020, 08:57
I found your article on google as I was looking to see if anyone else had saw what I witnessed just after midnight tonight 8 /9/2O stars drifting together lots of them like they were magnetised towards something . I loved the show at first I thought it was the clouds but it definitely was the stars . Glad to read others around the world see it too.
By Rose Macgregor from UK on 08 Sep 2020, 00:05
I live in Bristol, UK. at 5.15am this morning 18 09 2020. I seen a line of star's following each other in a line coming from the west heading east. Like others have said i thought I had seen a shooting star but realised this was not the case. One after the other they followed in a very straight line. I wish I could have stayed longer to watch but had to leave for work. I am always looking to the star's and have never witnessed anything like this before.. are we alone?
By Christine from UK on 18 Sep 2020, 14:04
I stay in kerala, state of India. Today, 1st Oct 2020 being a full moon night, I decided to have a look at the sky along with my family. It was around 7 pm. We saw a star like object moving from east to west. My first thought was that it was a plane. But considering its height it seemed that it is not an airplane. But after 5 min, a similar object came from the opposite direction. Then I saw about 6-7 of them coming from both the direction one by one within a gap of 10 min. What could this be?. We stayed there for another half an hour but nothing appeared after that.
By Reji Mathew from Other on 01 Oct 2020, 15:29
I’m from Middletown, New Jersey, United States. Last night on October 14th at about 11:00-11:30 pm I was skating with my friend and we noticed how many stars were out (a lot, especially for my area— high light pollution). I look out East/Southeast and I notice a cluster of “stars” that are not like the others. Normal stars hold a solid color/light, but these lights were slowly moving— like a swarm — and their lights were varying in color and brightness... this is the most bizarre event I’ve ever experienced in my life.
By Mike P from USA on 15 Oct 2020, 12:27
I saw this peculiar moving twinkling cluster of starts from Sintra tonight . Around 9.30 pm at night .
Is it really led lights? I saw 1000 s of them traveling in the sky . It was such a site to witness.
By Ariyaa from Lisbon on 17 Oct 2020, 22:30
I'm from Cape Town, South Africa, and last night at roughly 8.30 pm I saw a perfectly straight line of glittery lights. As they moved across the sky the shimmered like glitter does when it falls (for example). They were too small, close together, and way too many of these "moving stars" for them to be satellites. Although it seemed to follow quite some time after a regular satellite. I tried observing them further but when I stood up and walked, they had disappeared. I honestly have no clue as to what it could be...
By Sophia from Other on 20 Oct 2020, 16:36
My boyfriend and I just witnessed the same shoal of hundreds of lights, almost like a stingray swimming through the ocean. It was graceful, and beautiful, and way to fast and high to be man made. The lights were twinkling and moving together indeed like a flock of birds, we saw this Oct.24 th about 10:15pm west Maui, Hawaii
By Cheyenne from USA on 25 Oct 2020, 08:30
I have just seen a single star and lots of other lights flickering off and on i wonder if this is the same phonemenon ?lincolnshire
By LEE CALTHORPE from UK on 25 Oct 2020, 20:45
I have observed the phenomenon for the first time in June and September 2017. I don't believe that these are satellites or fashionable balloons, I believe that this is a natural phenomenon not yet fully understood to me.
Here's what I could observe: a kind of procession or convoy of stars non-aligned in rows in slow and compassed movement west/ east and finally south.
By Amelia Maria Loureiro from Porto on 26 Oct 2020, 17:27
I just saw a similar display, in Lagos, Portugal, from Dona Ana beach.
What appeared to be a string of stars moving in a line across the night sky at 18:30, December 3rd 2020. The sky was clear, many stars and planets were visible. The 'string of stars' were too close together to be aeroplanes and too far above to be an insect/animal, they appeared, to the naked eye, to be stars.
By Caoimhe from Algarve on 03 Dec 2020, 19:32
These appear to be Space X Star Link satellites
Check this website with the co-ordinates of your location, I cross-referenced it with my sighting and it matched
https://findstarlink.com/
By Caoimhe from Algarve on 03 Dec 2020, 19:40
Literally just saw this exact same thing in colorado, USA 6pm all traveling about sw to ne. About 30 to 50 stars fairly the same distance apart appearing in the same spot on one side and disappearing in the same spot on the other. The craziest thing I have ever seen had to call the family to come look to make sure I wasn't seeing things.
By Brian Moore from USA on 06 Dec 2020, 01:21
Regarding the comment by 'Caoimhe' on the 03/12/2020. I saw this exact sighting at the same time of 18:30 around 30 star objects moving across the sky, beginning from the same position and disappearing further on in the same place, the same speed with the same distance between each one. At one time you could only see around 12 of them but like a conveyor belt they kept coming. It was amazing. I also observed at the same time just above the line of moving stars a orange planet that grew in light about 3 times brighter whilst they passed and after they disappeared the planet dimmed out to nothing then it lit back up and repeated to dim down to nothing again and once it returned to its normal brightness it never changed again. I have had my eye on it every night since. I still need to confirm which planet it is!
By Zoe from Alentejo on 09 Dec 2020, 12:21
It's Elon Musk's new satellites
By Michelle from Other on 14 Dec 2020, 10:08
Alot of people don't truly have the answers they just make speculations, I'm tired of wondering what they are as I have seen those moving shining stars times without numbers, especially since last year in the month of October 2020, I know where and when to expect it now, and during certain times before day break, the first time I saw it, I took out my phone and tried recording but it seemed to hide and later came out some minutes later when I came back, I've tried recording with my phone but my phone doesn't pick it up, I once saw a couple of about 15 in my youth around the same time coming down gently as if at first they pretended to be just normal stars, I'm tired of guessing what they are so now I just ignore them and don't watch out for them.
By Emelue Francis from Other on 14 Jan 2021, 11:09
I seen these stars this morning at 6.20am all moving in a line,same distance apart from each other for around 1o minutes. Really exciting to see and a little baffling as I've seen many shooting stars but nothing like this before. 03.02.2021
By Cathy cunningham from UK on 03 Feb 2021, 10:35
I have also just seen this amazing sight.. a row of moving stars approximately 20 minutes ago in North Canterbury, NZ
By S Jayne from Other on 05 Feb 2021, 10:04
Just saw the brilliant line of lights go by at 5.this morning in nelson bc. It was unbelievable and I didn't have any thing on my feet but I couldn't help but just stand on frozen ground and stare. I waved to show I was friend.
By Lori from Other on 13 Mar 2021, 13:06
Just saw the same thing at 4.20am, round 30-40 lights perfectly spaced in a straight line over Leicester, great to see
By Craig Glover from UK on 22 Mar 2021, 06:11
I just saw the same thing happen in the southern part of the United States, on April 7th 2021 at about 9:00pm. It was the most interesting thing ive ever seen. They were seriously like stars moving rather slowly but yet mustve been at a quick speed just waaay in the skyy. They were in a long row iin a line, blinking. Absolutely beautiful, indescribable besides that though. Still unsire of ehat it is exactly.
By Rhiannonrose from USA on 18 Apr 2021, 03:23
Just seen a row of what look like stars in a line moving across the sky, tried to film it with my phone, but it’s too dark, 3:38 am. Freaked out thinking it was an invasion until I looked it up, and apparently it’s Elon Musks satellites!
By Chris Parker from UK on 05 May 2021, 02:57
My neighbor just seen the exact same thing at Turkey near Istanbul (Tekirdag). Almost 70 of stars moving on a straight line at 11pm. I don’t think that Elon Musk sent his satellites to Turkey lol. I need to know if it was a natural event or something else.
By Deniz from Other on 06 May 2021, 20:25
I saw exactly the same, Mirandela, Portugal, at around 9h30 PM, and so I came to search what it could possibly be.
By Alda from Other on 06 May 2021, 20:57
We saw a similar sight of a line of stars moving slowly in a line at about 11pm for about 5 minutes in Malta. It was the most beautiful sight ever and when we took out the phone to record it vanished in a sudden.
By Ela from Other on 10 May 2021, 18:18
I just saw approx. 9 bright stars in a perfect line with perfect spacing, travelling across the night sky at 2315/20pm. Travelling west to east. Really awesome sight and very strange to understand. Lasted maybe 1 minute.
By Stephen Reed from UK on 15 May 2021, 22:38
I’m in Northern Arizona and right now on May 28 at 9:45 Mountain Standard Time I just watched what look like “stars” stretch vertical like literally up for some ways only to quickly shrink back down together and disappear. Last year my friend and I were feeding my animals and we saw what everyone else on here has basically been commenting about the train of stars moving horizontally across the sky to only disappear. Has anyone else seen this incredibly strange vertical line of “stars”?
By Aiden from USA on 29 May 2021, 04:55
I am in Swan Hill Victoria Australia at around 5:30 am I saw so many stars moving in
line , I keep watching until they all gone, i am 60yrs old and I never seen that before
it was amazing
By Ali Gure from Other on 06 Jun 2021, 21:24
I don’t know how to say this but a week(can't
remember exact date its between 8/6/21-10/6/21)before while I was sleeping on terrace I saw the v formation thing in sky between 9 and 10.30 pm ..it was fast moving thing the appearance was like a small yellow star like not twinkling...there were around 5-7 in number and were moving in v formation...exact location where I live and observed the incidence merta city , nagaur (rajasthan)INDIA ..it followed a straight path
By Pavan kumar from Other on 14 Jun 2021, 01:28
We saw the same on the 6th May heading due east around 10pm over the Mondego valley close to Fornos de Algodres. they seemed to be unevenly spaced on a tow robe and we are pretty sure that we heard a turbo prop pulling them. The lights were quite clear, coming towards us and as soon as they went 10-15 degrees past us they blinked out in turn.
By anto from Beiras on 17 Jun 2021, 20:27