Howdy,

A few hours ago, I was smoking a cigarette outside and looking up at the sky. Suddenly, I saw something that looked like this:

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A small glowing dot (like a plane light) and a glowing trail

(from the looks of it, it wasn't a meteor)

It moved with the speed of a plane from right to the left.

Maybe Starlink?

I could have checked my ADS-B monitoring for planes but I haven't set that up outside :/ my antenna is also small.

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[–] 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Starlink looks a lot like this when new satellites are moving into their final orbit, basically a string of dots slowly moving across the sky. I happened to see some last winter; it was pretty trippy to watch.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    You'd probably have to doxx yourself a bit to have a chance of a good answer.

    Like @Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com suggested, it's probably the future orbital debris that will keep us trapped on this planet no matter what, i.e. satellites. More specifically the ones for internet service in low orbit. When they move into position they often move in a string of pearls formation.

    So it's that, aliens, or the unimpressive prelude to our armageddon.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Likely a satellite, there are a metric fuckload out there now. The trail may have just been an illusion caused by persistence of vision. I doubt you'll ever be able to have a 100% answer though, unfortunately.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I'll probably not get an answer what it was but maybe other people have seen this. :)

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    It's an object, that's flying, and you haven't identified it...

    So it's a UFO

    What happens when it lands tho? A ULO? (Unidentified Landed Object???)

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