Citizens in many parts of UP took to Twitter on Monday to report the news of mysterious trail of dotted lights flashing in the sky. While some called it a UFO, others pointed it out as an ‘act of god’. The sighting left people baffled, however, efuting all the theories and speculations, experts were soon able to conclude that the ‘enigmatic lights’ appearing in the sky were directed from a new batch of Starlink satellites.
On September 4, Sunday, a new batch of 51 Starlink satellites was launched by Elon Musk owned SpaceX. The internet satellites were responsible for emitting the so-called ‘mysterious streak’ of light and such appearances can even be tracked through a website.
Check out what the eye-witnesses had to say
लखनऊ और कानपुर के पास आसमान में दिखा अद्भुत नज़ारा.. “आसमान में सितारों की रेस”
A Mysterious Light Seen in the #Sky of #UttarPradesh, a Unique #Light Seen in the Sky of #Kanpur, Disappeared in a Few Minutes@PrateekPratap5 pic.twitter.com/wRmAlPcumP— Aji Rasheed Ali اجی رشید علی (@ajirasheed) September 13, 2022
The netizens took Twitter to post photos and videos of the occurrence along with their theories and speculations, which have created a lot of buzz across social media.
One of the user from Kanpur city posted a video stating, “A Mysterious Light Seen in the #Sky of #UttarPradesh, a Unique #Light Seen in the Sky of #Kanpur, Disappeared in a Few Minutes.”
Today at 7:15 pm around I saw one mysterious object full of light like train is traveling in sky and light coming out from bogies windows. pic.twitter.com/LJzAeVNzBP
— Abid Ali (@AbidAli15336761) September 12, 2022
Another user said that the lights seemed like a train, travelling through the sky. Along with the picture he tweeted, “Today at 7:15 pm around I saw one mysterious object full of light like train is traveling in sky and light coming out from bogies windows.”
date 12/sep/2022 time 7:22pm From our village Gaura, which is situated in Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh bharat, a strange light has passed in a straight line in the sky, what could it be? please explain. pic.twitter.com/OwIEDpdO8J
— पंडित प्रवीन कुमार पांडेय (@imPandeyPraveen) September 12, 2022
The bewilderment was common among the twitteratis, some tried to post public polls whereas some tagged various astronomical agencies to seek answers regarding the sighting.
