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Around 9:25 p.m. on April 12, people across the region spotted what looked like a bright ball of light with a glowing ring around it. Check out these photos and video sent in by Nicole, who caught the strange sight from Lake Fort Phantom Hill.
While some took to social media to joke that it was aliens, the glowing sky actually had a high-tech explanation.
According to our affiliate station in Odessa, the light came from a fresh batch of Starlink satellites — part of Elon Musk’s SpaceX project to provide high-speed internet in rural areas.
The launch happened at 8:53 p.m. EDT from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was part of the Starlink Group 12-17 mission, which deployed 21 new satellites into orbit.
KMID/KPEJ reports that the glowing “halo” was the rocket’s exhaust plume catching sunlight high in the atmosphere. The gases reflect the light, creating that eerie, bubble-like effect seen from the ground.
Want to catch the next one? Click here to see when Starlink is launching again, where Big Country viewers might spot it.
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