NUFORC Sighting 177404

Occurred: 2023-08-07 20:59 Local
Reported: 2023-08-08 06:22 Pacific
Duration: 5 - 10 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Santa Clarita, CA, USA

Shape: Circle
Explanation: Rocket - Certain
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

Saw it coming in…

Coming in, it Looked like a shooting star almost … had a long fire tail behind it… once it stopped burning it just continued flying… almost looked like a satellite but was red. It didn’t blink lights like a normal aircraft. Also thought it had to do with SpaceX since I am in California. Was able to get a small clip of it and a few pictures.

NUFORC Note:

SpaceX Starlink-97 (6-20) launch from Vandenburg

Posted 2023-09-10