NUFORC Sighting 178030

Occurred: 2023-09-03 21:04 Local
Reported: 2023-09-03 18:50 Pacific
Duration: 2 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Location details: Coming from the west, passing over manhattan and heading east (slightly southeast.)

Shape: Star
Explanation: Starlink - Probable
Characteristics: Lights on object

A line of 10 or more stars that moved in a line and suddenly vanished one by one above out heads.

"My wife and I were on our rooftop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, when my wife noticed a string of lights high in the sky, moving rapidly. I exclaimed, "Wow, I think that's Starlink!" I quickly reached for my Sky Guide app and opened it, but to my surprise, Starlink did not appear on the app.

Just as the lights passed directly over our heads, they began to vanish one by one, disappearing into the night sky, very near the star Rastaban.

Intrigued, I immediately went downstairs and checked the Starlink tracker, only to find that Starlink satellites were nowhere near this part of the planet at that time."

NUFORC Note:

Even though Sky Guide and the Starlink Tracker did not indicate anything, this sounds very much like Starlink.

Posted 2023-09-10