The night of 2026-08-21

A quiet night, even though a Starlink train has been visible since its launch 69 hours ago, which is the most commonly reported "string of lights" there is.

Measured

What was genuinely in the sky

• A Starlink train was visible: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-50, launched 69 hours before. The most commonly reported "string of lights" there is.
• A Starlink train was visible: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-39, launched 10 hours before. The most commonly reported "string of lights" there is.
• The Delta Aquariids meteor shower was active.
• The Perseids meteor shower was active.
• The moon was waxing, 64% lit. Geomagnetic activity was quiet, Kp 3.3.

Spiking online

• Dreams that will not stay dreams: 1.46x its usual attention

Talked about that day

• The hat man and the old hag: 100+ public posts
• Someone in the room: 38 public posts
• Orbs and strange lights: 11 public posts
• Glitches in the matrix: 5 public posts
• Shadow people: 4 public posts
• Dreams that will not stay dreams: 4 public posts
• Something in the woods: 1 public posts