The night of 2026-09-08
A quiet night, even though a Starlink train has been visible since its launch 59 hours ago, which is the most commonly reported "string of lights" there is.
Measured
| independent people marking something | 0 |
| marks in total | 0 |
| a normal night, whole record | 0.76 |
What was genuinely in the sky
- A Starlink train was visible: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-24, launched 59 hours before. The most commonly reported "string of lights" there is.
- A geomagnetic storm was in progress, Kp 5: aurora reached latitudes that rarely see it.
- The moon was waning, 9% lit.
Spiking online
- Unexplained booms: 2.91x its usual attention
Talked about that day
- The hat man and the old hag: 100+ public posts
- Someone in the room: 51 public posts
- Glitches in the matrix: 5 public posts
- Orbs and strange lights: 5 public posts
- Dreams that will not stay dreams: 3 public posts
- Shadow people: 2 public posts
- Unexplained booms: 2 public posts
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