One explanation that has been offered is that the pilots observed reflections off of Starlink satellites.
Scientist and researcher Douglas Buettner, who led a study on similar sightings in 2022, told KTVB that the lights were likely Starlink satellites. These satellites, launched by SpaceX to provide broadband internet, are known to cause bright flares when sunlight reflects off them.
‘Literally all it is – it's the sun hits the satellite just right, and it is being reflected back into your eye,’ explained Buettner, deputy chief scientist of the Acquisition Innovation Research Center at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
While Buettner believes satellite flares are the most probable explanation for the Oregon sightings, he emphasized the need for clearer video and additional data to rule out other possibilities.
‘I've had two other people look at it, and they say it is consistent with Starlink,’ he added.
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Pilots never ever report UFO's! Its the kiss of death for their employment. Once they do no one else will ever hire them. It's an unwritten rule that they can't talk about UAP or UFO's.
If they do and they did here,it's not a reflection, they know what they see!! It's either ours or ET's. If they reference craft going in and out of the water the design is for us to believe that its ET's flying saucers back and forth from underwater bases which have been known for decades.
Why now only days before the criminal regime leaves office? Add in everything else they are doing. Such as,selling off Wall inventory/sections, spending the last dollar, trying their best to get WW III off to a better start, issuing pardons for anything that's alive, on and on.
It all fits a pattern.