Posted on 09/01/2023 7:30:50 PM PDT by mills044
Hello freepers, need some help figuring out what my wife and i just saw in the nighttime skies over rural western wisconsin. To be honest we are a bit stunned and baffled:
At approximately 8:56pm central time, we were standing on our lake dock after closing up chicken coop for the night. My wife looked up and westward into the clear night sky:
"look, a satellite - wait, another...now another"
In total, 23 total "satellites" went from west to east directly overhead. They were perfectly spaced out, and in a perfect line (precision). zero sound. i say "satellite" because they moved just like you would see a nighttime satellite, a steady light traveling smoothly with zero sound and no blinking.
The formation disappeared on the east horizon within approx 60 seconds of us seeing them.
After about 10 minutes of gawking upwards we the noticed a contrail marking the path they had traveled. Interestingly, the contrail “start” point did not extend back to western origination horizon, but instead started roughly over our approximate rural area- my only theory is it’s as if as they entered our atmosphere roughly by our town.
Elon musk? Military? there is a military base approximately 90 min SE from us, but was not in the direction of the objects’ flight path.
Appreciate any ideas or info! Freegards-
Phillies lost.
Starlink.
Yep. Hillary’s glad you noticed! Bill? Not so much.
Republican Space Rangers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwCGwDofPeg
Considering the current state of mankind I’m sure that if there are aliens cruising the ether in their UFOs they lock the doors when they pass near planet Earth.
You saw the Starlink train - one of the wonders of the Elon Musk World!
Dang, I didn’t know another batch was in view. Here’s how to find them:
A recently launched (yesterday) StarLink satellite “cluster:” is over the Midwest states right now:
https://satellitemap.space/?norad=48119
https://findstarlink.com/#5279436;3
Yesterdays launch: https://www.youtube.com/live/iFY7mtzsNKo?si=O4rgPOp1NsoooqIB&t=389
The newly launched satellites play “follow the leader” in a line until they re-deploy to their semi-permanent orbital positions.
(So “Musk”) ;-)
Satellites become less visible as they reach their assigned orbits. As for me, I live in the Orlando area and can go in the backyard and, depending on cloud cover, often get to see the boosters climb out after launch.
By Daisy Dobrijevic published April 21, 2023
Starlink satellites are visible from Earth, you just need to know when and where to look.
You may want to watch https://youtu.be/p2hk8Qp8dd0 it explains which ones may be real and which ones are not. It may be a little lengthy but this subject is extensive and not easily explained in just a few short minutes. But it will be worth your while.
Doesn’t sound unusual to me.👽
To me, either. 👾
Nothing to see here, let’s go home. 🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸
Thanks for the link explaining StarLink. I never heard of it.
Those are starlink satellites. That said, Honorary Quix ping. (Although he was abducted some time ago).
My cousin and her mom thought they saw us UFOs. My mom showed my aunt pictures of the starlink satellites and my aunt confirmed it was starlink after all.
🛸. 👽
I’m purely jealous. Where I live we used to be able to see satellites, but now the urban light pollution has gotten so bad we’re lucky to see constellations.
Are the Starlink satellites good for work purposes? Databases and Zoom calls, fast as lightning response time?
Hughes net takes for ever just downloading YouTube videos and other hi definition content.
Don’t forget the tourist souvenirs. T-shirts, plastic mugs and pictures.
From the interwebs:
“While Starlink’s downloads can be fast, its upload speeds are much slower than LCWA, usually well less than 10Mbps. That can affect Zoom video sessions where you are streaming the video up to others. Or if you upload big work files it will feel very slow.”
Ha.
“No Intelligent Life Here” and “Beam Me Up” and “Danger, Will Robinson!” are always good sellers.
Camp Douglas is an active Air National Guard base that is by Wisconsin Dells. Maybe some aircraft?
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