I saw a stream of 6 to 8 pink / firework-looking comet tails streak across the night sky directly above my driveway, flying from West to East (that's the direction of my driveway... unless you're pulling in)
At first, I thought it was a large airplane, flying low above us (as if coming in for a landing), but the path was flying straight East - toward the lake rather than south toward the airport. Also, when I opened my car door and stepped out there was no sound at all coming from the phenomenon.
On further inspection, the lights were not coming from the ends of a vessel (tail and wing tips, etc.), but it was lines, in the shape of a long hull (thus thinking I saw something like a plane - a tube of some sort). The brightest lights came from the center of the 'vessel', so I thought in the end maybe the shape was just made up of comet trails themselves.
I had stepped out to pull the Hyundai into the driveway (just over an hour ago), and happened to look up through the sunroof. It appeared, and I tracked it, and stepped out of the car (remembered to put it back in Park!) to get a better look at it through the branches, and then between the treelines in the middle of the road.
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29 January 2025 - 10:24am
Ok, mystery solved - it was a falling satellite: Starlink-5693
Elon is hacking my night sky now...
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