Just saw this in the sky. Pretty sure it’s either a natural thing or made by humans, but I’ve never seen anything quite like this and to me it’s technically unidentified. My friend thought it was something from space x, but I’ve filmed many launches and they don’t look like this. No observables. I hope that I’ve hit 300 characters at this point but it’s hard to know what 300 characters looks like. I love you guys and I’m so sorry if everyone’s like “that’s a shooting star you jerk”
Date and time: 10:20 pm 03/16/2026
Location: Los Angeles
by LewisZYX
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Liftoff time Southbound from Vandenburg of that Starlink launch was [10:19:09 PM](https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/8178/), so the time’s almost exact. Doesn’t look “familiar” in that sense either from what’s usually the ‘Aw yeah that’s just SpaceX’, but I imagine the California coast should’ve seen something around that time. Someone else did just post something a couple minutes before you, too.
***Edit//*** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze1fm2JqnEI#t=20m20s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze1fm2JqnEI#t=20m20s) From one of the livestreams of the launch, right about the timestamp (20:20 if it doesn’t work) they switch to external view.
No Mar 16 launch for SpaceX. Must be something else.
[https://www.spacelaunchschedule.com/2026-launch-schedule/page/3/](https://www.spacelaunchschedule.com/2026-launch-schedule/page/3/)
Black project spherical UAV in flames because the technician operating it let it overheat. These things contain uranium and would cause catastrophic damage if they fell from the sky.
/r/itsalwaysspacex