<p>You saw the Starlink satellites (G5-3) launched on February 2. Here are the predictions from Heavens-Above.com for Eugene Oregon.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/08DL4.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/08DL4.png" alt="Heavens-Above.com for Eugene Oregon" /></a></p>

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2023-02-11T02:59:53.113Z
2023-02-11T02:59:53.113Z
JohnHoltz
<p>There's about a 90% chance what you saw was a bunch of Starlink satellites.</p>
<p>Even I saw it, and I live across the country from Oregon. The following image is not mine, but it does depict exactly what you're describing, and what I saw.<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/gzUUC.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/gzUUC.png" alt="Starlink satellites are seen streaking across the sky like tiny white dots." /></a></p>
<p>It's safe to say that it's a bunch of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Starlink</a> satellites and not an alien armada. Sorry for crushing your (hilarious) theory.</p>

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2023-02-11T19:52:38.283Z
Certainly I apologize for my deliberate insult, but I would point out that it was a response, that patronizing comments are also insulting, and jokes are not amusing if their object does not laugh. And my thanks to all who informed me about Starlink satellites.
workisa4letterword
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2023-02-14T16:20:04.933Z
@workisa4letterword It's ok. Honestly, people have said worse things to me.
Deko Revinio
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2023-02-10T20:17:12.050Z
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Deko Revinio
<p>As noted, these were new Starlink satellites.
As for your remark on giving the impression they are further away: unfortunately, our eyes (and minds) are not able to estimate distances of objects without reference, and with satellites, stars, and other celestial bodies, we do not have any useful reference. Even brightness cannot help, since it depends on the material that reflects the light.</p>

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2023-02-11T11:33:32.557Z
2023-02-11T11:33:32.557Z
piet
<p>My location is Cottage Grove Oregon, and last night in the sky just south of directly overhead I saw an <strong>absolutely straight</strong> line of moving lights, each light passing my eye at 3 second intervals, going from West to East. There was one break in the sequence, involving a 6 second delay.</p>
<p>Seventeen lights were visible at any one time, each a small disc reflecting the sun and about the apparent size of artificial satellites, though they gave the impression of being much further away than such satellites.</p>
<p>I did not see the start of this phenomenon, but watched until it came to an end, some 3 to 5 minutes, so I saw 60 to 100 of these things pass overhead. My immediate thought was that I was watching the alien starship fleet flyby, and expected the news media to be full of it this morning, but nothing.</p>
<p>Did anyone else see them?</p>

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2023-02-10T19:54:33.440Z
A couple of things: it is next to impossible to gauge how far away objects are when they are just point sources like that. Also, look up Starlink and see if that matches what you saw, there are quite a few of them and they often come in groups.
Justin T
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2023-02-10T19:57:11.320Z
See https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/32034/line-of-lights-moving-in-a-straight-line-with-a-few-following. It is not unusual to see this type of thing these days given how many Falcon 9 launches there are deploying these satellites.
JohnHoltz
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2023-02-10T22:32:47.870Z
Probably, after an initial assessment of our civilization [sic], they thought better of it... :)
paul garrett
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Did anyone else see this in the sky Thursday Feb 9 about 18:50 PST?
workisa4letterword
# Did anyone else see this in the sky Thursday Feb 9 about 18:50 PST?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-02-10)

My location is Cottage Grove Oregon, and last night in the sky just south of directly overhead I saw an **absolutely straight** line of moving lights, each light passing my eye at 3 second intervals, going from West to East. There was one break in the sequence, involving a 6 second delay.

Seventeen lights were visible at any one time, each a small disc reflecting the sun and about the apparent size of artificial satellites, though they gave the impression of being much further away than such satellites.

I did not see the start of this phenomenon, but watched until it came to an end, some 3 to 5 minutes, so I saw 60 to 100 of these things pass overhead. My immediate thought was that I was watching the alien starship fleet flyby, and expected the news media to be full of it this morning, but nothing.

Did anyone else see them?

**Tags:** amateur-observing

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: A couple of things: it is next to impossible to gauge how far away objects are when they are just point sources like that. Also, look up Starlink and see if that matches what you saw, there are quite a few of them and they often come in groups.  
> **username_2**: See https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/32034/line-of-lights-moving-in-a-straight-line-with-a-few-following. It is not unusual to see this type of thing these days given how many Falcon 9 launches there are deploying these satellites.  
> **username_3**: Probably, after an initial assessment of our civilization [sic], they thought better of it... :)  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2023-02-11. Score: 3

You saw the Starlink satellites (G5-3) launched on February 2. Here are the predictions from Heavens-Above.com for Eugene Oregon.

[![Heavens-Above.com for Eugene Oregon](https://i.sstatic.net/08DL4.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/08DL4.png)


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### Answer by username_4 on 2023-02-10. Score: 2

There's about a 90% chance what you saw was a bunch of Starlink satellites.

Even I saw it, and I live across the country from Oregon. The following image is not mine, but it does depict exactly what you're describing, and what I saw.[![Starlink satellites are seen streaking across the sky like tiny white dots.](https://i.sstatic.net/gzUUC.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/gzUUC.png)

It's safe to say that it's a bunch of [Starlink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink) satellites and not an alien armada. Sorry for crushing your (hilarious) theory.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Certainly I apologize for my deliberate insult, but I would point out that it was a response, that patronizing comments are also insulting, and jokes are not amusing if their object does not laugh. And my thanks to all who informed me about Starlink satellites.  
> **username_4**: @username_0 It's ok. Honestly, people have said worse things to me.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2023-02-11. Score: 1

As noted, these were new Starlink satellites.
As for your remark on giving the impression they are further away: unfortunately, our eyes (and minds) are not able to estimate distances of objects without reference, and with satellites, stars, and other celestial bodies, we do not have any useful reference. Even brightness cannot help, since it depends on the material that reflects the light.


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