  Over the past several years, the misidentification of SpaceX Starlink
satellites as Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) by pilots and laypersons has
generated unnecessary aviation risk and confusion. The many deployment and
orbital evolution strategies, coupled with changing sun specular reflection
angles, contribute to this gap in space situational awareness. In this paper we
present a case analysis of an incident that generated multiple, corroborating
reports of a UAP from five pilots on two commercial airline flights over the
Pacific Ocean on August 10th, 2022. This incident included two cell phone
photos and a video of an unrecognizable and possibly anomalous phenomenon. We
then use supplemental two-line elements (TLEs) for the Starlink train of
satellites launched that same day and Automatic Dependent Surveillance
Broadcast (ADS-B) data from the flight with the photographs to reconstruct a
view of these satellites from the cockpit at the time and place of the
sighting. The success of this work demonstrates an approach that could, in
principle, warn aviators about satellites that could be visible in unusual or
novel illumination configurations, thus increasing space situational awareness
and supporting aviation safety. We conclude with recommendations for
governments and satellite operators to provide better a-priori data that can be
used to create advisories to aviators and the public. The automated simulation
of known specular reflection off constellations of satellites could also
support researchers investigating sightings of unfamiliar aerial or aerospace
objects as likely being from normal versus novel space events.
