Other over Mellieha, Mellieħa, Malta
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
This object appeared quite high in the sky there are always aircraft flying in the night sky (non at the time of the sighting) coming into Malta Airport the object was a lot higher than local air traffic It was its length that caught our eye and the fact it was at least 4-5 times the length of any aircraft flying at that height its speed was that of an aircraft Not fast but again not slow and flying in a different direction to local aircraft traffic a local witness told us the direction it was travelling Malta towards Sicily As it was dark the shape of the object couldn't be identified it was like a worm with white lights. The lights were the same size and distance apart without noise or any other flashing lights or power source as it went into the distance the lights slowly disappeared merged to one as it disappeared into the night sky [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175638). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.