Circle over Santa Clarita, CA
Resolved to a known cause by an investigating body, with the identification on the record.
The report, as filed
Coming in, it Looked like a shooting star almost … had a long fire tail behind it… once it stopped burning it just continued flying… almost looked like a satellite but was red. It didn’t blink lights like a normal aircraft. Also thought it had to do with SpaceX since I am in California. Was able to get a small clip of it and a few pictures. SpaceX Starlink-97 (6-20) launch from Vandenburg [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177404). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-08-04 → 2023-08-21
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October 28, 2023 · 6:24 AM · SPHERE
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July 9, 2022 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
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October 23, 2020 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
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March 5, 2020 · 6:00 PM · OTHER
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November 20, 2019 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
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October 24, 2019 · 1:00 AM · SPHERE
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