Circle over Saint Hedwig, TX
Resolved to a known cause by an investigating body, with the identification on the record.
The report, as filed
Me and my family were night fishing and all of a sudden saw white/blue circle kind of thing spinning in the air as it was moving, and then before it seemed to turn and leave it blew out white smoke. Falcon 9 Starlink-101 (6-11) SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177841). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-08-23 → 2023-09-09