Formation over Phippsburg, ME
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Went to the ocean to see this blue moon and my daughter was photographing it and as i sat there i was looking around to the north and see the dipper and said hey thats the big dipper that she didnt know of as i explained that its always in the north THEN we see objects coming up single file slowly as fast as a plane would go then disappear after 1 minute each in veiw all in single there was a tree in the way from where we were but we could see them about the same place as the bottom left of the dipper star.I SAID QUICK GET THEM ON YOUR CAMERA OR PHONE,,after fumbling around decided to just get them and used the phone to record.Then there was a guy that was walking that just got done fishing said wow what was that...weird...yea i think my daughter got them on her phone..i got his name and where he was from but dam cant re it either daughter or me.WE HAVE VIDEO [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177924). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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