Probable conventional

Circle over Canberra, AUSTRALI · Australia

A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.

The report, as filed

While on a patrol of work site I happen to look up just as a line of perfectly straight line and evenly spaced, there were more than 10 white lights of even sizes moving across the sky from West to East at approx 0515 on the 09-10-2023. moving to fast to be conventional aircraft [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178734). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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