WHAT DID YOU SEE?

Turn a strange light into an evidence trail.

Describe the exact place, time and motion. We separate meteor, satellite, Starlink, aircraft, rocket/reentry, bright object and aurora patterns — then show which public sources support or fail to support each explanation.

Identify my sighting See what is happening now

✓ No account✓ Source timestamps✓ Missing data stays missing

CHECKING LAYERSBehavior + time + location

NASA/JPL fireballs
ADSB.lol current aircraft
NOAA space weather
Launch Library 2
CelesTrak catalog context
Local calculations

EVIDENCE CHECKER

Tell us what you saw.

Your time and coordinates are used for this request only. No account or sighting profile is created.

WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT

A result is only as good as its timestamp.

Live-only data is time-gated

We do not use a plane currently overhead to explain something you saw yesterday.

No “no record = no event” trick

CNEOS does not list every visible meteor. Missing data remains unknown.

Ranked fit, not fake certainty

The score describes fit, not a statistical probability.

COMMON SIGHTINGS

Start with the pattern you actually saw.

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What Was That Light in the Sky?

Separate aircraft, satellites, meteors, planets, aurora and atmospheric effects from observable clues.

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Satellite or Plane? How to Tell at Night

Compare satellite motion with aircraft strobes, apparent speed, direction and current ADS-B context.

Open guide →MULTIPLE LIGHTS

Starlink or UFO? The Line-of-Lights Test

Why evenly spaced lights often point to Starlink deployment trains, and which observations do not fit.

Open guide →STREAKS & BREAKUPS

Meteor or Space Debris Reentry?

Use duration, fragmentation, speed and fireball/launch data to separate two dramatic sky events.

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Green Fireball: What the Color Can and Cannot Tell You

Understand why green meteors happen and why color alone cannot identify a fireball.

Open guide →LONG-TAIL CHECK

Line of Lights in the Sky Tonight

A checklist for Starlink trains, aircraft formations, lanterns and perspective effects.

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