Lights in the sky, Starlink?

[rxt]

Hi all, commercial pilot in EU and recorded this on Jan 25th...I presume its starlink flaring...
Regards.


Source: https://youtu.be/7jAeKBiVzm8si=td1BzDnhpIzE0_qu

 

[flarkey]

Hi, yes it looks just like the Racetrack UAP / Starlink flares that pilots have been seeing for the last few years. If you're able to share your flight number (or rough location) and the original video file (or exact time of the video) we can probably recreate the exact patterns of the lights in the Sitrec software.

Edit, ah the time is here:

Position: Not too far from LFBP

https://uk.flightaware.com/live/airport/LFBP

https://www.chatbase.co/chatbot-iframe/jm08ypN4zneL5S7wU2QOD - "25 jan 2026, 8.47pm UTC Zaragosa Spain"

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?replay=2026-01-25-20:47&lat=41.649&lon=-0.889&zoom=9.0

So possibly this Ryanair flight: EI-IHR ... ?

Edit- i got the flight wrong. Destination is Toulouse LFBO

... so the aircraft has to be EI-GJT.

Flight parameters match... 36000ft 434kts

 

[flarkey]

Starlink flares would have been visible towards the port side of your aircraft

sitrec: https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?custom=https://sitrec.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/15857/Ryanair Jan 25/20260221_205116.js
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Edit - i think this is synced with the video: (now with the camera on EI-GJT it syncs perfectly, even with the visible strobe of EC-ONR passing at 20:47:17hrs.

https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?custom=https://sitrec.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/15857/Ryanair Jan 25/20260221_205116.js

 

[rxt]

Thanks for the detailed explanation!!

 

[Giddierone]

I was in Manchester, UK on 15 Feb and saw a number of flaring satellites in the same position in the sky over about a 10 minute period around 18:45, looking South West. It was (similar to what is shown in the "How to see deployed Starlink "Racetrack" flares" thread here #142).
I only have a defocussed cell phone footage, (see zoomed, and looped version below) but each flare was about as bright as Jupiter for around a second. You could also make out the satellite movement just before the flare.
What's the best way to identify what I saw?

 

[FatPhil]

I only have a defocussed cell phone footage, (see zoomed, and looped version below) but each flare was about as bright as Jupiter for around a second. You could also make out the satellite movement just before the flare.

A Generic Top Tip: if you don't have focus, zoom out rather than in. Zooming in makes things worse, as the depth of field is reduced at an increased focal length. (DoF ~ 1/f^2)

 

[Giddierone]

A Generic Top Tip: if you don't have focus, zoom out rather than in. Zooming in makes things worse, as the depth of field is reduced at an increased focal length. (DoF ~ 1/f^2)

It was zoomed out, just not focused. But, also my phone is a bit crap.