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!!