Object filmed over Mexico, Puerto Rico, Hondura, El Salvador...Starlink? Space x?

[ManInBlack]

An object has been seen over several country's. Several images and videos have surfaced overnight.

Current reports suggest it is a Space X launch.

 

[John J.]

Google translation of the Instagram post by trunkiland 14 Nov. 2026, link in OP

In different parts of Latin America, like Mexico, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Colombia, hundreds of people were left stunned on the night of Friday, November 13, when they saw a mysterious glowing ship crossing the sky, leaving a huge trail of white light that looked like it came out of a science fiction movie. The strange phenomenon caused moments of panic, amazement, and confusion among witnesses, who grabbed their phones to record videos that quickly went viral on social media, sparking theories about UFOs, alien invasions, and other unexplained phenomena. However, the mystery has already been solved: it was Starship, the gigantic spacecraft from SpaceX, Elon Musk's company, which was making its fifteenth test flight from Texas, United States. Its spectacular appearance happened because the gases expelled by its engines were illuminated by the sunlight at high altitude, creating an impressive bright trail visible from different countries.

SpaceX's Starship flight 15 launched from Texas at 16:47 Central Standard Time (CNN says 17:47 EST https://edition.cnn.com/2026/11/13/science/live-news/spacex-starship-flight-15-ship-catch), 13 November 2026.
The SpaceX website gives a timeline of flight events (stage ignitions, separations etc.), with liftoff as 00:00:00 (without giving corresponding clock times).
SpaceX, Starship Flight 15 https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-15

Interestingly (although probably not relevant to the UFO sightings) the summary mentions problems with the first stage, which does not appear to have been retrieved intact but this doesn't feature in the timeline,

00:06:35 Super Heavy landing burn shutdown and catch

Can't help but think SpaceX could afford to pay someone to check and update its webpage as the mission progressed, or soon after.

I don't know what time the videos in the OP were taken. Confident some of you guys will be able to find a graphic showing the rocket's course.