A line of bright lights appeared in the night sky over parts of Yorkshire on Tuesday and many people were left ‘gobsmacked’ and ‘truly baffled’ by what they saw
A mysterious string of lights streaking across the night sky has baffled residents throughout Yorkshire – with some even claiming it could be Santa. The peculiar formation, displaying a sequence of bright dots stretching high above, was spotted on Tuesday evening (December 9), reports Yorkshire Live.
Many people across East Yorkshire and West Yorkshire captured images of the phenomenon and shared them online, desperately seeking answers about what they’d witnessed. One bewildered witness posted on Hull Traffic and Travel: “Not traffic related, unless you fly… but saw lights over Ryehill… now question is did anyone else see the lights… I’ve Googled it and apparently could be satellite. At first glance I thought oh look a high crane in field then realised it wasn’t.. Then for maybe 2 seconds no way its Santa… guessing I watch too much of Miracle on 34th Street.
“Anyway hope someone else saw um, if not I feel stupid. Reason I posted this… am totally gobsmacked how low it was.”
A fellow witness replied: “I saw them coming back down a63 to hull moving fast as well I was travelling at speed if they were all individual objects they were moving synchronised. If it was a single object it was very big. Truly baffling, the mind wonders.”
Meanwhile, another puzzled resident shared a clearer photograph in a Golcar Facebook group, simply asking: “What is this? Just seen in Golcar! !” Additional locals posted their own images and speculated the lights might be Starlink satellites.
Starlink satellites can be spotted from the UK following a launch and often create a brilliant chain of lights as they move into their orbital positions. SpaceX deploys these satellites to enhance internet connectivity.
The news comes as we reported how British children are worried that the man in red won’t drop by this year because modern homes aren’t Santa friendly.
New research found 85% of children question how St Nick drops off stockings stuffed with presents when there is no obvious way in and out of the house.
One in four children worry about not having a chimney for Santa to come down while 33% fear security systems will mean they’ll miss out.
To ease these concerns 79% resort to staging scenes featuring everything from special keys to snowy bootprints to keep the magic of Santa alive, while 73% have turned to tech to help out.
Research by British Gas also found that parents are hugely stressed at Christmas with 82% feeling under pressure to make the festive season flawless.