Moving west-ish slowly until it vanished. Took 2 or 3 minutes to disappear

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  2. I saw it too. Have been googling. The only thing seems to be a space x rocket dumping fuel? Cheshire here.

  3. Someone’s launched a rocket, I did look at some logs and seen one was supposed to go from Norway today but was cancelled

  4. I saw it too, no idea what it is but it disappeared quite quickly too

  5. looks like someone just hyperspaced outta there (did you ever play elite 2 frontier?)

  7. Definitely looks like a failed rocket launch that’s spiralled, leaking gases/fuel

  10. Local Facebook is abuzz with it. Falcon 9 exhaust. 

  11. I watched as it passed slowly over Corby a few minutes ago, but I couldn’t get a decent picture.
    But definitely reminds me of the similar event from the last couple of years ago, of something that looked almost identical to this passing over Norway 🇳🇴. That if I recall was ascribed to a rocket or large missile launch

  13. This is a second stage of a rocket (probably SpaceX) venting its fuel after doing its job. By venting, they’re trying to prevent the cryogenic fuels from boiling off, building up pressure, exploding the tank, and creating space debris.

    r/spacexlounge would be a good place to discuss with rocket enthusiasts more knowledgeable than I am.

  14. Alec Steele just finished his spaceship, nothing to worry about

  23. I’ve never seen one before – no one has – but I’m guessing it’s a white hole.

  25. Looks like part of a swastika…probably Space X related

  26. Just saw it in London! cant see anything their usually, must have been stunning out where its actually dark.

  28. Portal to another dimension, quite usual over Slough.

  29. It’s an upper atmosphere reflection of the USA buffering.

  30. Northern hemisphere. Failed launch . Starting to get Moonraker vibes here.

  35. Rocket launch from Florida [https://www.spacelaunchschedule.com/launch/falcon-9-block-5-nrol-69/](https://www.spacelaunchschedule.com/launch/falcon-9-block-5-nrol-69/)

    Here you can see the trajectory and time it went over the UK and Europe [https://flightclub.io/result/3d?llId=c985cc7c-25ce-4bff-81ba-3b07334dae42](https://flightclub.io/result/3d?llId=c985cc7c-25ce-4bff-81ba-3b07334dae42)

    It first passed over at 18.10, and would have made this spiral from the exhaust plumes on it’s second turn around the Earth, 90 minutes or so later.

    Google image search “falcon 9 spiral” will show similar images.

    Very cool, I wish I had known I would have popped outside to see it

  36. Was on Ilkley moor just now me and my mate freaked the fuck out couldn’t even take a picture

  37. I KNEW I wasn’t going mad when I saw this! Thank you!

    At first I thought it might have been the moon behind a cloud.

  45. What are you all on about? That is quite clearly a swirl
    Maybe a swoosh

  46. That is the constellation Leo.

    Or the Borg.

    Or a falcon 9 exhaust plume.

    My money is on clangers.

  49. I saw this too?! I assumed it was a star and cloud formation?!

  50. Someone posted the same in my local FB group in west Suffolk

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