Mystery bright object in Irish skies likely to be from SpaceX rocket debris

A mysterious bright object spotted in Irish skies was likely the debris from an Elon Musk rocket, experts have said.

The strange burst of light seen from various parts of Ireland on Wednesday night had surprised many people who questioned its origin.

It was described as having a “halo”, and of moving at “slightly varying speed” by some on social media platform X.

Experts and amateur stargazers deduced the distracting light was the ejection of fuel from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launched from Florida on Wednesday.

SpaceX, owned by tech billionaire and world’s richest man Mr Musk, operate a series of low-earth orbit satellites for Starlink, an international satellite telecommunications service.

The bright light was said to be caused by the process of excess rocket fuel being ejected and freezing, then reflecting light back to earth.

The path and the trajectory of the rocket matches the reported sightings over Ireland, experts said.

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