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This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

UFO. Netherlands

ID	#1610962507
Added	Mon, 18/01/2021
Author	July N.
Sources	ufomeldpunt.nl
Phenomena	UFO
Status	Hypothesis

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Incident date:

17.01.2021 23:00

Location:

Маарссен

Netherlands

An eyewitness from the town of Maarssen reports:

I see this phenomenon quite often-if the weather is favorable : I look at a dark point between the visible stars, and then suddenly there is a bright glowing light in it, which also goes out very quickly. But after a while, the same thing can be seen in the same place.

There are other phenomena that I don't understand. Obviously, it's only visible an hour after sunset, and sometimes there are a few flashes, as I call them.

On dark evenings and clear skies, I like to look - and sometimes for several hours - at the starry sky and recognize many movements in it. But that - and the moving lights that usually go from south to north-was and remains strange.

Original news

MAARSSEN, UT — Ik zie dit verschijnsel best vaak - als het weer meewerkt: ik staar naar een donker punt tussen de zichtbare sterren en dan is er plotseling een fel oplichtend licht in dat ook heel snel uitdooft. Maar een poosje later is hetzelfde te zien op dezelfde plek. En er zijn nog meer verschijnselen die ik niet begrijp. Het is uiteraard alleen zichtbaar minimaal een uur na zonsondergang en soms zijn er meerdere flitsen - zoals ik ze noem. Ik kijk op donkere avonden en heldere luchten graag - en soms een paar uur achterelkaar - naar de sterrenhemel en herken een flink aantal bewegingen erin. Maar dit - en ook bewegende lichtjes die meestal van zuid naar noord gaan - verschijnsel is en blijft vreemd.

Hypotheses

List of versions containing features matching the eyewitness descriptions or material evidence

Satellite

Ordinary satellites, which often look like single, not very bright luminous dots moving smoothly in the night sky, are quite often mistaken for UFOs. After the Starlink satellites (near-Earth satellite systems developed by SpaceX, in order to create a cheap and high-performance satellite Internet communication channel and technical transmitters for receiving and transmitting signals from earth and orbit) were launched, it became possible to observe groups of satellites (up to 60 pieces) flying one after another.

Events

Rocket launches (from space.skyrocket.de)

Site: () Vehicle: LauncherOne Payload: CACTUS 1 ExoCube 2 MiTEE 1 PolarCube Q-PACE (SIMPLEx 2) TechEdSat 7 (TES 7) CAPE 3 RadFxSat 2 (Fox 1E, Evolution, AO 109, AMSAT-OSCAR 109) PICS 1 PICS 2 Prometheus 2.8 Prometheus 2.11