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May 08, 2022 - 11:19 AM
The Lillooet RCMP responded to reports of a strange object in the sky last month, only to determine the unusual occurrence was likely a StarLink satellite.
On April 29 at 11 p.m. a woman reported she was camping and saw "a strange thing in the sky that was not an aircraft or a star, it flew strangely and the lights were dashes."
Police looked outside and observed nothing out of the ordinary, according to a report from the RCMP.
The camper said she was at the B.C. Hydro campsite when she saw what she initially thought was a shooting star with a "long tail to it" but the tail did not dissipate. She was looking toward Mt. Mclean, the RCMP reported.
"The very bright light came from the West side of Seton Lake and went directly over her, then took a straight path like an air plane, at the speed of an air plane but there were no flashing lights," according to the RCMP.
She claimed it was too long to be an airplane and the lights were like dashes. The unknown object went east over town and disappeared behind the clouds. She wasn't wearing her glasses, but was adamant it was not a plane nor a star.
Police believed the lights were possibly a StarLink satellite internet constellation and were unable to take any further action, they said.
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