What Were Those Lights In The Sky In Concord On Christmas Evening?

CONCORD, NH — Granite Staters looking up at the stars on Christmas night and seeing a string of lights in the sky have Elon Musk to thank for their curiosity.

With all the headlines surrounding strange drones around the country, it was only a matter of time before some sightings occurred in New Hampshire. The Granite State has always been a hotbed of activity regarding UFO (or now, UAP) sightings. But in the case of the lights on Christmas evening, there was a different explanation.

Around 6:30 p.m., a Patch reader saw a trail of lights across the skies of Concord while driving on Interstate 393 and began video recording them. According to the witness, after several moments, the lights either dimmed or moved up into the sky. Other sightings of the lights were reported around the state, according to posts online.

It turns out the lights were SpaceX’s Starlink satellites.

According to the SpaceX Starlink Satellites Tracker, residents could have seen two strings of satellites across New Hampshire on Christmas night. The first was around 4:55 p.m., moving southwest to east, while the second was around 5:31 p.m., moving west to southeast.

The tracker stated some parts of New Hampshire can see the trail moving from west to east around 5:02 p.m. on Friday, west to east around 5:08 p.m. on Saturday, and west to east around 5:15 p.m. on Sunday. The sightings will last around 5 minutes. These three sightings are expected to have “good visibility.”

Another upcoming sighting of a different set of SpaceX satellites, with “average visibility,” will be at 6:10 a.m. Monday, for about 4 minutes. According to the tracker, that trail will be traveling northwest to southeast.

Do you have a news tip? Please email it to tony.schinella@patch.com. View videos on Tony Schinella's YouTube.com channel or Rumble.com channel. Follow the NH politics Twitter account @NHPatchPolitics for all our campaign coverage.