What the hell is this?

[RJB73]

My ds just came home and shouted out for us to come outside.

High up in the sky was this. It was slowly swirling through the sky and had little lights all the way round it. It moved across the sky and slowly faded.

We are in North Essex if that's at all relevant? I have never seen anything like this. It was quite fascinating.

Any idea?

Photo currently 'under review'!

I would assume some type of drone, though I’ve never seen one like that. Cool thing to spot!

We just saw this, in north Hertfordshire!

I saw a YouTube clip that suggested it was something to do with SpaceX?

I've was very high up.

Just seen on Facebook people all over the place saw it! Super weird.

My son just googled it and thought it could be SpaceX. Really amazing to see.

I'm in Lincolnshire, it's just been posted on our local Facebook group, it's pretty cool whatever it is!

Is it the Space X Falcon 9 that launched a couple of hours ago?

It really is, I'm so glad I saw it. Hoping to see it again tbh. It felt very Close Encounters of the Third Kind (showing my age now).

It must be.

I've read it's fuel dumped by Space X, ??

SpaceX rocket dumping fuel apparently 🤷‍♀️

I read that too - dumped fuel catching the sun light

Seen in North West as well!

That photo doesn't look real 😂

Dumped fuel is a bit of a let down. I was hoping it was something a bit more exciting.

It doesn't lol. The pic from my crappy Motorola was rubbish, this pic was from my dd's iPhone.

Went over us in the w midlands 15 mins ago.

Some cool pics on village FB page

I'm glad it's nothing more exciting to be honest.

Could not be arsed with an alien invasion right now!

It's fascinating.

The Terra Satellite, an environmental satellite.

😂

For info similar seen a couple of years back from Alaska:

https://apnews.com/article/alaska-sky-spiral-aurora-northern-lights-90e767058f328bb95bab62c3f5bed1cc

Oh I don't know. Aliens usually choose the USA as their landing place of choice. The orange one could do with being discombobulated.
😂

Nah, even aliens are boycotting the US!