- A strange light formation was seen in the sky above Salt Lake City on Saturday
- Videos taken around 8pm show the lights zooming through the night sky
- According to a NASA expert they were likely caused by a satellite breaking up
A strange light formation was spotted in the sky above Salt Lake City on Saturday night.
Videos taken around 8pm of the sky above the Utah city show a mysterious scattering of lights in flying through the sky.
And while the lights can most likely be explained as a satellite breaking up in orbit – the unusual sight prompted questions of shooting stars and UFOs.
A strange light formation was spotted in the sky above Salt Lake City on Saturday night
In one of the videos, one large spot of light soars through the air before it breaks off into several smaller spots of lights.
A second video, however, shows at least four lights flying through the sky, all a similar size and shape and going roughly the same speed.
Based on descriptions, Patrick Wiggins, the NASA Ambassador to UTAH, told FOX 13 that the lights might have come from a satellite that broke up in orbit.
He told the station he’d been told a satellite could break up Saturday night.
Based on descriptions, Patrick Wiggins, the NASA Ambassador to UTAH, told FOX 13 that the lights might have come from a satellite that broke up in orbit
However, people on social media had their own explanations.
One woman explained that they were probably just lanterns that went rogue during a Lights Festival in a nearby town.
And the most popular speculation was whether or not the lights could come from alien life-forms or UFOs.