# @startribune on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C0crErRMzRy
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29144037-startribune-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5564c19e67.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-12-04T22:33:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Star Tribune (@StarTribune) — https://gondola.cc/StarTribune

## Caption

It's a specific, unsettling feeling that comes when you look up at the night sky and see a train of bright lights speeding across the heavens.

When it happens, people often wonder if it's a sign of UFO activity — like one person last week who saw a video of the phenomenon in the west metro.

"Anyone else see the UFO a bit ago? Got this video sent to me from someone going west on Highway 212 between Eden Prairie and Chanhassen. He says it was a line of lights that disappeared," a post on X said.

The line of bright lights isn't a sign of life from some unknown planet; they are satellites from Starlink, the internet service from SpaceX.

"It's the craziest thing, if you didn't know what it was," said Peter Peterson, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Minnesota Duluth, who uses Starlink for home internet. "It looks like 60 stars in a conga line, basically moving really fast."

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story by Greta Kaul. Photo of Starlink satellites in 2020 by Bob King. #Minnesota #TheXFiles

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Star Tribune | @StarTribune | https://gondola.cc/StarTribune | Newspaper |
| Ashley Miller | @ashleyamiller | https://gondola.cc/ashleyamiller | Social Manager |

## Tags

thexfiles, minnesota

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