Netizens Report ‘Mysterious Lights’ Seen Over Jammu, Punjab. Here’s The Truth Behind It

In their posts, users have shared several speculations including mysterious lights, UFO, Elon Musk owned-Starlink satellite, etc.

Mysterious lights were seen over north Indian states. People shared videos and photos on social media.

New Delhi: Netizens on Friday shared videos of “mysterious lights” seen over north Indian states particularly Punjab and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

The videos shared on social media showed a glowing slanting line in the dark sky, with social media users who shared them wondering what this “mysterious” object was.

Here are some of the tweets where netizens reported the occurrence in the night sky.

Mysterious light in air triggers panic in Rajouri, Poonch and Jammu districts this evening. pic.twitter.com/hNs1o56fuF

— Sanjay (@sanjaykumarpv) December 3, 2021

Mysterious 'Light' object seen flying in the Skies of Northern parts of India. Reportedly from #Jammu #Pathankot areas. Suspected as #SpaceX's #StarLink, #UFO & so on..

Video Credits - @OsintUpdates pic.twitter.com/eQYC08RUuH

— Arun Ramesh 🇮🇳 (@arun10venkat) December 3, 2021

Mysterious lights seen in the sky in Jammu and Punjab's Pathankot. pic.twitter.com/G5bqVOlCnQ

— सीए. नरेश ठटई 🇮🇳 (@nkthatai) December 3, 2021

Anybody spotted a weird looking object in the sky tonight? Like a flying train? #pathankot #India

— Charu Pandey (@CharuPandey31) December 3, 2021

In their posts, users have shared several speculations which particularly include it being a mysterious UFO or Elon Musk owned-SpaceX’s Starlink satellite.

Defence Sources Clarify

So what is it - a UFO or a satellite? As per news agency ANI, Defence sources have confirmed that it was indeed a satellite. 

Mysterious lights were seen over north Indian states and videos shared on social media. Defence sources confirm it was a satellite, earlier media reports say it is Elon Musk-led ‘Starlink’ satellites.

(Pic - screengrab from a video) pic.twitter.com/6Qxi33igWq

— ANI (@ANI) December 3, 2021

However, whether or not the satellite seen in the night sky was associated with Starlink is yet to be confirmed. But this at least puts a full stop to UFO and other aliens-related theories.