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Re:UFOs spotted off Irish coast under investigation by speeq on Monday November 12, 2018 @11:35PM (#18438620)
Maybe it's something from the recent Rocket Lab launch?
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Re:UFOs spotted off Irish coast under investigation by gnulinux on Monday November 12, 2018 @11:44PM (#18438658)
Seems extremely unlikely air traffic control wouldn't know of it, since it's potentially a >200-casualty mistake if it hits a commercial airline.
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Re:UFOs spotted off Irish coast under investigation by Ono-Sendai on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @07:33AM (#18440451)
The rocket lab launch was south from New Zealand - and there aren't many planes flying around down there as far as I know.

I'm guessing only the final stage would still be airborne/in space once it orbited around to populated areas. And the second/final stage should be deliberately de-orbited for exactly this reason, right?

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