— Kildare Weather (@KildareMet) October 29, 2025 Social media platforms lit up with accounts of the phenomenon. One resident in Skibbereen recorded a 45-second clip revealing a shifting halo around the object and no audible engine noise. So, uh, I just saw this in the sky over the bay here in west Cork 🤔 pic.twitter.com/MBNcKpH3ew — April Danann – Nature Rebel Apothecary (@DanannSpl4ces) October 29, 2025 UFO sighted in Connemara Co Galway Ireland #ufo #ireland pic.twitter.com/BuArwtgJuG The phenomenon has been attributed to SpaceX’s penultimate Falcon 9 rocket launch of October, which flew from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station around lunchtime on Wednesday. The Starlink 10‑37 mission carried 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimised satellites into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 occurred at 4:35 p.m. Irish time, with the satellites deployed roughly an hour into the mission. Share this WeathÉire story: Source: https://weatheire.com/news/space/2025/10/29/spacex-falcon-launch-fuels-mystery-ufo-light-show-over-ireland/