Bookmark As seen from a plane's cockpit (Image: @TierneyOisin / X) Stargazers across County Cork and beyond have been left baffled by a strange, 'fast-moving UFO' in the night sky. The bizarre lights have been widely reported on social media from accounts across Munster , with weather expert Alan O'Reilly — behind the popular X account Carlow Weather — saying his notifications "lit up" with people flagging sightings. In a post online, he shared a video of the light and said it's being described as a "big object with a light in front but no noise and moving very quickly." One follower shared a better, higher-quality snap from the cockpit of a flight heading into Cork Airport and said it looked triangular in shape "with the bottom of the triangle looking quite bright." Spotted from a flight heading into Cork Airport (Image: @TierneyOisin / X) Social media commenters were quick to churn out theories to give a rational explanation for the lights — rather than jumping straight into panic over an "alien invasion." Some pointed out that it looked like rocket fuel — which, from the video shown above, could well be the explanation. We've seen how these chemicals can look in the night's sky before, previously causing a mini-galaxy-like blue swirl to appear over Munster. Rockets are known to dump excess fuel when in space to help decrease their weight. When this is done at high altitudes, the fuel turns to ice and in turn catches the sunlight — creating a cool glow that can be seen from Earth. And this theory looks much more plausible when you consider that a SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket — carrying more of Elon Musk's Starlink satellites — was launched earlier today. The big blast-off occurred at approximately 4.35pm Irish time from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. You can check out the launch below. Musk and his team have caused 'UFO panic' in the Rebel County on a number of occasions already this year. Another example was the 'strange UFO fires' glimpsed over the Southside back in February, which were moving across the sky and leaving a trail of fire behind them. Most of SpaceX's Starlink satellites last between 5-7 years — so when this latest batch of satellites starts to die off at around 2030, don't panic if we start getting a spate of sudden UFO sightings over Cork! Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Follow Cork Beo Source: https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/watch-flight-landing-cork-airport-32777214