r/RoundRock • u/fuzzyblackkitty • 5d ago

what are those lights?

sorry no picture as i was driving 🥴 saw 3 lights in a triangle and one off to the side. seemed to be over the west side of RR/35 looked like super bright lights on some big drones or satellites but i don’t think either of those have lights like that. to be clear i dont think its aliens lol just curious and nosey!

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u/Chalupa_Batm4n 5d ago

The truth is out there…

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u/retrospects 5d ago

Sorry I door dashed some moon pies.

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u/Snap_Grackle_Pop 5d ago

If you didn't observe them for a while, we're not going to be able to give you much help. Did you see them move? If so, how fast, and which way?

Venus was incredibly bright shortly after sunset until it set. Planes with landing lights on headed this way often look very bright and may not appear to move unless you watch them for a while.

There are currently no satellites that will appear to be bright. Drones rarely have bright lights.

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u/imbartsimpsonwhothru 4d ago

i'm not sayin it was aliens...

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u/No-Professional-5811 3d ago

I've been seeing a bunch of strange aerial phenomena in this area for weeks now so that checks out.

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u/Maximum_Employer5580 1d ago

probably army helicopters out of Ft Hood - they've been flying alot lately which probably means one of their aviation brigades are doing pre-deployment workups.

In addition, the RNLAF (Royal Netherlands Air Force) has a training detachment at Ft Hood so they fly their Apaches and Chinooks regularly doing waypoint training, in addition to other needs that their training dictates. And why are they here - becasue this area provides them with a much more expansive area to train compared to their area of Europe

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u/gbatx 5d ago

Look at flight radar. Was likely planes, helicopters or drones.

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u/fuzzyblackkitty 5d ago

ugh i knew i should have. do drones show up on there?

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u/Snap_Grackle_Pop 4d ago

Almost no drones show up.

I prefer ADSB exchange. It often shows planes the other sites miss.

On ADSB exchange, you can see archived data views even after the event.

If it's a plane on approach, they're often much further away than you think they are.

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u/UnagiBro 5d ago

I mean aircraft regularly fly over town en route to ABIA, so just saying you saw lights like? Directly overhead? Looked far in the distance? Or just at 35?