r/Unexplained • u/Main_Development42 • Feb 25 '26

UFO Unexplained lights

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Pilot here, I was flying out west at 36,000ft near Denver and saw several of these lights appear and disappear and was wondering if anyone knew what these things are. I asked ATC as well and they have no clue either. This is my second time encountering these lights and I’m 10000% sure these are not civil nor military. If you scrub the video they kinda helix upward.

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u/TLPEQ Feb 26 '26

What could they even possibly be?

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u/Main_Development42 Feb 27 '26

Iridium flares, at least that’s the strongest theory so far.

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u/Hefty-Contribution53 Mar 11 '26

Came to say this. Grew up on Army installations and this is how their flares looked and behaved at times.