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Satellite over Orlando: gliding white light, Oct 27, 2026

Orlando, Florida, US · Oct 27, 2026, 7:42 PM EDT · reported by WTH Team · 0 witnesses

Case closed: satellite pass

Sky Snapshot frozen for 7:42 PM ±15 min

NSEWISIS 1SAOCOM 1BSL-3 R/BHXMT (HUIYAN)Saturn
7:42 PM
Sky
astronomical twilight
Moon
waning gibbous, below the horizon
Planets up
Saturn (27°)
Bright stars
Arcturus (west 4°), Vega (northwest 62°), Altair (southwest 67°), Antares (southwest 8°)
Weather
overcast
Space weather
quiet (Kp 2.33)
Sunset
6:44 PM

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What the witness saw

When
Oct 27, 2026, 7:42 PM EDT
Where
Orlando, Florida, US
Looking
northwest, high in the sky
Lasted
5 minutes
Looked like
one, white, point, steady
Sound
none

Example case (staff): a single bright white light, steady, no blinking, crossed from the northwest to the southeast in about four minutes and faded out high in the sky. No sound at all.

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Ranked explanations

  1. Satellite (ISS or another bright one) Likely90%
    • +22ISIS 1, a satellite bright enough to see, was crossing your sky then, peaking 84° up.
    • +59 visible satellites were overhead in that window.
    • +15The direction you reported matches where it was.
    • +5The height in the sky matches the pass.
    • +10A steady glide across the sky is how satellites move.
    • +8The duration fits a pass.
  2. Starlink train Doesn't fit40%
    • +45A train of 5 freshly launched Starlink satellites was passing over you then.
    • -10The direction does not match the train.
    • -20A single light is not a train.
    • +10Steady, same-direction motion fits.
  3. Aircraft Doesn't fit40%
    • +10Steady straight-line travel.
    • +10The duration fits.
    • -10No blinking and no sound is unusual for an aircraft, unless it was far away.
    • ·Flight tracks for that moment will be checked when the daily ADS-B history is published.
  4. Balloon Doesn't fit33%
    • +15Silver or white and shiny fits a foil or party balloon.
    • +10Stays in view for minutes.

What we checked

  • ✓Satellites: 9 visible passes: ISIS 1, SAOCOM 1B, SL-3 R/B
  • ✓Starlink trains: train of 5
  • ✓Launches: none within 90 minutes and 2,500 km
  • –Aircraft: flight history check pending
  • ✓Planets & Moon: Saturn; Moon down
  • ✓Space weather: quiet (Kp 2.33)
  • ✓Weather: overcast, visibility 16.1 km
  • ✓Meteor showers: Orionids, Taurids
How this answer was computed

We froze the sky for a ±15-minute window around Oct 27, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC at 28.55, -81.39 and scored 20 candidate explanations. Each candidate starts from a base rate and gains or loses points for every detail the witness gave and every record we found; the reasons are listed above with their point values. "Likely" means 80% or more, "Possible" 50–79%, anything below is "Doesn't fit". Nothing above 50% means the case stays unexplained.

Sources: orbital elements from Space-Track/CelesTrak propagated with SGP4 (satellite.js); launch schedule from Launch Library 2; planetary Kp from NOAA SWPC; weather from NOAA NWS station KORL; Sun, Moon and planet positions computed locally with astronomy-engine. Engine 0.3.0, snapshot v2, computed Oct 28, 2026, 9:32 PM UTC.

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Sky Investigator AI first look

Here is what the sky data says for Orlando, Florida, US at Oct 27, 2026, 7:42 PM EDT: the best fit is Satellite at 90%. Why: ISIS 1, a satellite bright enough to see, was crossing your sky then, peaking 84° up; 9 visible satellites were overhead in that window. Also worth considering: Starlink train (40%). A couple of things would sharpen this:

• Did it blink or change color at any point?
• Did you get a photo or video, even a blurry one?

Grounded in the sky checks above; it cannot claim more than the data shows. Was this first look helpful?

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