TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: The attached video is from an unrelated story that aired on June 7, 2023.
If you saw something unfamiliar in the sky Saturday night, you're not alone. A string of lights crossed the sky over the northwest Ohio area.
The lights, which appear as dots in a straight or sometimes curved line, are SpaceX Starlink satellites. Over 4,000 of these man-made objects orbit Earth, providing satellite internet access to 54 countries.
WTOL 11 viewer Kelswey Shenberger sent us the following photo of the satellites Saturday night around 10:30 p.m.
Starlink satellites are controversial among some astronomers due to the objects' impact on light pollution and obstruction of telescope observation.
Proponents tout the importance of the global connectivity the satellites provide.
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