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The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office issued this information paper in December 2024 on how sunlight reflecting off Starlink and other Low Earth Orbit satellites can be mistaken for UAP. It explains the difference between diffuse and specular reflection, Starlink trains, and flares, and it gives a step-by-step method for predicting flare windows. The method is shown with AARO photographs taken near Sidney, Nebraska, and applied to a 2022 airline pilot report near Gallup, New Mexico. AARO concluded that the lights in that report were very likely satellite flares.
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) 6 that discuss how to the predict the azimuth and elevation angles of satellite flares to assist a ground- based observer. The key to performing this prediction is to understand the position of the sun relative to the satellite and the observer. Figure 7: Image of Starlink flare taken by AARO personnel before sunrise on March 11, 2024 near Sidney, NE. Image was taken using a 10 second exposure time which led to the Starlink flare appearing as a streak instead of a point source. [7] Figure 8: Image of multiple Starlink flares taken by AARO personnel before sunrise on March 11, 2024 near Sidney, NE. Image was taken using a 10 second exposure time which led to the Starlink flares appearing as streaks instead of point sources. [7] The Sun’s position in the sky can be described using two measurements: (i) the Sun’s altitude angle, and (ii) the Sun’s azimuth angle. The Sun’s altitude, or solar altitude, is the angle between
Report, from the aaro collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 19 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.