Reports of "lines of lights" are starting to become a bad joke.   
      
     'Line of stars' spotted in San Antonio sky creates buzz online   
     Houston Chronicle, 09 Apr 2021 17:12Z   
     The lights were also seen in Austin.   
      
   In the NUFORC database you can see the ramp-up:   
      
   Year	     Number of reports   
   2000	     0   
   2001         1   
   2002	     0   
   2003	     0   
   2004	     0   
   2005	     0   
   2006	     0   
   2007	     0   
   2008	     0   
   2009	     0   
   2010         3   
   2011         1   
   2012         2   
   2013         3   
   2014         4   
   2015	     0   
   2016         4   
   2017         2   
   2018         1   
   2019       294  		SpaceX launches first 60 Starlink satellites   
   2020      1078   
      
      
   Looks like satellite trains will continue to be reported every few hrs   
   into the indefinite future.   
      
   Luckily, they can be weeded out the AI s/w.   
      
   While I'm not an expert in seeing UFO's -- yes, we know that if   
   someone reports one UFO they tend to learn how to see them and are   
   much more likely to report a 2nd, 3rd, etc UFO in later months or   
   years -- the following hints partly informed by 50y of amateur   
   astronomy might offer some hints at seeing odd things in the sky.   
      
   1. Satellites mostly travel toward the east. It costs less to launch a   
      rocket going east because it gets a boost from the speed of the   
      Earth's rotation. This doesn't mean dim lights in the sky (e.g. a   
      little dimmer than the 3 Belt stars in Orion) going N and S are   
      something strange, but lights moving east to west definitely are unusual.   
      
   2. Satellites travel around the speed of a high altitude jetliner.  It   
      you see a small lighted dot travelling much faster or much slower   
      then it is unusual.   
      
   3. Satellites don't drop 90 or 180 degree turns.  If you look at a map   
      of a satellite orbit you see it generally makes a "wave like" path   
      across the Earth as it turns. This means at most a satellite might   
      appear to curve slightly as it moves across the sky from one   
      horizon to another. But if it curves a lot it is unusual. In   
      particular if a "satellite" appears to stop and hover, hover and   
      start moving, turn at an angle of (say) more than 20 degrees left   
      or right, and in particular turn 90 degrees or reverse direction it   
      is highly unusual.   
      
   4. Satellites can appear dim or bright, depending on light sources   
      they are reflecting. Many satellites have become junk over time as   
      their fuel runs out. They can eventually start to tumble in orbit   
      and as they travel across the sky they can dim and light up over   
      and over, sometimes irregularly. This is not that unusual. But if a   
      "satellite" appears as bright as the brightest star in the middle   
      of the night during a period of new moon then it is unusual.   
      
   5. Satellites are dead common now. There are 1000s of them in orbit,   
      mostly dead and waiting to drop on your head.  You only need to   
      wait around 15 mins these days for a satellite to go over your   
      position anywhere from 60S to 60N.  If you see a dim light moving   
      across the sky with no sounds of a jet engine coming from any   
      direction the whole time then it is 99% likely a satellite.  If you   
      see 2,3,4,5,6, upto dozens of dim lights moving slowly in a line   
      roughly from west to east it is probably a "satellite train" and   
      not unusual.   
      
      
   That said, "real" unusual phenomena are out there and if the last year   
   is anything to go by they are becoming more common.   
      
   I spend 30-60 mins a day outside at night looking up with binocs.   
   (The old 10" got flogged off years in the middle of one house move).   
   Just in the past 12 months I've seen 6 "unusual" objects in the night   
   sky and a similar number in the daytime sky. But we'll go into daytime   
   "seeing" at a later date.   
      
      
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   The Debrief, 6 Apr 2021   
   Recently published research finds that "online haters" or people who   
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   Soyuz MS-18 launch marks 60 years of human spaceflight   
   NASASpaceflight.com, 09 Apr 2021 0:13Z   
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   Watch a monkey equipped with Elon Musk's Neuralink device play Pong   
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   TechCrunch, 09 Apr 2021 02:12Z   
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   The Guardian, 09 Apr 2021 06:01Z   
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   ABC News, 09 Apr 2021 09:06Z   
   Facebook has no plans to notify more than 530 mn users whether they   
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   US suicide rate dropped 6% in past year, even amid pandemic: AP   
   The Hill1, 09 Apr 2021 11:56Z   
   The suicide rate in the US fell by nearly 6% last year, the largest   
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   Biden administration proposes $24.5 bn budget for NASA in 2022   
   SpaceNews, 09 Apr 2021 16:55Z   
   The White House released a first look at its budget proposal for fiscal year   
   2022 that includes an increase for NASA, particularly in Earth science.   
      
   New, reversible CRISPR method can control gene expression while leaving   
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   Phys.org, 09 Apr 2021 15:55Z   
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   NPR, 09 Apr 2021 19:09Z   
   The airplane manufacturer says the issue is not related to the software   
   system that has been blamed in the fatal crashes that killed 346 people.   
      
   India Covid-19 Crisis Deepened by Missteps and Complacency   
   The New York Times, 09 Apr 2021 18:51Z   
   The new wave will hurt global efforts and vaccine supplies, experts say.   
   Researchers are scrambling to assess whether new coronavirus variants are   
   playing a ...   
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   1 in 5 Americans are fully vaccinated and a third of the country has   
   received at least one shot, CDC data shows   
   CNBC, 09 Apr 2021 13:51Z   
   One in 5 Americans are fully vaccinated and a third of the population has   
   received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.   
      
   Methane-eating bacteria found in a common tree is possible game-changer for   
   curbing greenhouse gases   
   Science X, 09 Apr 2021 13:48Z   
   Trees are the Earth's lungs-it's well understood they drawdown and lock up   
   vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But emerging research is   
   ...   
      
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