Texas sky lights up in January 2026
Across Texas, sky watchers saw a halo of light flying through the evening darkness on Sunday, January 18, 2026, around 7:05 pm.
And no, this time it was not something escaping from our Aurora or Gateway Houston escape room games! But if you like aliens, book a game today!
In fact, we can even say this incident was not a UFO or UAP…whatever they call unidentified flying objects these days.
Just a little earlier at 5:31 Central, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The company says this was the 24th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission
KWTX Waco meteorologist CD Finley says that the bright light is the second stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9.