Looked up
With someone else’s eyes
What was it?

On the ninth I had placed a trail cam face up on a table and accidentally left it overnight. The next day I reviewed the footage and saw lots of moths and a few bats. In two of the clips there were some weird lights that came into view.
At first I thought it was a drone. That creeped me out. Then yesterday I told my daughter and her husband about it. He explained that it was a Starlink Train. Apparently, multiple satellites will launch and travel in a line in a low orbit until they deploy to their respective final orbits.
So, not weird, new normal.

From the provided data, a key Starlink launch occurred on May 9, 2025, at 20:19 PDT (00:19 GMT on May 10) from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, deploying 26 satellites (Starlink mission 257). Vandenberg is approximately 200 miles northwest of Ramona, and satellites launched from this site often follow a southbound trajectory, making them potentially visible over Southern California shortly after launch. Another launch occurred on May 10, 2025, at 02:28 PDT (06:28 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, but this is less relevant due to the distance and orbital path.
(The trial cam date shown is incorrect)