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Wild cone-shaped UFOs light up Canada skies, sparking panic as experts reveal the source

Nypost · · 227 words · By Daniel Cody
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/06/world-news/wild-cone-shaped-ufos-light-up-canada-s…

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8 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A series of cone-shaped UFOs reportedly illuminated the night skies over a Canadian province Tuesday night”
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Multiple independent web search results and a cross-reference confirm that cone-shaped lights were reported over British Columbia, Canada, on a Tuesday night.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bluey is an Australian animated television series for preschoolers that premiered on ABC Kids on 1 October 2018. The series was created by Joe Brumm with Queensland production group Ludo Studio. The s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Canadian cuisine consists of the cooking traditions and practices of Canada, with regional variances around the country. First Nations and Inuit have practiced their culinary traditions in what is now…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_cuisine
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“the terrestrial spectacle was likely just a SpaceX rocket deployment”
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Multiple sources indicate that the lights seen in the sky over British Columbia/Vancouver area were likely caused by SpaceX rocket deployments or satellites.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SpaceX Mars colonization program (also referred to as Occupy Mars as a joking reference to the Occupy movement) is the stated long-term objective of the company SpaceX, and particularly of its founder…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starshield is a business unit of SpaceX creating purpose-built low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites designed to provide new military space capabilities to U.S. and allied governments. Starshield was adapt…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Grea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia
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“Malhar Kendurkar, of the Prince George Astronomical Observatory, told CBC Radio he saw the object and he was certain the light was a “jellyfish effect” resulting from the Falcon 9 rocket”
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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference and multiple web search results citing Malhar Kendurkar of the Prince George Astronomical Observatory identifying the 'jellyfish effect' from a Falcon 9 rocket.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Malhar R. Kendurkar is an observational astronomer based in Prince George, BC, Canada. His main research focus is on astronomical sky surveys, transient astrophysics and spectroscopy. Kendurkar is wel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malhar_Kendurkar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prince George is a city in British Columbia, Canada, situated at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers. The city itself has a population of 76,708; the metro census agglomeration has a popul…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George,_British_Columbi…
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“the Falcon 9 rocket that launched around 9 p.m. from the Vandenberg Space Force base in California Tuesday evening”
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A web search result specifically confirms a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 8:10 pm local time on a Tuesday (which aligns with 'around 9 p.m.' depending on the specific timezone/rounding mentioned in reports).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of May 6, 2026, rockets from the Falcon 9 family have been launched 648 times, with 645 full mission successes, two mission failures during launch, one mission failure before launch, and one partia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SpaceX manufactures launch vehicles to operate its launch provider services and to execute its various exploration goals. SpaceX manufactures and operates two members of the Falcon 9 family, the Falco…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_launch_vehicles
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Space Launch Complex 4 (SLC-4) is a launch and landing site at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, U.S. It has two pads, both of which are used by SpaceX for Falcon 9, one for launch operations, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Comple…
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“SpaceX is the US aerospace manufacturer founded by Elon Musk in 2002”
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The fact that SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk in 2002 is confirmed by multiple cross-references and Wikipedia entries.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SpaceXAI is a division of American aerospace company SpaceX working in the area of artificial intelligence (AI), social media and technology. Founded by Elon Musk and 11 researchers in 2023, the compa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Musk Foundation is a United States–based charitable foundation funded and directed primarily by Elon Musk. The foundation is dedicated to promoting renewable energy, crewed space exploration, pedi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SpaceX Mars colonization program (also referred to as Occupy Mars as a joking reference to the Occupy movement) is the stated long-term objective of the company SpaceX, and particularly of its founder…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Mars_colonization_progr…
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“The amorphous light was visible across a large swath of the Canadian province between 10:15 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. local time”
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The specific timing (10:15 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.) and the description 'amorphous light' are only found in the Nypost cross-reference; web search results for 'lights' were generic and did not provide corroborating timestamps.
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“The exhaust from the rocket expanded as it reached the upper atmosphere, creating a cloud-like effect, according to Kendurkar”
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While the specific quote from Kendurkar is in the original report, the scientific explanation that rocket exhaust expands in the upper atmosphere to create a 'jellyfish' or cloud-like effect is corroborated by Wikipedia and multiple educational web sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Twilight phenomenon is produced when exhaust particles from missile or rocket propellant left in the vapor trail of a launch vehicle condense, freeze, and then expand in the less dense upper atmospher…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_phenomenon
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web search NEUTRAL — A glowing cloud resembling a giant "space jellyfish" appeared in the sky over Florida shortly after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Starlink satellites. The unusual formation was created by ...
https://www.msn.com/en-in/science/astronomy/mysterious-jelly…
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web search NEUTRAL — The jellyfish effect is when the Falcon 9 rocket's (or any rocket's) exhaust plume grows and creates a jellyfish-like "cloud" from the exhaust that has a glowing appearance if the launch ...
https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/space/2025/10/16/understandi…
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“The director of programming at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver, Michael Unger, told CBC the light was not a natural occurrence like a cloud or meteor”
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The statement by Michael Unger is cited in the Nypost cross-reference, but web search results for 'Michael Unger' returned irrelevant results about a 2026 film, providing no independent corroboration of the quote.
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael is a 2026 American musical biographical drama film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan. It follows the early life of American singer Michael Jackson, covering the period from h…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 24, 2026 · Michael: Directed by Antoine Fuqua. With Jaafar Jackson, Nia Long, Colman Domingo, Juliano Valdi. The early life of the famous musician Michael Jackson, known as the King of Pop.
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