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Can we do this with any of the stars later in the video, and then project the path of the 'spaceship' onto a starmap? With that info we could cross reference it with the known track of the plane to see of there is a timing error in the witness's "9.23pm' ... ?

Starlink seen in Arkansas and claimed to be UFOs. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1666mtq/triangle_ufo_evening_star_arkansas/ Attached the video at x10 speed.

Starlink flares (I think) viewed from Algeria... Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/166brzy/ufos_spotted_in_algeria_north_africa/

It appears that the OP doesn't like our methods, particularly doesn't like my 'little pictures'. We are all clowns

we could work out the polar vector (distance and direction) using a mix of Pythagoras (with the star's elevation as one of the interior angles to calculate the distance) and the azimuth to Cep11 as the direction vector. And then using the haversine formula we could do a polar projection from the...

...aaaaaand @eyeSpy has blocked me on Twitter.

The E-6B RUFF07 tookoff and landed at Tinker AFB, OK. The KC-135 BOLT47 tookoff and landed at McDill AFB, FLA.

They could do. 1hr32m seems a long time to be refuelling for. Lets do some quick maths...... To fill a full E-6B (obviously they would never get to zero fuel whilst flying ) would be 90,000 litres / 3800 litres/min = 23 min, So I think it is unlikely that they were refuelling for the full...

If this was a training sortie they may not have been doing actual refuelling. It could have been 'refuelling flying training' allowing the pilots to practice the manoeuvring to allow the boom operator to mate with the E-6. So the longer duration may not be related to flow rates and fuel-capacity.

Found this cool picture of what the receiving aircraft will see of the KC-135 tanker at night. It seems to fit the lights we see on the front aircraft. Note the bright light just out of shot on the top of the vertical stabilizer, as opposed to the less luminous tail light. Conversely, the E-6B...

Looking at the flight path of the refuelling aircraft orbiting over central Louisiana..... ...and this map of Air-to-air refuelling tracks from http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/p/dod-air-refueling-frequencies.html ... I'd say they were on track AR-615, and therefore comms would be on.....

Not a diagram, but a video.... Source: https://youtu.be/gmtaqyhwIjw?si=V3H9NVVw4AxhutwM This Video: OP Video:

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/54141712@N02/44313398741

Yes, on https://www.liveatc.net/ , playback of up to 1 month is available for airports and civilian ATC sectors. however As these are military the radio channel probably isnt recorded.

That seems to be the NATO standard operating procedure.... http://www.navedu.navy.mi.th/stg/databasestory/data/laukniyom/ship-active/big-country-ship/United-States/ATP/ATP56A.pdf

What I think we are seeing is this.... And it appears that the tanker switches off strobes and nav lights during refuelling, Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_OXnaikU0s Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjk6S5s9Kes

Some aircraft seem to switch off their ADSB tracking as they initiate Air-to-air refuelling probably for safety reasons. I often find that if you go either +15 or -15m you can see the receiving aircraft either attach with or detach from the tanker aircraft. 15 mins before @Mick West 's...

Here's a news report regarding the lights that pilots saw over Colorado and reported them to ATC. https://www.cpr.org/2023/08/25/strange-lights-in-the-sky-reported-by-pilots-around-eastern-colorado-thursday/ The interesting part is this.... Maybe the message is getting through and pilots...

There are many 'flashing' satellies out there. Its probably one of them. https://spacewatch.lpl.arizona.edu/tumbling-satellites

I know @Mick West has started making a Starlink satellite model in Sitrec, but nothing is finished yet. a simple globe model with regions highlighted where 1) the sun is 40° below the horizon, and 2) there are Starlink satellites in the direction of the sun would probably be enough. (I guess...