{"id":53,"date":"2025-03-09T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/upper-stage-of-spacexs-starship-flight-8-exploded-today-8-mins-after-launch-from-texas-site-please-stop-posting-sighting-videos-of-it\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T13:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:25:00","slug":"upper-stage-of-spacexs-starship-flight-8-exploded-today-8-mins-after-launch-from-texas-site-please-stop-posting-sighting-videos-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/upper-stage-of-spacexs-starship-flight-8-exploded-today-8-mins-after-launch-from-texas-site-please-stop-posting-sighting-videos-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper stage of SpaceX&#8217;s Starship flight #8 exploded today 8 mins after launch from Texas site &#8212; Please stop posting sighting videos of it."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The upper stage of SpaceX&#8217;s Starship flight #8 exploded today, eight minutes after launching from Texas. We kindly ask that you refrain from posting sighting videos related to this incident. <\/p>\n<p>You can view the trajectory of today\u2019s SpaceX launch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacelaunchschedule.com\/launch\/starship-flight-8\/\">here<\/a> (the explosion was even visible as far away as Florida).<\/p>\n<p>For more context, read this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacelaunchschedule.com\/news\/why-rocket-launches-dont-go-straight-up-understanding-rocket-launch-trajectories\/\">Why Rocket Launches Don\u2019t Go Straight Up: Understanding Rocket Launch Trajectories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>To help minimize unnecessary sighting posts about SpaceX rockets, we ask that you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Verify your sighting before sharing. If your video or photo coincided with the timing of a SpaceX launch and resembles the trajectory or appearance of SpaceX rockets, it\u2019s likely not a UFO.<\/li>\n<li>Check the launch schedule at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlaunch.live\/\">RocketLaunch.Live<\/a> to confirm if your sighting corresponds with a scheduled SpaceX or other rocket launch.<\/li>\n<li>Any posts or videos that can be clearly identified as SpaceX rockets will be removed to maintain the subreddit\u2019s focus on truly unexplained phenomena.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For more details on how to recognize space launches and their impacts, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufos.wiki\/investigation\/space-launches\/\">Space Launches Wiki Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThe upper stage of SpaceX&#8217;s Starship flight #8 exploded today, eight minutes after launching from Texas. We kindly ask that you refrain from posting sighting videos related to this incident. You can view the trajectory of today\u2019s SpaceX launch here (the explosion was even visible as far away as Florida). For more context, read this&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/upper-stage-of-spacexs-starship-flight-8-exploded-today-8-mins-after-launch-from-texas-site-please-stop-posting-sighting-videos-of-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Upper stage of SpaceX&#8217;s Starship flight #8 exploded today 8 mins after launch from Texas site &#8212; Please stop posting sighting videos of it.&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufos","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}