New Jersey UFO scare turns out to be Elon Musk Starlink satellite launch

New Jersey residents were given a space-age scare when they spotted Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites hovering over the Garden State as the aerospace company launched its latest batch of devices into orbit.

Stargazers were left puzzled Saturday night when they spotted dozens of lights soaring in a perfectly linear position above their heads — believing extra-terrestrial UFOs could be to blame.

Social media was ablaze with hopes that alien objects had decided to cruise over New Jersey — on the heels of the latest round of congressional hearings on flying saucers.

The New Jersey sightings, however, were much more mundane.

SpaceX revealed that the lights were just Starlink’s satellites passing over the area after launching from Cape Canaveral late Friday.

“This was the fifth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER,” according to SpaceX.