“I know it's from Elon”: Internet reacts hilariously as Louis Tomlinson posts mysterious sky picture on Instagram 

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Former One Direction member Louis Tomlinson in an Instagram story on July 19 posted a video of what looked like a giant sperm floating in the night sky. He captioned the video with, "Honestly what the f**k is this?"

Louis Tomlinson posts weird sky picture (image via Instagram/ @louist91)
Louis Tomlinson posts weird sky picture (image via Instagram/ @louist91)

After Louis Tomlinson's errie video went viral on the internet, netizens took to social media platforms such as X and Reddit to guess what the giant looking sperm was.

"I know it's from Elon but when I saw it I just yelled SPERM," one user exclaimed
"My first thought was what the hell is that and now I’m thinking why does it look like giant sperm? 🤣" - a user questioned
"a little context: this is spacex launching 24 starlink satellites to low earth orbit to build on the mega constellation of starlink. - another user explained
"he posted cause it looks like sperm 😩" - another user said
"No he’s so real cause what is that…'

Many users explained that the giant sperm looking thing, is actually the SpaceX rocket launch from California. The launch was scheduled for 8:51 pm P.T on July 18, as per a launch alert from the Vandernberg Space Force Space.


What is Louis Tomlinson's eerie post about?

Louis Tomlinson is not the only one who captured the giant sperm looking object floating in the night sky. Other users took to social media platforms with the same question, and it was later revealed that the object could supposedly be Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket launch from California.

Elon Musk's commercial spaceflight company, SpaceX got another of its Falcon 9 rockets off the ground from the Vandenberg Space Force Base. The launch was scheduled for 8:51 p.m PT on July 18 as per a launch alert from the Vandenberg Space Force Base.

This comes after SpaceX launched the first of three upcoming SpaceX Starlink missions on July 15. On July 16, Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband network got a SpaceX boost as a Falcon 9 rocket put several Kuiper satellites into orbit.

Amazon's devices chief Panos Panay took to X on Wednesday announcing the launches and said,

"Congrats to the amazing (Project Kuiper) team to another successful launch and thank you to (SpaceX) for the ride to space. Pumped to have another batch of Kuiper satellites heading into orbit."

SpaceX launches from the Vandenberg Space Force Base have increased in California from just six in 2023 to potentially 50 in 2025. The residents who live near the Space Force Base are not happy as a rocket liftoff off the ground causes rattling houses, terrifying pets and startling bomb-like noises.

Edited by Ayesha Mendonca