A strange light formation was spotted in the sky above Salt Lake City on Saturday night.

Videos taken around 8pm of the sky above the Utah city show a mysterious scattering of lights flying through the sky.

And while the lights can most likely be explained as a satellite breaking up in orbit - the unusual sight prompted speculation they could be shooting stars or aliens.

A strange light formation was spotted in the sky above Salt Lake City on Saturday night

In one of the videos, one large spot of light soars through the air before it breaks off into several smaller spots of lights.

A second video, however, shows at least four lights flying through the sky, all a similar size and shape and going roughly the same speed.

Based on descriptions, Patrick Wiggins, the NASA Ambassador to UTAH, told FOX 13 that the lights might have come from a satellite that broke up in orbit.

He told the station he'd been told a satellite could break up Saturday night.

Based on descriptions, Patrick Wiggins, the NASA Ambassador to UTAH, told FOX 13 that the lights might have come from a satellite that broke up in orbit

However, people on social media had their own explanations.

One woman said they were probably just lanterns that went rogue during a Lights Festival in a nearby town.

Others thought the lights could have been aliens.