A Meridian, Mississippi conspiracy during the 2026 Stretch Nobody in Meridian could agree on exactly when the satellite first appeared. Some said it was there in January. Others swore they saw it during the spring, hanging impossibly bright above the city while aircraft from NAS Meridian crossed the night sky. By August, everybody had a story. The official explanation was simple: military and commercial satellites passed over Mississippi every night. Meridian sat beneath an increasingly busy sky, surrounded by military aviation infrastructure and the enormous training airspace that made East Mississippi strategically important. But then people started noticing the lights. A strange white point would appear over downtown, disappear behind clouds, and return minutes later. Someone posted a photograph online. Then another. Then somebody claimed the satellite was taking pictures of specific buildings. That's when the rumors began. The first rumor involved an abandoned warehous...