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The original was posted on /r/ufos by /u/tsuyurikun on 2024-11-06 13:32:48+00:00.
I was convinced the recent sighting from u/plunderyedingy was something unusual until I saw the analysis from u/VCAmaster. While I thought the idea they were separated lights was an interesting hypothesis, I, like many of the commenters on that post, wasn’t fully convinced. I saw some people suggesting any variation was due to the fluctuation of the video compression. So, I took the raw footage into After Effects, stabilized it, boosted the contrast and added tracking markers to each light.
Some of the movement is definitely due to compression, but there is also separated movement. It can be seen especially at the beginning of the clip with the upper rightmost light, which “drifts” towards the others.
I found some videos of birds flying in V-formation at night which look extremely similar.
The luminance of the lights is also something seen with birds at night, if there is a nearby light source, as in the below videos. In a long video showing the location of the sighting, a residential area is shown, so it’s plausible there were neighborhood lights on. The tallest tree does look slightly more illuminated than the nearer foliage.
So, a flock of birds?
u/VCAmaster analysis:
Original post:
Raw footage: