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anti-gravity flares (for the most part)...Or swamp gas...
originally posted by: Blue Shift
Flares. Just throwing that out there before somebody else does.
originally posted by: 38181
The people talking in the background are speaking Chinese, so it's defiantly Chinese lanterns someplace in China. Probably someone's birthday.
or it could be some Russian jet jock who full salvo'd off his night-light flares.
originally posted by: fromtheskydown
Interesting capture. Of course, the obvious "flares" and "Chinese lanterns" explanation would be touted but, just how long can those things stay static and in tight formation?
originally posted by: KarmaComa
a reply to: 38181
Nope, that's definitely not Chinese.
Sounds more like Russian (Ukrainian? etc.)
The lights were in fact targets used by Ukrainian Marines during a military drill.
originally posted by: Blue Shift
originally posted by: fromtheskydown
Interesting capture. Of course, the obvious "flares" and "Chinese lanterns" explanation would be touted but, just how long can those things stay static and in tight formation?
Perfectly reasonable question. Thing is, however, they're not static. They slowly drift down and to the left of the frame.
And again, why cut the video off at that point? What happens a little later? My guess is that as they all eventually burn out and fall to the ground, showing that they were indeed flares.
originally posted by: fromtheskydown
Flares they are, then. I wonder why, if these kind of military exercises are common in a given area, that the population keeps getting caught out by them?