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looks like Orion's belt...

Part of Ursa Major?? I couldn't really get a good view of the clip, but I reckon that it is astronomical in origin

It's just Rush guys...you know..the Holy Triumvirate.

They were impossibly huge yellow somethings that hung in the air in much the same way that bricks don't.

JayWilson wrote:They were impossibly huge yellow somethings that hung in the air in much the same way that bricks don't.

SHIT THE VOGONS ARE HERE!!!!!! Where's my towel?

Chinese Lanterns.

pennypitstop wrote:

JayWilson wrote:They were impossibly huge yellow somethings that hung in the air in much the same way that bricks don't.

SHIT THE VOGONS ARE HERE!!!!!! Where's my towel?

Here - some earplugs too. They might just start reciting poetry.

The first bit looked like part of Ursa Major. The other shots didn't - and I'm not certain it's even the same stars.
There was one star filmed with a smallish meteor in the scene. That was the only sign of motion I saw in any of the clips.

Other than that (as usual) no where near enough information in the video clips to determine what they were seeing.
Absolutely nothing to indicate anything particularly strange.

REALLY stupid reporting, though.

Given that the lights don't seem to be moving relative to the fixed objects (house roof), at least, not in excess of normal rotational movement, I'm pretty sure that they're stars. From what I could see, they seemed to maintain their distance from each other quite consistently, and any impression of movement was down to camera movement & zooming to a more telephoto shot. Not Orion's belt, but a star alignment nonetheless.

0.37 they're red and seem to slightly flicker. Chinese lanterns at a good height look very similar on a calm night and they hold their position relative to each other quite well and drift very very slowly. If they were stars wouldn't you see other stars too?

You could well only see the brightest stars, and not detect other, dimmer stars. Camcorders and cell phone video aren't known for their low-light receptivity.

Good thought on Chinese lanterns or fire balloons - as you note, they tend to maintain formation while drifting (as do aircraft or artillery illumination flares, another option I considered).

"JayWilson wrote:They were impossibly huge yellow somethings that hung in the air in much the same way that bricks don't."

Quote of the month!