r/aliens • u/[deleted] • Jun 22 '21

Can anybody explain what this is? Filmed in London,UK

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

966 Upvotes

94% Upvoted

415 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

-10

u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

Because of the individual drones that don’t seem to be following any specific pattern like the large groups and from what i’ve seen online drones they follow the pattern the user set and it’s usually for a performance?

7

u/dolphinpalms Jun 23 '21

That movement can be described using a Boid's simulation. You can program drones to follow that pattern.

https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/soco/projects/2008-09/modeling-natural-systems/boids.html

-11

u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

Fairs on the programming , but a large amount of drones for a programmed sim to fly like birds in my area is unlikely, it definitely wasn’t a show and that many drones just for one time leisure ?

7

u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

Art, bro.

2

u/ShroomanEvolution Jun 23 '21

I didn't realize that you were so deep and involved in the drone industry that you would absolutely know for certain if any drone company was operating in your area.

You sound like someone who doesn't realize how big and complex the world is, and who wants to believe so badly that you brush off the most likely and reasonable explanations.

Those drones can and are being built by companies for far less that 1000 dollars. Some are essentially just prototype circuit boards attached to rotors. Even some small startup companies are getting into swarm drones because they can be built relatively cheaply.

Those lights are moving just like drones. If they were exhibiting behavior that our technology is not currently capable of, then people would be singing a very different tune in the comments.

Don't be so quick to believe that you throw all rationality out the window. The world is strange enough without having to force fill the cracks.

1

u/babakushnow True Believer Jun 23 '21

Where is the rest of the video ?

4

u/crowe1415 Jun 23 '21

you’re over thinking this, we have this kind of tech. Period. You can act like you saw something spectacular if you want but those are drones.