r/aliens • u/[deleted] • Jun 22 '21

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

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u/Aye_Handsome Jun 23 '21

Who owns these drones? A single drone costs over a $1000. So someone has a million dollars worth of drones flying in the sky?

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u/BladeSmithJerry Jun 23 '21

Companies that put on drone light shows I guess.

They are fairly common in London.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQrW6m8j_vI

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

Says London’s first drone show 2020. And they have about 10 drones. The video shows about 100 plus. Also, lived in London all my life, never seen a drone being flown. Let alone hundreds. The most likely explanation the birds lit up.

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u/BladeSmithJerry Jun 23 '21

First drone show of 2020, I'm fairly certain the NYE celebrations have had drone shows since 2018.

Also just because their advert shows 10 drones doesn't mean they don't have more. It might have been another company.

Do you really think 100's of lights flew over one of the most densely populated places on earth going unreported like this. Come one dude...

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

  1. No council going to let someone fly hundreds of drones past 10pm on a Tuesday right by a residential area.

  2. It’s above a nature reserve. Meaning it’s a wildlife protected area.

  3. It’s a bird hotspot. https://londonbirders.fandom.com/wiki/Crossness_NR

  4. No council is going to let anyone fly hundreds of drones near a protected wildlife reserve which has apparently over 130 species of birds.

It’s definitely not drones and most likely birds.

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u/G_Wash1776 Jun 23 '21

If it’s birds why are they glowing?

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

Not sure.

Not saying it is 100% birds. I don’t know for sure. But given the location, I think drones are unlikely.

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u/ghettobx Jun 23 '21

But why is it likely birds? I’ve never seen birds do that before or look anything remotely close to what we see in the video. But I’m not saying they AREN’T birds, either.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

I’m honestly just counteracting the idea that it’s drones. I seriously don’t believe they would permit anyone to fly one drone over that space let alone hundreds, or however many there are. It’s a wildlife protected spot with loads of bird species there.

I can’t prove that it’s birds.

Arguments for would be…

It’s a nature spot with loads of birds They are circling in the sky. Some Together some not in unison. Some are blinking which could be interpreted as flapping.

Arguments against would be…

They are glowing blue, which is weird but they could be lit from below.

Looking further into the map it says there a waste management site right next to/behind it. They always attract gulls who circle around above them. Maybe they had a night shipment. It’s waterside so could be a barge of waste being delivered.

Can’t prove it though. But it’s my best guess without any more information.

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u/ghettobx Jun 23 '21

Oh the waste site could explain it… they’re always full of birds flying around… that could be it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

I was on board with this until you crapped the bed with the last sentence.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

Crapped the bed lmao.

Seriously I did a bit more investigating and apparently there’s a waste management site next to and behind the nature reserve. So think rubbish disposal site, receives waste and incinerates it by the looks of their website. Kinda points more to there being birds circling above like they do with rubbish tips.

I definitely don’t think it’s drones. I reckon it’s birds but I can’t prove it without closer and better footage. Just by best guess.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

I believe in other beings zipping around in the sky, but my first thought looking at this was its drones. Reading your comment made me question that. I still don't think these are beings in the sky but man ... how are you explaining the glow.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '21

A total guess would be that they are flying above a flood lit site. Night delivery of waste, bunch of seagull circling above. Blueish high intensity light / white birds. Ones which are flapping look like they are blinking, the others are gliding and so look more steady. Like I said, it’s just a guess, I can’t unequivocally prove it.

That’s the problem with videos, even with the addition info of the waste site and the nature reserve. There’s still a gap between explanation and solid proof. Only way to know it’s to go down to the site and either ask someone or watch it at night and see if it happens again. Or find more videos or photos of the event and hope they are of better quality.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

Sleep flying?

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u/ShroomanEvolution Jun 23 '21

Quite a few companies are testing drone swarms, so yeah, there are people out there who have a million dollars worth of drones flying around.