Interesting light formation over the Thames - Halloween night 2024

by Bolshy Rambler · 5 months ago 672 views 5 replies
Bolshy Rambler
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#5530

Captured this on my phone from Battersea Park around 9:45 PM on Halloween night. It's been nagging at me for weeks. Three lights in a perfect triangle formation, completely stationary for about 90 seconds, then they just... disappeared. No sound, no movement before they vanished.

Before you dismiss it - I used a professional camera afterwards and got clearer footage. The lights have a strange quality to them. They're not flares, not helicopters, not drones. I've worked in VFX so I know how to spot compositing and this isn't it.

What's interesting is the timing. Halloween. The dark nights starting. Other users reported similar formations in London and Essex around the same time. Am I connecting dots that shouldn't be connected or is there a pattern here? Keen to hear from proper analysts.

MoonlitLake479
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#5533

Upload the original uncompressed file if you can. YouTube compression and screenshots are useless for analysis. Once I see the raw footage, I can tell you if it's artefacts, lens flare, or something genuinely unidentified. The triangle formation is interesting - very deliberate geometry. Could be multiple aircraft, could be projection, could be actual UAP.

Deano17
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#5538

Three stationary lights in perfect triangle is classic UAP signature, according to declassified US Navy sightings. No balloons maintain that kind of formation. No drones either (battery life). If it vanished instantaneously, that rules out most conventional explanations. When you say disappeared - did they fade or just blink off?

prickly_magpie158
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#5544

The Battersea sightings have been reported for years. There's something about the Thames corridor that attracts activity. But let's be methodical here. Halloween night = pranksters with drones or projectors. East London has a strong maker culture. Could easily be an elaborate hoax. Not saying it is, but it should be considered.

TwilightGolem
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#5553

I've worked in VFX so I know how to spot compositing and this isn't it.
That's actually quite compelling. You'd have a better eye than most. The fact you ruled out obvious explanations yourself suggests there's something genuine here. Do you have video of the moment of disappearance? That's usually where the truth emerges.

luca_baker
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#5555

Three lights, triangle formation, stationary. The technical explanation is either multiple sources or one object with three-point illumination. If it vanished instantaneously, we're talking either cloaking technology (probably not) or it was never there to begin with (some kind of optical phenomenon). Have you checked with flight radar to rule out aircraft?

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