Exploding UFO orb in New Jersey

saw this floating around twitter, found the source from facebook:

Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1826KnUWJh/


^^ this version is slightly longer than the one going around on twitter here:

Source: https://x.com/protestroots/status/1868502343882592572?s=46


the lady from facebook says sound is off for privacy

what we see:
- a few lights in the sky
- lights emitting from one of the floating lights in the sky
- an explosion over where some of the lights are

i dont have a speculation here other than CGI, but that doesn't seem to match the circumstances of the facebook post.

people on X are saying its a roman candle on a drone, roman candle shots imo aren't very straight and tend to fizzle / spark

thoughts?
 
We don't know that it's in the sky. There is absolutely no visual context to demonstrate that. I suspect the entire thing is CGI and probably wasn't all that hard to create.
i get your skepticism, but there are buildings and trees and the moon at the end of the video - while smoke from the explosion is still visible
 
Looks like a drone with a firework dangling beneath it on a string. Pre-explosion, we see the firework move relative to the drone as it accelerates or maneuvers, but the lights remain mostly equidistant.
 
Looks like a drone with a firework dangling beneath it on a string. Pre-explosion, we see the firework move relative to the drone as it accelerates or maneuvers, but the lights remain mostly equidistant.
Could well be. With a footnote that while I see no evidence of a kite involved, I have seen that DONE with a kite. Presumably a balloon could do it as well. If I were a merry prankster, balloons are cheap to buy or make, drones cost money...
 
Didn't we had a similar footage from a burning chinese lantern?
This Footage maybe is rotated a bit, so there is fire droping straight to the ground from burning plastics or similar material.
The Explosion could be a well placed firecracker inside the lantern.

Is that cgi explosion?
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Looks like a drone with a firework dangling beneath it on a string. Pre-explosion, we see the firework move relative to the drone as it accelerates or maneuvers, but the lights remain mostly equidistant.
I noticed that as well, but the relative position of the bottom light (the one emitting the balls of light) to the upper light appears somewhat along an arc from 4 o'clock to nearly 6 o'clock, then closer to 4 o'clock just before the "explosion." So yeah, that probably means some type of pyro on a tether swinging in the breeze under something.

Roman candle? I doubt it's an off-the-shelf, consumer grade Roman candle for a couple reasons. First, the Roman candles I grew up with had ten "shooting stars," I think that is (or was) fairly standard. I count 13 balls of light emitted from the lower light before it explodes, could have been more before the video starts. I've also never seen a Roman candle explode. Two different pyros, including a large, "self-distruct" firecracker?

I'm curious how one would ignite the fuse(s) of consumer grade fireworks suspended several or more feet from under a drone/balloon/kite/lantern? Maybe an electrical firing system of some type? That would mean a power source/battery that could be initiated from a distance and while suspended. Doable I'm sure, but probably beyond most and dangerous to boot.
 
I'm curious how one would ignite the fuse(s) of consumer grade fireworks suspended several or more feet from under a drone/balloon/kite/lantern? Maybe an electrical firing system of some type? That would mean a power source/battery that could be initiated from a distance and while suspended. Doable I'm sure, but probably beyond most and dangerous to boot.

I don't think it would be all that hard for the right person. I have a drone and know a bit about electronics, but I'd imagine an RC plane enthusiast could rig up a simple remote to close a circuit. Cut the fuse on a Roman candle or similar down to a minimum then attach a model rocket ignitor to the stubby fuse. A simple remote-controlled switch powered with a 9volt or even tapped off the drone battery would ignite the fuse.

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We're heading to Baja in the spring where they sell all kinds of fireworks and I have a drone...Hmmmmm? :D
 
I've also never seen a Roman candle explode.
I have -- or at least have the remaining charges inside all go off at once and shoot an "explosion" out the end, instead of continuing with the individual "emits flaming balls" in a series. Sometimes that will happen by blowing the back out of the candle, sometimes by discharging out the "front" where the flaming balls are emitted. I've never seen one rupture the tube and explode that way, but from far enough back I'm not sure how much you'd be able to see a difference.

I doubt it's an off-the-shelf, consumer grade Roman candle for a couple reasons. First, the Roman candles I grew up with had ten "shooting stars," I think that is (or was) fairly standard. I count 13 balls of light emitted from the lower light before it explodes
5 and 10 shots are pretty standard, but 15s and 20s are not hard to find if you have fireworks stores around.
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...and if you want to spend a few bucks, you can go overboard...
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Source for images:
https://www.championfireworks.com/Roman-candles/08-inch-15-shots-roman-candle#images
https://fireworks365.com/shop/mega-roman-candles/brocade-crown-146-shot/

In my experience, though, the more shots they cram in, the more likely they are to include crackles or brocade or some sort of effect -- too many plain old roman candle shots get boring... Edit to add -- the effects they add to roman candles tend to be pretty weak, but they'd be noticable as more than just a flaming ball...
 
I don't think it would be all that hard for the right person. I have a drone and know a bit about electronics, but I'd imagine an RC plane enthusiast could rig up a simple remote to close a circuit. Cut the fuse on a Roman candle or similar down to a minimum then attach a model rocket ignitor to the stubby fuse. A simple remote-controlled switch powered with a 9volt or even tapped off the drone battery would ignite the fuse.
You can buy timed fuse that burns slowly where you buy most fireworks. So that would be the cheap and easy way.

Source: https://youtu.be/G25HTrUSbkQ
30 seconds per foot fuse

For more control, electronic ignition kits are avaialble. Here's one:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F8UVKzpolII?feature=share


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Of possible interest -- this is not, I think, how it was done, but illustrates another way that one could use roman candles and a drone.

Source: https://youtu.be/vc4Z2isinV8

Edit to fix a link that did not work...
 
You can buy timed fuse that burns slowly where you buy most fireworks. So that would be the cheap and easy way.

Source: https://youtu.be/G25HTrUSbkQ
30 seconds per foot fuse

For more control, electronic ignition kits are avaialble. Here's one:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F8UVKzpolII?feature=share


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Of possible interest -- this is not, I think, how it was done, but illustrates another way that one could use roman candles and a drone.

Source: https://youtu.be/vc4Z2isinV8

Edit to fix a link that did not work...

I think it's likely that the video being completely silenced is erasing important information for us to be informed of the truth.It is indeed quite possible that the drone was dangling a firework by a wire, in order to maintain a safety distance
 
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