Uncompressed video:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gys90dzsfmfx037/IMG_7113.MOV?dl=0
(I copied the title of the Reddit thread. I am not the poster.)
full file (hopefully not compressed)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gys90dzsfmfx037/IMG_7113.MOV?dl=0
Well it definitely didn’t in this case because the time says 7:53 but we landed 30 minutes later and it was 11:30 PM.
Now that I watch the video on Reddit, it’s not very impressive. It’s a whole different experience when you zoom in. Hopefully someone can edit it to show what it looks like zoomed in. The objects look like glowing balls of energy with a brighter outer ring around them that seem to be changing slightly in shape. Like elongating then going back to round.
Jet Blue flight B6 178 on 2/9/2023. I filmed this on my iPhone 12 Pro Max. Time stamp on the video is 7:53 PM but that would be Vegas time since my phone hadn’t switched back to east coast time because it was in airplane mode. This was about 30-45 minutes before we landed. I wish I had taken note of exactly where we were but if I know one thing about Reddit, it’s that someone on here will be able to tell me exactly where my flight was at 7:53. My friend was sitting in the window seat and opened the shade to take a look. He saw these “orbs” and told me to take a look. I was in the middle seat. I immediately took out my phone to film the video because the objects seemed too close to us and each other, based on what little I know about the amount of space they are required to keep between planes. It was a long day and we landed in Boston close to midnight so I quickly forgot about it. Saw the video in my phone yesterday and decided to zoom in on the objects for the first time. That’s when I realized this was something strange. They appear to be glowing orange orbs with a yellow or white outer layer that is also glowing. They also appear to change shape almost like a liquid. I know nothing about video editing but would love to see if someone could pull more detail out of this. I wish I had thought to zoom in more at the time. The file is just whatever format iPhone records in but I’d be willing to send it to someone if anyone is interested in trying to enhance the video. If that’s even possible.
Lights that are out of focus will show strange effects. These reported effects are very likely due to the images being out of focus.They appear to be glowing orange orbs with a yellow or white outer layer that is also glowing.
-Changing the focus of an out of focus image will change the image size and shape.They also appear to change shape almost like a liquid.
They appear to be glowing orange orbs with a yellow or white outer layer that is also glowing.
could also be the observer moving; if I move closer to two stationary lights, they'll seem to move apart. But their size would change correspondingly.That means the actual light sources were moving relative to one another.
I don't think that's what's happening in this case.could also be the observer moving; if I move closer to two stationary lights, they'll seem to move apart. But their size would change correspondingly.
Yup, they match perfectly throughout the entire video and to the second.In Google Earth... the perspective and relative position of the two 'orbs' seems to match with the original video....
Creation Date : 2023:02:09 19:53:05-08:00
When direct light [passes through] the atmosphere, it begins to scatter around. However, this scattering is color dependent. Higher frequency visible light, that means light near the blue end of the visible spectrum, is scattered almost ten times as much as light near the red end of the spectrum.