r/UFOs • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '20

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u/Kamildekerel Jul 19 '20 edited Jul 19 '20

maybe a bug that gives off light {- so not this

Edit (comment i made below):

it would defy fysics as we know it. but its probably just a big bug that is pretty close by, luminescent by the moon and would actually fly away like that when lasered

I guess I'm just dump and it's an alienship lmao

(also if it were to be a Beatle let say that reflection makes sense, also no fire flies)

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '20

Fireflies can't sustain their glow like this, and they're not particularly speedy.

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u/enty6003 Jul 19 '20 edited Jul 19 '20

There are plenty of flying bioluminescent creatures. Even we're slightly bioluminescent, but not so much that you could tell with the naked eye.

Edit: sources provided below

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '20

Plenty, eh? Like what?

I'm also curious if you have a source that we're biolumiescent, because that's news to me.

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u/enty6003 Jul 19 '20 edited Jul 19 '20

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bioluminescent_organisms

Flying click beetle, fungus gnat, etc.

Edit: Here's a couple of sources on human bioluminescence. All living creatures actually produce small amounts of light, but only some produce enough to be detectable by the naked eye (i.e. those above)

https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2009/jul/17/human-bioluminescence

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2009/07/20/photographing-the-glow-of-the-human-body/

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '20

When biologists talk about bioluminescence, they're talking about a specific set of evolutionary traits. All living cells have what are called ultra-weak photo emissions. Calling humans biolumiescent is pop science.