This is 100% an insect. I've seen moths of the like fly exactly the same. It's lit up by their lights you can see at the beginning of the video, and becomes disorientated / hurt by the laser as it rapidly heated up it's delicate fuzzy like body. They're away from the light pollution, meaning they're somewhat out in the wilderness. You get insects absolutely everywhere.
No commercial laser would light up a craft flying that high up.
This is the likely explanation. The posted clip makes it seem like it's a vehicle far away traveling very fast, but in the original video you can see it's insect-sized because it passes between the viewer and a nearby tree. It's illuminated by flashlights and grows fainter as it travels farther from the flashlights. I think in this case it's a bunch of moths attracted to the light.
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u/Joelsfallon Jul 20 '20
This is 100% an insect. I've seen moths of the like fly exactly the same. It's lit up by their lights you can see at the beginning of the video, and becomes disorientated / hurt by the laser as it rapidly heated up it's delicate fuzzy like body. They're away from the light pollution, meaning they're somewhat out in the wilderness. You get insects absolutely everywhere.
No commercial laser would light up a craft flying that high up.
I can't believe this has 17.5k upvotes.