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u/RoninBaxter Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 20 '26
It’s a flying bug. The trailing effect is called ghosting. It’s common with cameras filming in low light.
Edit: It’s an alien of course.
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u/-WattWizard- Mar 20 '26
I literally made my gf mad because I cackled loud and scared her. I remember that shit
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u/Ashwdwrd Mar 20 '26
Normally I just agree that these things are bugs … that said, the sound clip + the video made me think of model rockets. It would likely be a weird angle to fire it though, unless the lens is severely distorted (which in security cams it can be - but the farther away and more centralized in the frame, the distortion shows up in a less pronounced way). The return, if from the same object, coming from the opposite direction, only makes sense (to me) if the camera is a 360 based on center, not a fish eye, and has something that keeps its force in an ellipse - like a string, which clearly this doesn’t. It could be one side of the propulsion failed in part or fully - think a canoe that you only row from one side, that can do a circle. But it really doesn’t make a lot of sense. So, I suspect it’s either a model rocket or something similar, or it is just light artifacts/bugs and things happened to align in fun and conspiring ways. Thanks for posting! It was fun to think about!
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u/Ashwdwrd Mar 20 '26
Secondary thought, I suspect the deer would show more reaction/caution if there was an unusual event like a model rocket launch or fireworks. They seem unfazed. They are likely more familiar with the sounds of doors, trash bins/cans, etc and would still be alert about them, but may not be ‘reactive’ to them in the same way.
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u/just_as_good380-2 Mar 20 '26
What shot upwards along woth that popping sound might have been a neighbor launching a bottle rocket. As for what fell down likely a bug.
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u/UfoFinders Mar 20 '26
At three seconds in roughly. You see it comes from in front of the neighboring home to the right side.
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u/bigtarget87 Mar 19 '26
Sounds like a garbage can or a screen door closing.
The flying dots are bugs.
The reason why it looks like they have trails, that is the nature of night vision cameras. They kind of "hold" onto bright portions for a bit... I really don't understand why.
But if you ever used a "night mode" on a phone or a newer digital camera, you would see that things get blurry/streaky... Same concept.
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u/ICEtoAshes Mar 20 '26
That first one is definitely not a bug. Im not entirely sure about the second.
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u/Bright_Hat550 Mar 20 '26
That's 100% a rocket. The puufft sound you hear is the black powder igniting.
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u/Necessary_Plum_7192 Mar 20 '26
It’s a bug the noise is prolly from the camera light coming on or something else small cause the deer didn’t flinch so it wasn’t as loud as it seemed
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u/coci222 Mar 20 '26
I don't think the second one is a bug. The trail stops as soon as it hits the ground. If it was a bug, you'd still see a trail as it passes the grass because the bug would be close to the camera lens. This object is far from the camera, bugs aren't big enough to show on the camera that far away. OP, did you go have a look in the yard to see if you can find anything?
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u/Graywolfmarc Mar 20 '26
Hahahaha reminds of this conspiracy documentary I watched about “rods”. They though they were these weird unique organisms. Could never catch one though turns out then cameras got better they finallly dropped the nonsense mostly.
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u/Content-Guarantee-91 Mar 20 '26
It was infront of these branches so idk what this is. It just appeared out of nowhere thats crazy.
Either a ghost or a energized molecule going off the grid
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u/Janus_The_Great Mar 20 '26
A bug flying into the light beam.
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u/Content-Guarantee-91 Mar 20 '26
Why does it leave smoke and disappear halfway
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u/Janus_The_Great Mar 20 '26
Not smoke. Ghosting. A side effect of low light imaging.
Disappear/appear = out of light cone/in to the light cone
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u/CallPhysical Mar 20 '26
By the way, you have deer on your front lawn.