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- Seeing the aurora borealis,
or the Northern Lights, is
certainly on my bucket list,
and Canada is a
great place for it.
In certain parts of the country,
they appear up to
300 nights a year.
But one Canadian family says
they recently saw something
just as amazing, and
a lot more unexpected.
May 10th, 2024.
It's between 10 and 11 PM in
Kelowna, British Columbia.
Bobby Vandenhorn and
his family are gathered
on his rooftop patio,
hoping to catch a glimpse
of the aurora borealis.
- The aurora borealis
is a beautiful
natural phenomenon.
Essentially, as the sun is
giving off solar energy,
it's flying through
space and it slams
into the Earth's atmosphere.
All of those charged
particles interact
with the various molecules
that make up Earth's atmosphere
and burn up into light,
and we get this spectacular,
beautiful light
show as a result.
- [Tony] But as the
Vandenhorn family waits
for the lights to
appear overhead,
something else catches
their attention.
- What is that?
- Bobby records a cluster
of five bright white orbs
twinkling in the distance.
- [Tony] And that's
just the start.
As the night goes on,
Bobby takes several more videos
of strange light formations,
and he says the footage
doesn't capture the half of it.
- I probably saw
about 20 plus groups
of those orbs, and each group
had anywhere from, you
know, two to three,
all the way up to
25 to 30 of them.
- [Tony] Bobby posts
the video online
and even submits it
to the local news,
where it draws
thousands of eyes.
- I couldn't help
but think, like,
maybe there's a link
between what's going on
with the aurora borealis,
whatever energy comes into
the atmosphere from that,
perhaps those little orbs
use that energy to fly.
- It turns out the
northern lights
have been especially
active lately.
In 2024, they were even visible
as far south as Florida.
Scientists say that's
because the sun
is in its solar maximum, the
peak of its 11-year cycle.
Can solar activity explain
Bobby's unusual encounter,
or will our experts find
another source for his sighting?
[tense music]
At times, the lights
form a V-shape,
so we have to consider
if they could just be
a V-shaped aircraft.
- There's a number of aircraft
that could match the
V-shape that we see.
The B-2 bomber has
a V-shape to it,
but what they don't have
is independent lighting
that moves relative to
the other lights on board.
These lights are actually
moving independently,
so this is why I think there
are five independent objects.
- [Tony] What are those
five independent objects?
- The way these
lights are moving,
it almost seems like a
choreographed movement.
I think there is
a high probability
that what we're
looking at are drones.
This particular day was one
of the largest geomagnetic
storms to ever hit the Earth.
We know that there are a lot
of people with their eyes
on the sky, and given
that the aurora borealis
hasn't started yet,
these drones could
be the pre-show.
- But if this is a drone show,
it's not a particularly
visible one.
- He had to zoom in to be
able to show them better.
That's because they were at
a relatively high altitude.
They might have been at
3,000 feet or 4,000 feet.
Drone shows don't occur
high up in the sky.
They generally occur
down low to the ground,
and we're not seeing that here.
- [Tony] Instead, like
the aurora itself,
these flying objects may
have a natural explanation.
- If you watch Canada Geese,
you'll see something
really impressive.
You'll see that the leader
is in front during the brunt
of the forces hitting him.
When the leader gets
tired and drops back
into the V, another
leader will emerge,
and we could be seeing these
two coming up to the lead.
- [Tony] Now, we've seen
reflective birds mistaken
for UFOs before.
However, those had
an obvious light source
beneath them, a greenhouse.
But these don't.
- Birds don't produce
their own light.
If we were looking at birds,
there would have to be some sort
of light hitting those
birds and reflecting back
to the Earth.
We don't see that here.
- Our verdict?
Unexplained objects.
Between our two experts,
we can't make a call
one way or the other.
We'll have to wait and see
if any more UFOs emerge
from this intense
solar activity.
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