I captured these high flying luminescent or illuminating lights flying thousands of feet high. Changing directions. And none of these things could be seen when I took my eyes from the cameras viewfinder. They moved like humming birds do. These are NOT BATS. The bats here fly low and tend to try and touch your head if your out at night sometimes. Trust me, I know animal patterns around my neighborhood. Has anyone ever seen these?
I can't determine the object's speed using the black stripe on the left as a reference point. It's the clouds that are moving. Since there's no movement detectable here, I'm inclined to think it's stars.
2:22
Not the beginning. I’m not sure why Reddit revised the edit I made on the video to shorten it
This is a video of the first-magnitude star Vega; the other stars in the constellation Lyra are clearly visible. Any perceived irregular motion is an optical illusion, or is imagined.
https://postimg.cc/t73GrwV9
What do you think the thing is at 2:21? Just curious
I suspect that's a bat, since its irregular darting motion is consistent with a bat chasing down bugs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf3Lsk63mPY
Bats don’t chase bugs at over 10,000 feet tho. And with my naked eye I saw no bats nor bugs. Just one object.
How are you evaluating the altitude of what you're observing? Do you really think you can look at something in the night sky and say with certainty that it's over 10,000 ft?
Yes because I know what kind of clouds they are and how high in altitude they sit at. 🤣
The objects in question are below the clouds, which we know because their brightness doesn't change as they fly past them. So they could be anywhere from 0 to the cloud altitude. If you can post the time and date I can look that up on the METAR.
As to the statement that bats fly low, I looked up the typical species in your area, and they are the same ones as here in Toronto (not surprising really). They fly up to a mile high. I don't think that's typical, but one thing of note is that they tend to fly at tree height in forests, but are much more varied in open areas and cities.
Understand that. But again a mile is 5-6000 feet. The object was quite a bit higher than that. And it wasn’t visible to the naked eye. check this out
I'm not so sure of that, it looks like a couple hundred feet to me.
But we can check if you can post the time and date so I can look up the METAR.
Understand. However the phone view doesn’t prob the depth that a computer or hdtv screen would. And again, I can see bats with my bare eyes. I could not see these objects without looking through the cameras viewfinder.
Altostratus clouds fly 10-20,000 ft. They weren’t stratus clouds because they weren’t super low. I paid attention in in the sciences. Specifically weather and climate class mate.
But thanks
So there's a couple of different things in this video. Some are stars. For instance, at the 2:19 mark I can clearly make out the three stars of the Big Dipper (watch the center one, you can even make out Alcor). The bright one at the start is bright, but not that bright, it could be Sirius, but I think more likely a planet. If you can post the time and date I can see in Stellarium.
Then there is the very different thing you see starting at 2:22. As it flies past the cloud about 2:24 I see what appears to be flapping. You can also see variation right near the end of the video that would also be explained by this.
You state in this post, and another you posted, that these are not birds, but I would disagree. I'm outside Toronto, which is not that different than Chicago and I'm about half a mile from the shore of Lake Ontario, and this is indeed what birds look like in the light pollution. I'd offer to get some footage, but right now it's pouring snow and tomorrow I leave for Algonquin where the light pollution is not in my favour!
The first “object” isn’t an object at all, it’s Venus or a bright star. What makes it appear to be flying is an optical illusion. The planet isn’t moving; the clouds are. High-altitude, fast-moving clouds can create the illusion that a fixed light source is cutting through the sky. You can see the same effect when the moon is out, it can look like it’s racing across the sky when, in reality, it’s the clouds doing the moving. That explains the first sighting.
The other moving objects, however, could be drones. Some advanced drones are capable of speeds exceeding 300 mph.
At 2:22
Planets ca be seen at all times including in daylight as well.
What’s the relevance to planets that are stationary in the daylight and the moving objects at the end of the video?
I was separating the two observations. I explained what I believe the first object was, and then gave a separate assessment of the fast-moving objects. This is simply my opinion, not a statement of definitive fact. I’m not saying you’re wrong, just sharing my perspective and I fully acknowledge that I could be mistaken as well.
That object could not be seen by my naked eyes. Hence, my reaction mid video.
At night, it’s extremely difficult to see objects clearly in any city because artificial lighting washes out and blurs celestial objects. City lights overwhelm the night sky. During the 1977 New York City blackout, many residents were shocked and some even thought it was the end of the world when they suddenly saw a sky filled with stars. With no light pollution, the night sky appeared in its natural state.
It’s true that many people who live in large cities have never actually seen the night sky as it’s meant to be seen, unobstructed by artificial light.
What the hell are you getting at chupi? None of that is relevant.
That under city light at night is very difficult to spot any celestial or man made objects at night. You mentioned that you couldn’t see it with your own naked eyes. That’s where I’m getting to. Is just an opinion.
I’m very well traveled. I’ve seen the stars all from all over the world. The naked eye doesn’t do justice which is why I purchased my camera some years ago. Because even through the light pollution the cameras capture shit still.
Of course there’s cameras that can capture things we can’t see with the naked eyes. There’s no denying that. I wasn’t trying to undermine your point at all. I was adding a different point since I’m from NYC. There’s people in the city that never seen a night sky full of stars in their entire life like some of us has. I apologize if you thought I was undermining your point of view, not at all. I appreciate your point of view.
Most likely a satellite. No change in direction. Consistent light. Fast, high up. You can always look up current satellite positions, as well, which I would recommend before jumping to a UAP. No hate, just recommendations!
Good luck seeing satellites in Chicago. Too much light pollution for that. More importantly this is indeed this is below the clouds.
There are thousands of satellites brighter than 3rd magnitude, and we know that OP's video recorded stars down to at least 3rd magnitude:
https://postimg.cc/t73GrwV9
Hence, OP could potentially have detected any of thousands of different satellites from Chicago. However, the objects in the video are clearly not satellites. The stationary objects seen during the first two minutes are stars, and the moving object late in the video is likely a bat.
I’m not so sure. The luminance doesn’t seem to change despite the cloud coverage. If it was a clear night, absolutely. Also, not sure why you are certain the moving objects are bats. What we see are white colored specks. I would not expect a bat to be illuminated…native bats here are dark colored.
On the contrary, it slows, and I orginally was facing east towards Lake Michigan as it was headed west. I ended up spinning and looking South east as it disappeared into the south sky. Also, if you didn’t read, I mentioned these things are not in alignment with the satellites that fly above me, in so many words. But thanks.
But no part of the video confirms the behavior that you're claiming in your post. You're basically saying it can't be a satellite, or something else mundane, because you say so. It's impossible for anyone watching this video to arrive at the same conclusion.
What is a uap? Or a ufo? Unidentified. What are eye witness accounts? I’m saying from what I saw and the knowledge I have. Even the things you mentioned, this is the conclusion I came up with. I’m not disagreeing with anyone. I’m only saying the light I saw make squiggly lines in the sky isn’t anything I can decifer.
But that isn't apparent in the video you posted, so what are you looking to get out of this? Are people just supposed to speculate about what you claim you observed?
And what are sightings? Claims… we all are claiming to see something. That’s what the community is about.
At 2:21, there is something that jumps into view. What I am referring to is that part specifically. Thats what I’m referring to. I had 3 other videos associated with This one. Idk why Reddit put the entire video because I edited this one to just the end. Idk why they aren’t apart of the post. Again, I’ll be posting more of these.
Yeah that's no star! Good catch 👍
Thx
Check out the latest clips I just added the Reddit edit is better. https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/X0reISsmzD[new ones](https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/X0reISsmzD)
No, it's below the clouds.
I don't see anything in your footage apart from stationary stars (arcturus or vega is the bright one i think), and birds?
Around about 2:22. Not a bird. It wasn’t visible with my eyes. Only through cam. Not a bat. I’m aware of their patterns this way. Not a satellite. I have like 10 different videos of these I’ll be posting performing crazy maneuvers and all.
What’s with the subtitles? Does anyone else have videos that either have subtitles show up even when there is no one talking or the subtitles just being flat out completely wrong? Is it something you can turn off?
Not mine. What’s it saying?
At around :53 seconds in the text at the top says “So,”. And of course no one is saying anything and there are no increase or change in the background noise. Then, around 1:23 when you hear a guy say “Whut da fuck goin on”, the text at the top of the screen says “get a little bit of water, so I can get a little bit of water, so I can get”. Then, at 1:58, and again when there is nothing but the same background noise, nothing new or any one talking, the text says “I don’t know what to do, but I don’t know what to do.” Then, at 2:28, when you hear the guy make an exclamatory sound, which sounds like he’s says “oh” or “woah”, the text at the top says: “I reach the right place”.
This kind of incoherent and incorrect subtitles (or should I say supertitles since they’re always on the top of the screen) are not just on this video for me. I’ve been noticing them on a lot of videos recently and from different subs, so not endemic to this sub.
They messed my video up I see because it was never supposed to be this long haha. I just reposted an edited version of some other sightings I caught. I may delete this one and reupload it better. Reddits edit section has been screwed up lately
Lately? This has been going on for a while. Lol.
Time and date: 8:43pm / June 12, 2025 Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
r/ItsAlwaysSirius
Basically, I see these things above all the time. I’m in Chicago near lake Michigan. I see “satellites “ not going in the “proper” orbits, appearing to be hovering or floating not in a straight line. And I see these things. They can’t be seen with the naked eye. But through my mirrorless cam, with the settings tweaked, these things can be seen.
people are dismissing the video because the movement starts 2:22 into the video and they didnt watch it all
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https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/X0reISsmzD Reddit fucked my edit up. These aren’t drones man.
OP, do you think most of these are fixed objects like stars as suggested? I understand that moving cloud cover would cause the illusion of stars moving, but I am impressed by the sustained brightness despite decent amount of cloud coverage PLUS the setting of light pollution of Chicago. I would not expect to see some of these points so easily past the clouds. Plus, there is the obviously moving light including at 1:04 and 1:13.
2:21 is where I originally started the edit. But sometimes Reddit does weird stuff when you post after you’ve made an edit to a video. Let me know what you think of the objects after that time stamp
Interesting how many sightings involve unusual light behavior like this. It’s a common detail in a lot of reports
Wow I saw something like this as well. Over Amsterdam at 7am on the 25th of December
Amazing catch! As a fellow Chicagoan, I approve. This is probably the most compelling video that I've seen since these are below cloud cover with multiple points of light. Plus at 1:04 one of the points of light also zooms way past the others (in addition to the other one zipping around at the end). Out of curiosity, why did you decide to post the video now and not in the summer?
everyone seems to be skipping over the fact that one of these lights goes speeding across the sky from a standstill at the end of the video. it looks to me like they’re anywhere between a thousand to a few thousand feet high, hard to tell on a solid colour background but def flying between the ground and the clouds. if the video isn’t fake the sudden movement and speed of that object is pretty insane