The lights are probably a conventional aircraft distorted by a triangular aperture. The video by Mick West explains this very clearly, and the Metabunk contributor Jesse actually had a triangular aperture on his own night vision sight.
That is of profound interest and delving into my archives, I have come across something perhaps related, having once written to a fellow journalist:
Having seen that article with accompanying photo, my conclusion was that she had filmed Venus.
"Brighter than a star, the object appears suddenly to zoom towards Margaret's camcorder".
Dare I suggest, not one of the more expensive camcorders, the kind which has a shutter which when the "zoom" is used on a bright light, causes an artefact which resembles Commissioner Gordon's Batman signal.
It can also give the impression of "lines".
"The disc-shaped UFO shows five clear stripes on the surface. Then it shoots away".
Why, it looks like Commissioner Gordon's Batman signal with lines!
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I have written a short piece on this for the Sunday Mail, Evening News and Herald and maybe it will help keep things in perspective. Before too long we'll have Japanese film crews making documentaries on Mrs Ross's UFOs.
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That was in 1996 and can't believe I suggested someone had mistaken Venus for a UFO - would have sworn I had never done that in my life.
Perhaps encapsulates this gem of an online community - we may agree or disagree and occasionally the defining lines become blurred.
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