Qs people asked me on science and my replies to them : Part 272

Krishna: Is this the one you are talking about?

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People are still guessing about it. We don’t know anything for certain now .

The theories ranged from an undersea volcano erupting, a UFO, and the most popular theory of all: another dimension called “The Upside Down” from the Netflix TV show “Stranger Things.”

Neil Jacobs, a weather modeling expert, gave the most likely explanation, which is itself a pretty strange thing (1). “They were commercial fishing vessels that were fishing for Pacific saury using very bright red arrays of LED lights,” he said.

Lights like these attract the mackerel-like saury the fisherman are hoping to catch.

Jacobs entered the flight’s location and date into http://globalfishingwatch.org and was able to see fishing vessels by name. On the video, you can see what appears to be one vessel turning its red lights on. You can literally see them from outer space, according to him.

The glow can even be seen from the International Space Station.

Footnotes:

1. Mysterious Red Glow Over Pacific Ocean - Solomon Times Online