Reddit / r/UFOs
Los Angeles video shows several lights crossing a night sky
A Reddit poster reported seeing numerous lights over Los Angeles, some apparently stationary before moving, and recorded two points passing near one another in the camera's view.
What the video shows
The 52-second night video shows several small white points against a dark sky. Camera motion and digital zoom change their spacing, while two points appear to cross or pass close together in projection. The clip does not show an impact, debris, structured bodies, abrupt acceleration or a clearly shared trajectory.
Witness description
The poster listed Los Angeles and wrote that many lights were visible, with some seeming stationary before moving. The stated observation time was July 13, 2026 at 9:40 p.m. However, the public post timestamp is July 13 at 07:58:01 UTC, earlier than the claimed Los Angeles evening time on the same date. That unresolved timing conflict reduces confidence in the event details.
Source and provenance
The retained source is the original Reddit post, ID 1uv53fy, published July 13, 2026 at 07:58:01 UTC. Its hosted video carries media ID ii528t5cdych1. A 1920-by-1080 H.264 rendition and a frame from that file were downloaded and stored locally. The original post remains linked, and its conflicting time statement is preserved rather than silently corrected.
Evidence notes
The source video is continuous, locally playable and traceable to the original post. It nevertheless records only unresolved point lights without landmarks, metadata, a stable reference frame or independent witnesses. The post's impossible same-date chronology is a material provenance weakness, and apparent crossings in a two-dimensional view do not demonstrate contact or collision.
Possible explanations
Aircraft on different paths, satellites crossing in projection, stars or planets combined with camera movement, and compression around bright points can reproduce the visible behavior. Flight and satellite data tied to a reliable time and viewing direction would be required. No crash or extraordinary maneuver is established by the clip.
Verification notes
Original-source video localized and technically verified as playable; the lights remain unidentified, while the unresolved timestamp conflict limits confidence in the reported date and time.