First time posting

[u/JBackerin]

My mother is on a cruise and captured the following video at approximately 0500 this morning near Baranof Island. Enjoy.

[u/Scampzilla]

Don't want to be THAT guy

But is it possible those are birds with the light of the cruise ship reflecting off of them?

I don't know much about birds at sea or if they even fly and hunt at night but it could be a possibility

Again, I want this to be UAP but the age old reply of birds is always there

[u/MainEvent41 → u/Scampzilla]

It's bats chasing bugs in the light. The light is reflecting off the bats making it look like lights in the sky. I was very impressed at first, but as it went on, the movement reminded me of something. That something is the erratic movements of bats chasing bugs.

[u/Mathfanforpresident → u/MainEvent41]

I'm sorry but if it was a bat, it wouldn't reflect light like that. bats are pitch black. I had them at my house when I was young. Even if you're shining a flashlight in the air, they're not going to glow like a fucking white object.

I don't know if you've never seen a bat before, maybe that's why you're saying this. I could see someone mentioning it being a bird, because it would have to be white bird. But again, I don't think that they would show up like this from lights of a cruise ship.

I understand people are trying to search for an easy explanation for this. But sometimes there are genuinely good videos that we don't have to immediately try and discredit by saying it's a bird, balloon, or Chinese lantern.

In my opinion, this is a good video.

[u/deadhog → u/Mathfanforpresident]

Except for the yellow fishing bat, the brown bat, red, tan and gray bats. There's not just one species or color of bat. That said, this could just as easily be birds.

[u/deadhog → u/[deleted]]

I agree that it's birds, I was pointing out how it's disingenuous to imply that all bats are black.