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The strange red lights hovering over the Pacific are fishing boats, not aliens

Contrary to the claims made by certain social media users, this photograph taken over the Pacific Ocean on July 16, 2022 doesn’t show a secret military operation or a supernatural phenomenon. © Observers

American pilot Dustin Maggard took a photo on July 16 of strange red lights that he saw while flying over the Pacific Ocean. Since then, lots of people have shared the images on social media or left comments claiming that the lights are either secret military exercises or supernatural phenomena. In reality, the lights came from fishing boats equipped with particularly powerful LED lights. 

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