A video has recently surfaced showing a collection of colourful lights gliding, darting, and dancing across the night sky in perfect synchrony. But was this a choreographed drone show or something far more mysterious?

The footage went viral and it is very strange. Multi-coloured orbs twist and twirl with glowing trails forming patterns that seem to be both random and intelligent. For some it was obviously a display of modern drone technology, a light show engineered for entertainment or a secret tech demo, but for some others it was something very different and not of this Earth.