Type: Photographic and Video Evidence
Source: Joe Rudy and Chris Russo, as reproduced by Live Science and Skeptic magazine
The staged demonstrations and the creators' first-person account explain the apparent aerial lights without requiring an unidentified aircraft. The method involved helium balloons, road flares, and timed releases. Live Science published a photograph credited to Rudy and Russo showing a flare being released beside the smoke trail left by a balloon. This evidence supports the conclusion that the reported lights were deliberately staged.