Tracked down the original source on X (posted 4-15-25):
https://x.com/dom_lucre/status/1912240470480285729
And an India news article about it:
Mysterious, multicoloured lights illuminate sky in Canada’s Vancouver
https://indianexpress.com/article/trendi...o-9947423/
EXCERPTS: A new video of mysterious lights illuminating the skies in Canada has set the Internet abuzz. According to the viral post, the lights were visible in Vancouver. The video, which garnered nearly 2 million views, sparked a range of reactions. [...] “With what drones are capable of doing, I wouldn’t be surprised if they are just drones,” another user commented...
There's a Facebook entry dating back four days ago with the same "
What is going on in Canada, Vancouver" logo, but with different stuff. The opening scene of a "floating robot" is so sloppy it could be old school video editing, or fit right in as a scene from a 1970s or 1980s "Doctor Who" episode.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1735021800691456
So this doesn't even qualify as drones or anything real that gets misidentified. Poor AI generation, if even that.