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The 7 Prominent Theories Explaining the Mystery Drones - Decrypt (decrypt.co)
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The Missing Nukes/Dirty Bomb Sweep Theory
The PSY-OP/Government Conspiracy Theory
The ET Theory
The Mass Hysteria Theory
The Copycats/Hoaxers Theory
The Iranian Mothership/Foreign Spy Theory
The Angels Theory

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago

I think the most likely explanation is that someone saw a drone or two at night and posted a photo on social media. It can be very hard to determine the actual size of something in a photo, so it probably looked a lot bigger than it was. That got everyone worked up and now every light in the night sky is a "drone".