Looks like spotlights being shone on the clouds

edit: just watched a bit more and they touch on the search light possibility, but you see, you gotta have a permit to do that!!! I'm sure the feds who did this are very concerned about that

This is really their rationalization, "Ah yeah it really looks like search lights, but since those require a permit and the government says no one got a permit then it can't be that!!"

Looks like spotlights being shone on the clouds

edit: just watched a bit more and they touch on the search light possibility, but you see, you gotta have a permit to do that!!! I'm sure the feds who did this are very concerned about that