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by joshschreuder 1897 days ago
Good call, it’s most likely bokeh.

See https://youtu.be/g256IPFoqMg

Mick West incidentally does a number of quite good videos on UFO footage and camera phenomena.

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Yep the bokeh takes the shape of the aperture blades. Typically they look like hexagons but I could see in this case of some weird military night vision it being triangles.
Here's an example of a lens with a triangle shaped aperture: https://vintagelensesforvideo.tumblr.com/post/126045282053/t...