[Windflier]

It’s lights at the top of an unfinished skyscraper and the crane on top.

I've seen lots of skyscrapers being built in my day, and have never seen lights like those on any of them.

Got an opinion as to the reason for those lights, their colors, and the strange arrangement?

[Finny]

"It’s lights at the top of an unfinished skyscraper and the crane on top."

I've seen lots of skyscrapers being built in my day, and have never seen lights like those on any of them.

TL, skyscrapers are still there when the fog has cleared, the sun has risen, and it's clearly visual. Sure, it could have been a skyscraper -- and if it is, then the news editor who gave the okay to this story is going to look like a first-class moron and dupe.

The thing that makes the story iffy for me is, what did the thing eventually do? Fade away? Suddenly disappear? Stay there so long that people just got tired of waiting to see what it would do and went home, and the next morning it was gone? That seems pretty far-fetched.