[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Ben;

Looks a bit like an array of drones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOd4-T_p5fA

Or...

It could involve some weird air inversion or mirage. If parking lot lights on shore are transmitted and bent or mirrored back that might explain it.

https://atoptics.wordpress.com/category/air-mirages/

(has Pictures of the Green Flash!)

https://www.atoptics.co.uk/

Methane Gas/ball lightning?

Could be associated with a release of methane gas in the costal areas off of the Outer banks resulting in ball lightning?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Mx3g0JmQU Methane.

(I Would suggest that the leak from the hydrate would have to be substantial to make it to the surface!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4vV3KxQ16c

Some examples of multiple ball lightning!

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It’s the Saltwater Redneck.

[DoodleBob]