cloud-to-ground is rare but does occur.
If the video could be slowed down sufficiently (impossible with camera/phone) and it proved to be cloud-to-ground, what could that mean?
Second point is that it is extremely rare to see lightning take a direct path (straight). And, the angle seems, uhhh, unique.
Juxtapose against the 2 strikes of the Washington monument in the same video.
I wonder what the terminal velocity of a 100 foot rod of tungsten might be if launched from a rail gun in near-zero gravity?
Chaff
Which ordinal direction was the camera looking at?
I don’t know DC well enough.
wouldn’t that leave a big hole in the ground?