Re: the "weird lasers" CodeMonkey was referring to, I think this article is about them:
Mysterious Green Laser Beams Over Hawaii Came from Chinese Satellite
Mysterious green laser beams that appeared over the night sky in Hawaii have been pinned on a Chinese satellite.
On January 28, the Subaru telescope camera on the summit of Mauna Kea captured streaks of green laser beams that some likened to The Matrix code.
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https://petapixel.com/2023/02/10/mysterious-green-laser-beams-over-hawaii-came-from-chinese-satellite/