Look at the "craft" at the 14-second mark of the video. It deforms as it passes over a bridge light. It also fades as it moves off the bridge.
Clearly a helicopter spotlight.
And the footage
does not show the actual moment the "probe" is released. You only see it quite a distance away. The "probe" itself moves
"quite slowly", as the announcer says, just like a person on foot would. It also moves with a jerky motion consistent with the bobbing motion of a
flashlight being held by a walking person.
Seems to be a police helicopter checking out a person on foot.
And I hate to tell them, but yes, "before in history" there has indeed been footage of a smaller object released from a larger one.
Quite dramatic language for not much of a sighting.
[edit on 1/20/2007 by eaglewingz]