1001 DRONES! Record Breaking Christmas Drone Show 

Spectacular. I'm a retired professional fireworks operator. I used to believe nothing else could match the sensory experience of fireworks. I've now seen water fountains come pretty close, in Dubai and drones are definitely going beyond.

My first drone show, I'm 71. I think about how my grandparents would have reacted. Incredible!

Never saw a drone show from another drone's perspective - Nice touch. Thanks Sky Elements Drone Show!!!

Not only amazing, but absolutely beautiful coverage from the air, ground and FPV. World-Class!

Congrats for the FPV pilot. Very brave maneuvers. I would not dare ...

Props to the person flying the drone through the drones ! Amazing show.

The programming that went into this was amazing. Beautiful job, Thank you, and Happy New Year.

From the Wright Bros... to Space shuttles to the Moon... to the outrageous precision of proximity flying... It's truly astonishing.

This is amazing; I am the owner of a rescue dog, who must have had some bad experiences in her previous life, meaning that fireworks really scare her. She is a large dog but if there are fireworks going off she lies on me shaking, with each bang in the sky met with uncontrollable quivers right through her body. I fear she would try to run away if we didn’t sit with her as there is absolute panic in her eyes. I wish those people letting off the fireworks could see this panic, as it might make them reconsider. I admit that I have let off fireworks before in my life, but I had not witnessed the fear they can produce in animals. A previous dog was a gun dog, and he would just get excited as he thought he would be retrieving some pheasants or partridges. But I hope that these stunning shows will replace fireworks, certainly in built up areas. I have been to firework displays too in the past, and at least there dog owners could choose to take their dogs out of the area for the time of the fireworks, although personally I would prefer it if even those shows were held well away from built up areas. My dog had been a stray dog at one period in her life before she was rescued, and I can only imagine that on nights like 31 December, she would have just run in complete panic, and an 80kg dog has the potential to cause a nasty car crash should she run across roads.

Just watching the drones is pretty amazing but then when you think what is required to do this, it becomes mind blowing.

This is even better than fireworks! I did not realize drones could put on a 3D light show (and another drone flies through it: cool!). Salute to the geniuses who came up with this idea and executed it.

I love how drone shows are growing in popularity. I would love to see a show in person.

Amazing work guys and you beat the record ! Congratulations !

The Seattle fireworks show was done using drones this New Years Eve. So amazing to see new technology. I love that I’ve lived to see the development of computers from the clunky beginning to now coordinating the flights of drones for an air show. I hope I live for another 30 years, who knows what might be developed.

That has DEFINITELY got to be the best drone light show I've ever seen. Other drone light shows have all been done with 'static' images, sometimes with occasional...but, very minimal...'moving' images. This show was done almost entirely with 'moving' images. I'd go so far as to call this "drone light animation". 👍🏼👍🏼 🤙🏼

That was amazing, the possibilities are endless .... imagine being able to give directions in an emergency, highlight a safe zone, send a message, send an image, send peace ....

Beyond phenomenal! Wish there was a way to integrate something like this with our 300 Jeep Christmas light parade here in SW Florida next year. ❤️ this!!!

4:46 I can only imagine what drivers on the highway thought when they saw this!

That was realy amazing! Never seen something like this. Thank you Sky Elements Drone Shows and greatings from Germany!

Just randomly found this and I absolutely love it perfect show

Oh my gosh as long as i been flyin drones this is the most amazing thing i have ever seen compliments to all .

4:34 The FPV angle is amazing. Honestly, the tripods should be replaced by some sort of moving orbiting FPV that is wide-shot or an Insta-360 mounted in the drones so we can all use RU-vid's 360 feature using our phone accelerometers.

Absolutely amazing!! Congratulations to all the Sky Elements team.

i am reminded of the first computer games of the 80's with very basic graphics that seemed so realistic at the time. Imagine how much that has changed in the following decades and no doubt the years to come will bring about displays by drones that will blow our minds with unimaginable creativity.

I sure would like to see the 'back story' of how in the world you guys pull this off. Amazing.

AWESOME! Thanks so much for posting this incredible show. The future approaches us and it lookes amazing.

Super impressed how you all have made this work. Your handling of the logistics that go into such a show are top notch. From assembling, fixing, placing, coding, tagging, storing, moving, setting up and charging the drone fleet, to working out the patterns, the show, the narratives, to your decent sized staff. The various permitting requirements, local challenges, the weather, the place to launch from, the other local businesses involved. And then to make it work inside a business model on top of that. Impressive! Fantastic! Challenging! Awesome! Thanks for sharing this with all of us. Definitely made my family smile, and the only thing they thought about was how cool the story was with the drones! Cheers!

Wow absolutely amazing never seen a drone show live but maybe one day

Stunning! I haven't been this impressed with light shows since I saw the Genesis, "Seconds Out" tour and their lasers back in 1977. To the fireworks folks (of which I'm one) who say this doesn't compare; well it doesn't compare to watching horse racing either but it's not competing with that, and it's obviously not in the big bang competition at all. It's different. I love fireworks as much as the next pyromaniac, but for a different reason. It's equally stunning that we've come this far technologically.

Hats off to the crew who put this on I can only try to think of the thousands of dollars it to to put on a free show to the public hope the best in the future to you all

Drone footage flying thru a drone show is very meta

Mocern technology is mind boggling!! Hours and hours of programming must have gone into the light show! WELL DONE!!

Wonderful!!! Thank you for this incredible show!!

this reminds me of the beginning of laser shows at music festivals in the late 90's, quite a basic graphical presentation from a viewers POV, but there is a real appreciation for the technology and its future.

I have never seen anything like it! This technology and creativity are nothing less than phenomenal!

Drones must be the number one best invention of the last few decades, they have so many applications for exploration and study of places impossible to see otherwise.

absolutely wonderful ! this is more than we could have ever dreamed when i was growing up. the sky is not the limit anymore. what you could with this and real fireworks on the 4th oh my.

I imagine there must be some custom software that emulates the show and lets you keyframe drones one-by-one or in groups like video editing software. SO COOL!

Best. Christmas. Ever.

This is the most spectacular light show I have ever seen. I can't even begin to imagine the mathematics involved to ensure the drones don't crash into each other. Truly AWESOME!!!!

Pretty impressive. I love that there's no automated arming sequence, haha, but it must take a LOT of setup for each unique event but its very impressive and would be really spectacular to see in person. I find the storyline where kids just go trespassing, then breaking and entering, then stealing someone's property a little strange, but the lightshow is really well coordinated.

Well, this was much better than fireworks! The whole idea with a radio show and drones is just fantastic, great way to get people to come together.

I think a small fireworks show combined with a huge drone show would be the perfect combination for a fantastic celebration of New Years or the 4th of July. Saw my 1st drone show at the Garth Brooks concert in Missouri this year and it was absolutely AMAZ-Z-Zing!!

Saw some drones perform for the first time last month, and I was really blown away by how cool it was!

Wow and wow! Being flown through the drones on a drone was stunning….cheers from New Zealand. 🐑🐑🇳🇿🇳🇿NZ

This is fascinating. How can people say it's boring lol. Appreciate the efforts and skills went into this. This is just the beginning. It's slow now but can't wait to see the differences years from now.

Fascinating beyond belief! Reminds me of the huge bird flocks over the fields in the fall. I imagine collision avoidance is most difficult.

Beautiful! This is the third millenium I was waiting for. Thx for making this happen!

Awesome as always. Love the story about the drones. Merry Christmas to Sky Elements 👍🌲

I'm 63. Thank you for showing me what the future will be. Amazing!!!

Great job guys!! ❄️🌲🚂

Stunning show! Imagine how much better these will be when people learn to turn off the overhead lights in that parking lot!

Absolutely incredible! The most impressive Christmas display I've ever seen!

Imagine taking this video back and showing it in 2002. This technology is out of this world.

So many drones! the story made me cry :')

The FPV pilot doing that dive through the tunnel. incredible

Thank you so much for putting this up on RU-vid. I've been really ill during this holiday season and am slowly recovering. I had heard about this and wanted to go see it, but fate had other plans unfortunately. I love it absolutely love it! 😍 I hope next year or perhaps this 4th of July you will have another show such as this and I get to attend it. Bravo!!

Amazing technology, great work. Actually did the entire thing without mentioning what Christmas was about. Amazing.

Oh, I enjoyed that very much! 1001 drones...hard to imagine how you did this. Thank you. ⭐️

Imagine traveling back in time and showing people this. Magic by golly

I’ve never seen a drone light show. This was incredible!♥️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

This is by far the most amazing thing I have ever seen on RU-vid

That was stunning. Loved it.

I hope you guys start to tour around Christmas time and come to Connecticut next year. Simply amazing

While it is pretty cool, this is scary as hell. This will and is becoming an extremely effective weapon system and to think you can control thousands of these with software at the individual drone level and the totality should alarm everyone.

AMAZING!!!

The strobing white light is my coverage of this show 😂

Would love to read a short, not too technical story about how the drone programming was done. Also, the brand, make, and model of the drones, and the cost for each drone. Should have been a million more cars parked/people watching, too.

Just stunning. Thanks for all you do. I’m sure it brought and sill bring much more joy that day and in the years ahead. Best of wishes in 2023

It's amazing how this art form is evolving...

Congratulations to the makers of such nice show, much better than fireworks, greetings from Remi from Belgium

Whow, how great that is. Stunning, I have never seen anything like this. Much more impressive than any firework. Great job.

WOW! Fireworks shows are now obsolete! FANTASTIC!👍 Hats off to the camera drone pilot! 👍

It’s spectacular! Imagine what 10,000 drones can do 😳

It amazes me what good can come from new and emerging technologies these days. Keep up the great work inspiring others for good!

We are witnessing the birth of sky cinema. One day soon, we'll be watching entire movies coming to life in the sky.

Thank you so much! I am thrilled to see this video! So talented! ❤️ Incredible ❤️❤️❤️

That's the first drone show I've ever seem...quite amazing

fantastic performance !! is there a video about all whats behind the scenes? Must be an exeptional organisation ......Congrats to all off you!

Absolutely amazing bravo! I hope you continue this every year what a great tradition

I wish I would've stuck with my lighting design degree. I would love to get involved with something like this. Absolutely amazing.

What a REMARKABLE show!!! Thank you for sharing this technological wizardry with us!! GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spectacular show, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Sir. What you Did for these Kids &Parents and everyone was the Best thing ever done for People. You are a Santa of Joy and Please Be Safe and Peace Be With You. Thanks

Drones have come along way. I saw it first introduced at a AMA (Modeling show in Pasadena Calif. I didn't think it would go anywhere. Boy was I wrong. Good Job!

Absolutely amazing. I never saw anything like this before in my life. Well Done, Well Done.

Just wonderful. All the way around this was fantastic. Wow, just wow.

AWESOME. Great story and visuals. Thnak you for sharing.

I love creative minds that do things for others enjoyment.

Get rid of smelly and noisy fireworks and have drones like this for holiday show! AWESOME!!!

A timeless message shown through amazing technology! Thank you so much Sky Elements!

Wow this is magical! Thank you for all the effort put into this! Amazing indeed!!!

Thank you for the drone show!

Disney World needs to hire yall!

That is beautiful and amazing. Wonder if we could get y’all to come here to the Shreveport/Bossier area to do a show. Y’all would kill it here. Great job and can’t wait to see what other shows you come up with.

Over 6 minutes of my life i'll never get back

This show was in Londons new years fireworks show! Great addition

*You Guys have an Opportunity in Sri Lanka for Wesak and Poson Festivals...u can bring Pandolas to sky with storytelling very well like this*

WOW SO BEAUTIFUL , MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

Wow, so many amazing effects, Super impressive, thank you for sharing this with all of us!