A fast moving lightning event distorted by a smartphone camera's rolling shutter. The rolling shutter effect on smartphones causes all kinds of distortion in videos where there are fast moving objects such as propellers on airplanes. You can't trust the video from devices like that because of the distortion and other artifacts they cause. Analog video had far fewer issues and would have captured the lightning correctly. Digital video and its artifacts are quickly becoming a new source of fantastical conspiracy fodder.