The one time I had it was a combination of lens flare (vintage 55mm 1.8) and low light:
(first two are 200% crops, last one 100% crop from BMPCC Prores footage)

- 200% crop
- 200percent.JPG (52.1 KiB) Viewed 4614 times

- 200% crop
- 200percent_b.JPG (81.38 KiB) Viewed 4614 times

- 100% crop
- 100percent.JPG (53.07 KiB) Viewed 4614 times
I have not yet noticed it without the combo lens flare + under exposure.
Notice Rob Ford's example is a under exposure / lens flare situation as well!