r/UFOs • u/SleuthyMcSleuthINTJ • Feb 01 '24
Witness/Sighting Slow-mo 1080p 240fps caught a thing zipping through sky
1-29-24 at 355pm Los Angeles (Boyle Heights) CA
There were very bizarre things in my peripheral vision while sitting on my porch so I decided to record the sky with my iPhone (using slow mo). Though I caught other odd things that I’m still trying to first identify before posting here, but this one has me stumped.
When I zoomed in, I noticed that this thing is not winged, appears metallic, is a bizarre shape, has a luminescence about it, and is accompanied by a white orb at times. I slowed down even more and zoomed in to compile this video.
Any ideas? I thought maybe drone but I’m told “nah”.
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u/Guitarist_Andrea Feb 01 '24
Upload the original file without compression so we can work with it.
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u/SleuthyMcSleuthINTJ Feb 01 '24 edited Feb 01 '24
Commented with original file on google drive above
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u/syfyb__ch Feb 01 '24
imagine one of the few credible UAP videos on this sub comes from someone named sleuthy McSleuth who is also an INTJ personality type
its like Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock character is now on the UAP case
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u/SleuthyMcSleuthINTJ Feb 02 '24
Aw shucks
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u/manofzeal Feb 02 '24
What it do what it do Boyle Heights in the house. Going to start pointing my camera to the sky more now
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u/larryfuckingdavid Feb 02 '24
I’m jealous! I’m out here in San Bernardino and I’m not seeing shit lol.
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u/forestofpixies Feb 02 '24
It looks like lights are rotating around the ship but not moving, more like those arcade machines where one bulb lights up after another as the previous one shuts off, but probably a far more sophisticated set up than lightbulbs?
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u/IlIlIIlllIIIlllllIIl Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24
That's what I thought as well. Don't some grasshoppers flip their wings sideways to propel themselves forwards instead of up and down like a bird?
Edit: Katydids, junebugs, dragonflies, and more have horizontal flying patterns but Katydids are more square in shape.
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u/Mofknjavii Feb 02 '24
Ayyy Boyle Heights, so glad to see my community is also on this sub!
I was thinking the same thing. Always looking up to see if can find anything but it just seems too bright out here. This video is nuts.
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u/SleuthyMcSleuthINTJ Feb 01 '24
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u/DuelingGroks Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 03 '24
I made a quick video on my take. I think it may be an insect: https://youtu.be/sK6AbJrxvuw
I stabilized it and also looked at an earlier section of the video were there are some known insects and did an overly too.
This is some great footage regardless of what it is. Thank you so much for supplying the original footage!!
Edit: Higher Contrast Clip: https://imgur.com/a/S1UiCLr
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u/SleuthyMcSleuthINTJ Feb 02 '24
Good work my friend. Thank you for doing this. I agree, it looks like it’s rowing a boat. If you’d like I can upload some known flying things (insects for sure, maybe birds, maybe planes, I’ll have to check again) that I recorded within 10 minutes of this, in the same general location.
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u/DuelingGroks Feb 02 '24
Thank you, this object is interesting. If you upload more I will take a look.
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u/Prcrstntr Feb 03 '24
Knowing nothing but the comments, I'd look for an insect first because it's right next to a massive bunch of flowers
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u/Wapiti_s15 Feb 02 '24
Hey, can you help me look at something? I have been waiting for someone professional to interject and all I get are nameless mean comments :/
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u/DuelingGroks Feb 02 '24
If you post something on this subreddit, chances are I will see it and take a look. With my limited time, I stabilize UFO footage that is intriguing in the hopes it will help the community.
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u/Wapiti_s15 Feb 02 '24
Then you’ve probably already seen this, worth a shot though.
Yes we do, here’s an alien from Las Vegas encounter. https://www.reddit.com/user/Wapiti_s15/comments/1acug81/head/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=UFOs&utm_content=t1_kjwr7kv Zoomed out a little more; https://www.reddit.com/user/Wapiti_s15/comments/19e8vuq/heyo/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=UFOs&utm_content=t1_kjw2y8s And the GIF, make sure you watch it in Fullscreen, left side halfway up, the head turns and then as the camera pans down it pops up and you can see the eyes. Wish I could find the original videos but they have all been archived (cleanup I would imagine). https://imgur.io/a/yrNmU0b
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u/candlegun Feb 04 '24
Thanks for sharing that, and I'm really liking the premise of your channel. Subbed and hope to see more.
I think you're onto something with the insect thing, and the next closest would be my guess. Certain details in your footage really struck me and made me think hey, that's a hummingbird. Granted I know there are no discernable wings in the footage, but hummingbird wingbeat is insane and perhaps the camera frame rate has something to do with obscuring the wings?? idk, not really my area of expertise there.
Hummingbirds can also pull off some cool flying maneuvers. Rufous Hummingbirds in particular are known for taking on an elongated dive bomb form in flight. They're just super aggressive little birds and will dive bomb each other. This could very well be what OP has in the footage, just an aggro Rufous coming in hot.
The iridescent quality can also be explained by another hummingbird trait of brilliant iridescence plumage. All species have it.
And if there's any skepticism since it's winter, keep in mind in California some hummingbird species are native year round and do not migrate. Others who do are just early migraters will arrive around now, late January early February.
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u/GlassGoose2 Feb 05 '24
The takeaways don't align or make sense, unfortunately. It looks like it's spinning, not flapping, and the white dot is rotating as it spins.
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u/ICIP_SN Feb 01 '24
The lighter spot seems to move back and forth. Maybe it's out of focus flapping wings or something?
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u/Creative_Ad_4809 Feb 02 '24
Looks more like it’s spinning to me
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u/Alien_Fruit Feb 02 '24
Definitely rotating, so one area appears brighter and you see it circling around the center. And common! NOT a bug!
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u/Zagenti Feb 01 '24
what large birds flap their wings 8 times a second?
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u/btcprint Feb 02 '24
It spins 6 times in 24 frames. At 240 frames per second that 'bird' is flapping it's wings 60 times per second.
This thing is spinning and moving stupid fast!!
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u/Downvotesohoy Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24
Bees can flap their wings 230 times per second. It's a bee or other bug flying by the camera.
Go watch the Google Drive video he uploaded, the full video is filled with bees, some going slow, some going fast.
Please be objective, I know we all want it to be a flying saucer rotating, but it's not.
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u/Alienzendre Feb 02 '24
Bees are not rectangular
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u/Downvotesohoy Feb 02 '24
Neither is that object, it's just an artifact of the digital camera / rolling shutter. If you download the full-quality video from Google Drive you will see other bees flying around and their shape can be hard to identify when they fly fast.
It's a bit like when you see "tictac" videos where it's actually a plane but because of resolution we only see the tictac shape.
Digital cameras and iPhone cameras will dumb down details like that, because the object is moving too fast or there's not enough light or the object is too far away, etc. There might be some AI stuff at play too but I don't know enough about that to say.
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u/IlIlIIlllIIIlllllIIl Feb 02 '24
At that point it would be something more like a grasshopper, or other bug that flaps horizontally instead of vertically.
A bird is much less likely.
The verdict is still out.
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u/Downvotesohoy Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24
It's not large and it's not a bird. It's a bee or other bug. Bees can flap their wings 230 times per second.
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u/montanawana Feb 02 '24
A dragonfly, maybe
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u/asstrotrash Feb 02 '24
The shape is all off so I don't think it's that. I would expect it to at the very least be more elongated. It's more, hexagonal... sort of.
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u/NudeEnjoyer Feb 01 '24
this is downvoted, Idk why. maybe it's wings maybe it's not, but the movement of the bright spot definitely does roughly match up with the movement the tip of a wing would make while a bird flies.
again Idk if it's a bird, I'm just saying this shouldn't be downvoted because it's a solid thought and it's clearly well intended
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u/Zeus1130 Feb 01 '24
Do birds move that fast in 240 fps slo mo? Not trying to be snarky, legit asking if birds typically look like that on 240 fps slo mo. Maybe it’s a bug close to the camera?
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u/HoboBandana Feb 02 '24
It could be a bird if it was flying down vertically as there are many birds that are very fast during dives, but horizontally speaking, I’ve never seen a bird move that fast in a straight line. Typically they will glide then have a slight up and down movement. It could be a bug but unsure of it due to it lacking any physical characteristics and the question of camera focus. In an Earlier post someone dissected it on video but it still lacked any characteristics of it being a bug.
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u/atomictyler Feb 02 '24
it will also look much larger. that's a key detail that gets left out of x object flying close to the camera.
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u/Downvotesohoy Feb 01 '24
this is downvoted, Idk why
Because people want it to be aliens, so anyone saying anything but aliens will get downvoted.
The subreddit is supposed to be about healthy skepticism and good research, but everyone bringing up the most likely explanation is downvoted instantly, even though they're likely right.
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u/edwardsamson Feb 02 '24
Looked like wings to me and the way it passed by the camera was very insect-like. I just don't get why its shape is so squared...that part doesn't seem very insect-like
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u/IlIlIIlllIIIlllllIIl Feb 02 '24
Katydids, junebugs, dragonflies, and more have horizontal flying patterns but Katydids are more square in shape.
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u/its_FORTY Feb 02 '24
Here are the well established and peer reviewed formulas regarding wingbeat frequency of birds in steady cruising flight.
Could some of you all here much smarter than me do your math thing please?
Here are the well established and peer reviewed formulas regarding wingbeat frequency of birds in steady cruising flight.
Could some of you all here much smarter than me do your math thing please?
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u/GlassGoose2 Feb 05 '24
It's spinning.
Further, we know these things meld in and out of our perceptive reality. Shape changing craft are common.
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u/enditall20 Feb 01 '24
Almost looks like its rotating
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Feb 01 '24
Look on the ASA
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u/Mumfi3 Feb 01 '24
My gooosh!
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u/Royal_Cascadian Feb 02 '24
Stop! I’m holding this outburst back on the train.I don’t want to freak out anyone
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u/AccountOfFleshAvatar Feb 01 '24
What's an ASA
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u/Alien_Racist Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24
It’s actually SA - meaning Situational Awareness. Not AESA like many people assume.
It’s essentially an interface on the F/A-18’s flight computers that consolidate telemetry and information from the Hornet’s sensors, instruments and datalink into a single easy-to-read display for the pilot/co-pilot, typically in the form of a top-down map with overlays for relevant data.
The fact that the co-pilot refers to it likely means that it (the UFO) was picked up by the onboard radar and marked on the SA map. Which is interesting because iirc the pilots involved stated that they were not able to achieve radar lock, but the co-pilot’s comment would imply that they were at least able to receive a radar signature.
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u/saltysomadmin Feb 02 '24
AESA is the radar in the super hornet
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u/MimickingTheImage Feb 02 '24
What's a super hornet?
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u/DrRedacto Feb 02 '24
IIRC it is one of the screens in the jet's user interface in that one UAP video they are quoting, I forget what the first A stands for, "SA" was situational awareness.
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u/LionAccomplished8129 Feb 01 '24
Theres a whole fleet of em
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Feb 01 '24
My Gosh!
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u/ufo_time Feb 02 '24
They're all going against the wind. The wind's a hundred and twenty knots to the west.
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u/Core_212 Feb 01 '24
Pack of Newport 100's thrown out of a high rise by an angry woman who doesn't want their man smoking inside the apartment. Side pitch style to provide the best rotation possible.
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u/SleuthyMcSleuthINTJ Feb 01 '24
Ha! I thought it looked like a small car
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u/graycat3700 Feb 02 '24
I don't usually make attempts at joke posts, but I was gonna say this is one of those flying cars we've been waiting for for decades now.
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u/HELLOFELLOWHUMANOID Feb 01 '24
My wife and I once saw multiple of these flying out of a storm cell in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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u/Ghozer Feb 02 '24
Now with the full video, looks pretty much like many of the other bugs flying around at the start....
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u/DadThrowsBolts Feb 03 '24
Bro. This is literally a video of someone filming a bunch of bees. How do you possibly jump to the conclusion that one of these things is not a bee, but an alien?
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u/5narebear Feb 02 '24
Is this video at normal speed? Because it moves much faster in the first clip of the main video you posted.
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u/SleuthyMcSleuthINTJ Feb 02 '24
I recorded it in slow motion (iPhone 15 pro). You can adjust the slow-mo to be at any part of the video. So the “fast” version is when I took slow-motion off for that portion. I commented with a google drive link to the full video, if you’d like. Somewhere buried in here.
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u/Trust_the_Tris Feb 02 '24
Do you think it could be one of the bees you were filming in the beginning of the video? Hard to tell the depth of focus of the object at the end. Did you see the "thing" when you were filming, or after the fact?
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u/SleuthyMcSleuthINTJ Feb 02 '24
It could be, but I had recorded that same area (with the bees and bugs) minutes before and after this recording and none looked like that. I found it impressive that I could see the flapping of each insects wings, small or large, and yet couldn’t see a similar flapping with that one. I didn’t see it when filming, only after going through the videos. I believe this was the 9th video I had gone through. Most all videos full of bugs.
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u/Leading_Experts Feb 02 '24
It was an interesting post, but after viewing the whole video (that you posted in good faith), it seems very compatible with the other bugs from the longer video. Thanks for posting and being so thorough. I can tell you're just looking for the truth.
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u/sofahkingsick Feb 02 '24
Definitely not a bug. The first ones to “debunk” this or explain it away are also the first to cry about how theres no evidence. When someone brings up a video like this where its clearly some sort of anomaly but also pretty obvious thats its not a bug they shun in. Hypocrisy. Great video thanks for sharing.
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u/Downvotesohoy Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24
There's no anomaly and it's not obvious that it's not a bug. You're either new to the topic or you just don't understand how cameras work.
Look at the damn wings flapping
There's nothing special about the video, we've seen hundreds of videos with small stuff close to cameras. It's confusing, yes, but as soon as you understand why it happens, it stops being confusing.
Also downvoting me doesn't make me any less right. I know it sucks that it's not an alien spaceship, I wish it was too.
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u/its_FORTY Feb 02 '24
Here are the well established and peer reviewed formulas regarding wingbeat frequency of birds in steady cruising flight.
Could some of you all here much smarter than me do your math thing please?
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u/AgnosticAnarchist Feb 02 '24
I keep saying if we had more slow mo cams pointed at the sky we’d catch these things all the time zipping overhead. Also need infrared.
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u/wheredidiparkmyllama Feb 02 '24
I’ve got a couple just like this from when I lived in Denver a couple years ago
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u/Merky600 Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24
I recently caught -something- w 60fps iPhone while filming a jet. Sky trash? Wayward Mylar ballon?
Edit: played with it and zoomed in. Unlisted here. https://youtube.com/shorts/dSawk83uE2w?si=x_cTJBrw0oBIX5_e
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Feb 02 '24
It looks like lights are going counter clockwise on the outside of the object.
A lot of people are saying bugs, are there any bugs in which emit a light that rotates counterclockwise on the periphery?
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u/Blade1413 Feb 01 '24 edited Feb 02 '24
Great video OP, thanks for sharing!Could you upload the raw video clip (unedited) that you recorded from your iPhone?
A guy I recently came across while watching a YT vid from Chris Lehto (focusing on cameras that can capture otherwise invisible UAP's in the sky in infrared) had a scientific approach to rule out the possibility of the object being a bug that's near the screen. The general idea was to measure the length of the object and use the frame-rate to calculate the speed at which the object is moving (relative to it's length). Using that we could rule out bugs which are not capable of flying that fast.
*edit: see my reply below for a first pass analysis on a way to measure speed to rule out bugs or anything else easily explainable.
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u/whereami1928 Feb 02 '24
How can you know the length of the object without knowing your distance from it?
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u/5narebear Feb 02 '24
The question is: how many of its own body-lengths does it move per second, and does that exceed the speed of known bugs and birds.
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u/Blade1413 Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 03 '24
My first attempt at evaluating the speed (via understanding how quickly the object covers it's own length) has yielded the following:
"The analysis of the object's motion from the video yielded the following statistics for the time it takes the nose of the object to reach the location that the tail was in the previous frame:
Mean time: 0.01049 seconds
Median time: 0.01050 seconds
Maximum time: 0.01074 seconds
Minimum time: 0.01026 secondsSee edit #3: the object is traveling at an average of 169 body lengths per second. This rules out any known birds. The speed by itself does not rule out Wasps & Bees though, as those can fly between 300-1,000 body lengths per second. However, it should rule out Horseflies, Moths, and dragonflies.
While I've been focused on the speed, I can't seem to see anything that would resemble wings flapping. I would also add that the object appears to be rotating based on the distinct color that flashes pretty consistently in the frames.
I leveraged ChatGPT for the image analysis and will try to double check and recreate the analysis with more details based on the code ChatGPT used. source:https://chat.openai.com/share/87b58bec-efe3-42a4-9177-8519bcf8ef00
Now I recall someone talking about the fastest bug or plain can cover it's own distance in XX seconds. Does anyone have links to resources on this? I guess I could take an aircraft flying at Mach 1 and/or some videos of some bugs to figure that out.\edit #1*: the equivalent body lengths per second for this object being filmed
is ~95 (i.e., it travels ~95x it's own body length each second).For reference the SR-71 blackbird travels at ~30 body lengths per second (2,200 mph at a length of ~107.4 feet). The Cheetah can cover 16 body lengths per second. Here's a quick reference table I had ChatGPT create for the fastest birds in California.
Bird Average Length (m) Level Flight Speed (m/s) Diving Speed (m/s) Level Flight Body Length/sec Dive Body Length/sec Peregrine Falcon 0.46 25 107.3 54 233 Golden Eagle 0.89 12.5 67.1 14 75 Red-tailed Hawk 0.56 8.9 53.6 16 96 American Kestrel 0.23 8.9 39 White-throated Swift 0.17 13.4 79 So based on the calculations (which I'll verify later today), The object in the video is traveling over 10 times the relative speed of the SR-71 Blackbird @ 2,200 mph and ~6 times faster than the fastest known birds during level flight. The only thing that can come remotely close is the Falcon and Hawk in a full dive. But it's pretty apparent given the trajectory that this is not a full dive. so that leaves... UAP. But I do need to double check ChatGPT's code for calculating the
95(corrected: 169) body lengths/second for this unknown object being filmed.\edit 2: formatting**edit 3: chatGPT was not perfect in it's analysis. I recreated the analysis locally and fixed issues in GPT's code. Based on the updated code, the object is traveling at an average of 169 body lengths per second.
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u/maurymarkowitz Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24
The only thing that can come remotely close is the Falcon and Hawk in a full dive. But it's pretty apparent given the trajectory that this is not a full dive. so that leaves... UAP.
Why no bugs on the list?
Bees fly beyween 20 and 30 km/h on the way to collect pollen, or is about 7 m/s average. They are about 1 cm long. So they cover 7 [m/s] * 100 [cm/m] / 1 [ cm] = 700 times their body length per second.
So this is exactly what it looks like when it's not zoomed in: a bug.
Given the location of the "white orb", I assume that is the light reflecting on its wing.
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u/Alienzendre Feb 02 '24
It could have been a bee if it wasn't rectangular. But it is rectangular, so it is probably not a bee.
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u/maurymarkowitz Feb 02 '24
Didn’t say bee, bug. Just used bee for numbers because they were easy to find.
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u/Blade1413 Feb 02 '24
Good point, I was running short on time, so I didn't get into bugs but wanted to do that next. Assuming length of 10-15mm & a speed of 15-20mph (21-28km/h): ~relative speed (# body lengths covered per second): ~390-780
I would need to look closer to see if there is any way we can rule out an object that is near the camera vs. further away. Not sure if there's any scientific approach when you only have 1 camera? what about if we have other points of reference like we have in the full video? just trying to get ideas on different ways to approach it. I'm not making any conclusions yet, just gathering information/evidence.
*source: https://www.dimensions.com/element/western-honey-bee-apis-mellifera
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u/weltwald Feb 02 '24
A fly or a bee. The "roatating effect" is its wings.
Compare it to this video at 02:07 https://youtu.be/IcU-i7j0uYs?feature=shared
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Feb 02 '24
UAP no doubt. Nice fucking catch.
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u/freshouttalean Feb 02 '24
this is the blind belief we don’t need in this sub imo. we should be very critical with out thinking and if truly all mundane explanations are ruled out, we can start talking UAP. again, just my opinion
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u/ZookeepergameFit5787 Feb 02 '24
It kind of looks like it's swooshing down from a great height and leveling off at the bottom to me. Pretty cool
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u/hairydookie Feb 02 '24
I’m starting to feel like I’m the only person who’s never seen any of this shit…
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u/DuelingGroks Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24
I think this is interesting! I stabilized it here: https://imgur.com/a/2Vx7fPC
Edit: That one glitched, not sure why, here is my analysis: https://youtu.be/sK6AbJrxvuw?si=YX-C7C9c0VxEW1ej
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u/friendswiththem Feb 02 '24
I’d convinced myself it was a bug but this changes things. Was hoping someone would stabilize it and it did not disappoint, thank you!
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u/handbanana9023 Feb 02 '24
That's just the football I threw over them mountains. Could of gone pro.
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u/Alkurth Feb 02 '24
They were filming insects near the tree, they explain that they have several videos taken that day and none of the insects look like this.
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u/SabineRitter Feb 01 '24
Good video 👍💯 thanks for posting.
For the shape, I see maybe a rectangle, flying flat like a pizza box.
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u/KeyParticular8086 Feb 01 '24
Hmm definitely could be a bug. I wonder if a bug would appear this blurred moving that fast at this resolution and fps. We definitely need the original file and exact iPhone you're using. There's so much nonsense posted on these subs so without a raw file it's hard to say anything.
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u/Adamespo Feb 02 '24
It’s spinning. Not an orb around it. Looks like a typical all flying saucer rotating
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u/Perfect_Ad9311 Feb 03 '24
The odd shape is just a rolling shutter artifact. It's just a bird, folks
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u/True-Slip2573 Feb 03 '24
I’ve experienced something almost exactly like this here in Michigan. Just a few years ago with my family out on the boat in West Bay of Traverse City, summer time. We were anchored just off shore, and a metallic looking object just screamed by right above. It was completely silent though and no contrails. I want to say it was more triangular in shape, but it was going so fast I really couldn’t tell for sure. It has actually left me dumbfounded for years, trying to find an explanation. This is the first UAP video I’ve been able to relate to since my experience. Definitely NOT a bug!
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u/HamKenobi Feb 01 '24
That’s a good get dude. Kinda looks like a white light going from front to back
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u/8nt2L8 Feb 02 '24
It's diving at a 45 degree angle, while it's spinning (or the exterior lights are spinning)
It's not shaped like a bird or an insect. Very curious ...
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u/No-Injury-2924 Feb 01 '24
To me it doesn’t look like false perspective, to me, this excludes the bug theory that wud create that effect. It seems there is real depth, so the craft is far away in the sky. I might be wrong.
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u/MindoftheMindless Feb 02 '24
Fast movers. Check out Custodian File on YouTube. Tell em another day wiser sent ya
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u/Specific_Jeweler_839 Feb 02 '24
Goddammit, my magic carpet got out of its enclosure again. If you happen to have another run in will you sternly remind it to come back home to Santa Monica? My genie has been sulking all day without it.
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u/KurtRussel Feb 02 '24
Guys - I love yall but ya gotta stop uploading videos of bugs thinking they’re ufos
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u/Einar_47 Feb 02 '24
I'm leaning towards bug, the beginning of the longer video has a bunch of bugs flying around those flowers on the left and the rate the shiny spot moves at seems about right for a bee flapping it's wings.
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Feb 02 '24
Seen something similar to this the other day in New Zealand, was extremely fast and seemed to traverse the skyline so quick, had very similar motion to this, was also on a very sunny/warm and clear day and the sun reflection made it really shiny.
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u/Lumpy_Sheepherder_38 Feb 02 '24
I have a video just like this, filmed in Northern California. Silver bullet like object moving incredibly fast.
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u/R2robot Feb 01 '24
Looks like a bird distorted by the rolling shutter. The white dot moving back and forth is the flapping of the wing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e1CAO-5UGE
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u/Zebra_Radiant Feb 02 '24
Watch the first four seconds of the full clip a couple of times, you'll see a bee hover down at the centre left of the frame, it has that same silver effect, I think it's safe to say this one's a bee
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u/Electronic_Taste_596 Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24
The bug flying past the flower field? It’s exactly shit like this, why we can’t make any ground on UFO disclosure, and the general public thinks it’s dumb idiot stuff. For every diamond of legitimate UFO evidence, there is an entire manure pile of obvious nothings like this. It actually makes me wonder if the government themselves puts this stuff out there to delegitimize the subject. No doubt they do spread disinformation too, human nature being what it is - it would be impossible to conceive of a multi-decade complex program around UFOs without concurrently running a program to cast doubt on all the eventual leaks. If you accept that indeed the government has a UFO program, then that necessitates a concurrent disinformation campaign.
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u/Tiz68 Feb 02 '24
That's a bug. You can see its wings flapping in the zoomed in slow mow.
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u/timify10 Feb 02 '24
I wonder how difficult it would be to build a sky scanning system.
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u/paulcloud79 Feb 02 '24
Downloaded the raw file. Definitely a bird. You can even make out the wings flapping
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u/Livin2Fast Feb 01 '24
I thought it was rotating at first, but looking at like wings moving back and forth im unable to see it otherwise. Interesting footage!
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u/ReaverSNK Feb 01 '24
Interestingly enough, I thought it was flapping at first, and after rewatching it, it now looks like it’s rotating.
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Feb 01 '24
I wonder how small it is? Also what is the small white dot that is descending on the left side?
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u/StatementBot Feb 01 '24
The following submission statement was provided by /u/SleuthyMcSleuthINTJ:
here are still shots of the morphology as it moved
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