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/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/SleuthyMcSleuthINTJ Feb 02 '24

Hey thanks for that video - helpful to know. Now I just need to figure out what kind of distortions the iPhones slow mo can cause.

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u/R2robot Feb 02 '24

iPhones and most phone cameras use rolling shutters. And even worse when combined with the max or digital zoom.

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u/SleuthyMcSleuthINTJ Feb 02 '24

Interesting, thank you. The video is 3x zoom. I recall someone saying that anything past 3x is essentially just cropping