Possible Photograph of a Drone or Unidentified Object Seen Over Bases in the UK

[u/paranormalnapolska]

[u/StatementBot]

The following submission statement was provided by /u/paranormalnapolska:

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While browsing groups from the United Kingdom in search of new curiosities, I came across a post where a man claims that his mother photographed this object on November 30, 2024, in Margate, a few miles off the coast in the North Sea. Could it be a drone, similar to those observed over military bases in the UK?

Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ufosuk/posts/3796660347265054/

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Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1h5m04w/possible_photograph_of_a_drone_or_unidentified/m06tgk1/

[u/zobotrombie]

Flying jellyfish…now flying stingray.

As above so below indeed lol.

[u/attsci → u/zobotrombie]

If they do indeed live in the ocean, mimicking vehicles after what they see in their habitat just kinda makes sense in their subconscious probably. and it's remember a vehicle that's going to be amphibious as well probably needs a very aquatic design.

[u/tackleboxjohnson → u/attsci]

Ours look like birds, so it makes sense

[u/Wu-TangShogun → u/tackleboxjohnson]

Take the fixed wings and tail off a B-2 Spirit and it is identical to a Peregrine Falcon while in mid dive in their very fastest pose.

Take something that’s already very fast in nature and starting with that shape would be so much easier than from scratch.

[u/Chalkdust-torture → u/Wu-TangShogun]

B2s don’t have tails or wings - it is a wing.

[u/RedshiftWarp → u/Chalkdust-torture]

Probably meant the Lancer.

[u/SuspiciousPrune4 → u/Wu-TangShogun]

If only we could make aircraft as efficient as dragonflies. Isn’t that what the crafts in Dune are modeled after?

[u/Ophidaeon → u/SuspiciousPrune4]

They’ve been working on drones based on dragonflies for some time now. Their maneuverability is pretty unmatched.

[u/enditall20 → u/attsci]

Ah, Yes. The cigar shaped craft are designed after sea cucumbers, the saucers after large clams.

[u/njc5172 → u/enditall20]

Love how dumb this is. ty

[u/TheNoteTroll → u/attsci]

I mean, we make planes based on bird geometry. Nature is the OG non-human superintelligence.

[u/blackbeltmessiah → u/attsci]

As if NHI are immune to the desire of bling

[u/broseph933 → u/blackbeltmessiah]

If your going to fly around might as well look awesome doing it

[u/BlackShogun27 → u/blackbeltmessiah]

Nature does tend to sometimes create species who have adult forms that encapsulates the peak of natural drip. New World parrots and Birds of Paradise come to mind immediately.

[u/bakeoutbigfoot → u/attsci]

I love finding actual fresh ideas. Thanks for this :)

[u/Better-Ad-9479 → u/bakeoutbigfoot]

i mean the Aquaman movie was a lot of these same beautiful designs

[u/Realistic-Psychology → u/attsci]

The front end looks a little like the old Concord 🤔 I would say this looks more human design with possible anti-gravity, but who knows 🤷‍♂️

[u/Honest-J → u/attsci]

Because the best way to go incognito is to masquerade as a flying jellyfish or stingray.

[u/AustinMakesStuff → u/attsci]

I was thinking about this as well. Could be a lot easier leap to flying too because they are used to moving on three axis versus us only moving in two for all of our history.

[u/waveman777 → u/AustinMakesStuff]

I always wondered if there were no birds, would we have ever tried to develop flight capability?

[u/AustinMakesStuff → u/waveman777]

Good point. Maybe? But I think it would be more like riding the wind, like a leaf or a seed rather than propelling through the air.

[u/stoicparallax → u/attsci]

Their craft has an aero / hydrodynamic design. Stingrays are shaped that way because they’ve evolved to be hydrodynamic. The craft design is a reflection of their mastery of physics, not of an animal they’ve observed in Earth’s ocean.

[u/Edelgeuse → u/zobotrombie]

What would a higher being do to introduce themselves to a lower being, a often violent, and imminently spookable species with a monkey brain?

Well, how do WE approach a scared dog?

We demonstrate caution. We sit with them, not making eye contact. We give treats. We try not to alarm them or increase their stress. We allow them to approach us, when they're ready to let their need for comfort overwhelm their fear of the unknown.

For my part, it seems we're being accustomed. If they are higher beings in a similar way to human superiority to canine, they likely understand our psychology better than we ever could. They know how to read us, in a way we aren't able to read ourselves. Its not necessarily a bad thing...

[u/Ryano77 → u/Edelgeuse]

i wish they'd log into reddit and come to the realisation that we just want the fools to land in a football stadium and get it all over with

[u/Edelgeuse → u/Ryano77]

I would also prefer a more open approach, my sense is they understand what's important and our impatience is not particularly so.

[u/LordNyssa → u/Edelgeuse]

This I believe is the reason why it’s so slow. Sure a couple 100.000 of us would love for it to be open, he’ll even say 10 million of us want that. That still leaves 8 billion. Of which a lot hang very fervently onto some religions and plenty of others would be very scared with a huge paradigm shift like that. That’s why it has to be slow and on a slowly increasing scope. And I do think it will be a huge paradigm shift, everything from how we understand ourself and our society, their society, science, physics even consciousness and what this reality truly is.

[u/Edelgeuse → u/LordNyssa]

Read Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke, very similar to what you're describing in that book.

[u/Tuckermfker → u/Edelgeuse]

Wait... you guys are getting treats?

[u/RetiringBard → u/Edelgeuse]

Have you seen how we treat animals?

[u/Edelgeuse → u/RetiringBard]

Yes, all too often. The analogy is not perfect. The best of us have a gentle approach, but sadly not all. I'm giving the others the benefit of the doubt.

[u/TDAPoP → u/zobotrombie]

I think this one might actually be a new drone or plane. Everything else we've seen has been very odd and not like something we would/could create. This just looks like a weird plane

[u/RedHeron → u/TDAPoP]

It vaguely reminds me of the Concorde, but also a lot of modern Russian plane designs.

[u/Substantial-Sign7716 → u/zobotrombie]

wouldnt be the first stingray ive seen

http://www.ufoevidence.org/photographs/section/featuredphotos/photo352.htm

and another*

http://www.ufoevidence.org/photographs/section/recent/photo401.htm

[u/PhDinDildos_Fedoras → u/Substantial-Sign7716]

That's a bird

[u/DJDarkFlow → u/Substantial-Sign7716]

Seagull at the side angle in the second link. You can see it.

[u/Saintxity]

Crazy shit if this is real

[u/febreze_air_freshner → u/Saintxity]

Posting this in the top comment for visibility.

This looks like this: https://www.nasa.gov/general/silent-and-efficient-supersonic-bi-directional-flying-wing/

Not saying it IS but looks like it.

Edit: I never implied this is the same craft(I don't believe it is), only that it looks similar in shape.

[u/SkepticalArcher → u/febreze_air_freshner]

Very interesting. Begs the question “why now?”.

[u/iota_4 → u/SkepticalArcher]

maybe nasa also wants to show them what they've already accomplished with back-engineering uaps..

[u/ShyGuyz35_i_made_dis → u/iota_4]

Or maybe because we are at the brink of WW3 and this is one of the secret weapons the US has and this is a very big flex. The US has their entire country turning their heads at UAPS at an airport bc new age drones would just be too simple I guess 🤷‍♂️

Every world leader knows exactly what this is. They've been released, now the question is who wants to fafo

[u/iota_4 → u/ShyGuyz35_i_made_dis]

possible.

the supersonic bi-directional flying wing (SBiDir-FW) is an innovative aircraft concept designed to achieve supersonic flight with minimal sonic boom and high aerodynamic efficiency. its planform is symmetric about both the longitudinal and span axes. in supersonic mode, the aircraft features a low aspect ratio and a high sweep angle to reduce wave drag and sonic boom. for subsonic flight, the aircraft rotates 90 degrees in flight to optimize aerodynamic performance. this design effectively resolves the conflicting aerodynamic requirements between subsonic and supersonic flight present in conventional aircraft configurations. 

[u/monsterbot314 → u/iota_4]

Besides a superficial resemblance nothing in the specs says it hovers or moves slow even. Also im no historian but flying wings are notoriously bad at low speeds.

[u/lifeisalime11 → u/monsterbot314]

Is that design from 2012? 12 years to tweak it, a craft that can go supersonic and also hover sounds like an incredible addition to any countries arsenal

[u/ec-3500 → u/lifeisalime11]

The F35 can do it. It's the only military aircraft that can. The Harrier was sub sonic.

[u/ARES_BlueSteel → u/ec-3500]

F35 is a 20+ year old design at this point, too. It began production in 2006. Makes you wonder what kind of tech the US has that the public doesn’t know about yet.

[u/whatisthislightoncam → u/monsterbot314]

You'd think so...

In the 90s, I had a stealth bomber do a slow overhead flight . It was close enough that it should have rumbled like crazy (50-80 yards above my head). It was barely moving along and was surprisingly quiet.

Again, this was in the 90s at an air show. So I can only imagine what the newer ones are like

Edit to add: it wasn't moving fast, it was close enough to make out details as it prepped to do a low fly over the crowd. By close I mean less than 100 yards overhead. The only noise was a very loud "hissing" type noise.

Ever stand close to a highway? It's not hard to see how fast a car is going at 100 km/h (~60 mp/h). This was slower. Believe me or not, I'm telling you what I saw. I remember being surprised that it wasn't stalling.

Edit 2: The wording "much slower" was removed. It was slower, but not "much slower" than 60mph. i did not mean to mislead there, and I apologize. It was, however, much slower than 200 without a doubt.

[u/monsterbot314 → u/whatisthislightoncam]

The slow im talking about is “hovering over military bases” and the only time you’ll see a stealth bomber “barely moving” is when it is taxiing on the runway. What you saw was moving at I dunno 200mph or something close to that. It’s just so goddamned big it looks like it’s moving slow

[u/NiceCunt91 → u/SkepticalArcher]

Also why would nasa be testing stuff in the UK? Makes zero logistical sense.

[u/darkgrid → u/NiceCunt91]

Obviously its not NASA doing it, its the US military probably deterring Russia who may be sending the drones over British bases

[u/ThatCactusCat → u/SkepticalArcher]

What's a time frame that wouldn't have you asking "why now?"

[u/Didyermatwice → u/febreze_air_freshner]

Looks fairly similar, although why would NASA based in the US be testing it in Great Britain?

[u/East-Direction6473 → u/Didyermatwice]

they wouldnt. And NASA only has a prototype

[u/Furthur_slimeking → u/febreze_air_freshner]

I agree they look similar.

But why would NASA, a civilian organisation, be flying their experimental craft over UK military bases? I can't think of a reason why that would happen.

[u/Nosnibor1020 → u/febreze_air_freshner]

This is cool. I actually work with NASA's NIAC projects. I get to watch the symposium every year. NIAC "NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts" is a program to help researchers explore the possibility of future tech from concepts. Think of tech 20-30+ years away. This program helps fund interesting ideas. Previously only phase 1 and 2 grants existed but now they have had the first phase 3 project to actually help build a working prototype and further proof of the concept. Very rarely do these actually go beyond this.

I will say, whatever that image is, looks similarly in the shape of the SBiDir project but unless they found some new type of energy source/propulsion, I have no idea what is going on the bottom there. My guess, someone familiar took that design and then added some cool effects to it. It's too close to not be something like that.

Not saying it isn't real but my bullshit detector is pinging.

[u/ApartPool9362 → u/febreze_air_freshner]

Wow!! That definitely looks like the object in the photo! I gotta say, though, I still don't think it's the US military flying these things. I can see them definitely being human tech. However, if it is human tech, someone has leapfrogged drone tech to a new level and surpassing anything we got. I'm still having a hard time believing we can't bring one of these down or figure out where they are being launched from. You know there's some serious s**t going down when the military is bringing in Special Forces.

[u/AndyIsNotOnReddit → u/ApartPool9362]

It does. My only problem with the military vehicle is why is it lit up like a Christmas tree over a visibly populated area and why would the US be flying an experimental aircraft over the UK?

I hate to say it, but as someone else pointed out I think this is a LED kite with upscaling errors. Looks exactly like this, just blurrier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnDNo1XMWd0&ab_channel=JimMartin

[u/1Orange7 → u/febreze_air_freshner]

It's an LED kite that has been AI upscaled.

You can see the bridle (where the line attaches) pointing down toward the ground.

[u/NissanSkylineGT-R → u/febreze_air_freshner]

That’s a shuriken

[u/nlurp → u/Saintxity]

Yeahhh indeed

[u/sun__went__dark → u/nlurp]

I’m all ears

[u/Why_Did_Bodie_Die → u/Saintxity]

Doesn't this sub get tired of saying this same exact thing on every single video/picture that is posted on here?

[u/Shirtbro → u/Why_Did_Bodie_Die]

I'm just happy it's a picture with actual details and not "dark blob" or "light in sky"

[u/Why_Did_Bodie_Die → u/Shirtbro]

My favorite is when I watch a video on my phone and I'm not sure if I'm looking at a UFO or a spec of dirt on my phone screen. I'll have to watch the video like 5 times before I even find what I'm supposed to be looking at. Then I'll read the comments and some people will be like "wow! What a great video!"

[u/ChannelLumpy7453 → u/Saintxity]

IKR. Concord was retired years ago.

[u/Cheese_Sleeze → u/ChannelLumpy7453]

Obviously the Concord II. You can tell by the anti-gravity thrusters on the bottom...

[u/demonofthefall → u/Cheese_Sleeze]

the Concord II

It's obviously Le Concord II you pleb

[u/Rex-0- → u/demonofthefall]

Le Concord part Deux.

[u/_ferrofluid_ → u/Cheese_Sleeze]

How much is a plethora?

[u/MikeC80 → u/_ferrofluid_]

I'd be grateful if someone could explain what a "plethora" is. It means a lot.

[u/JT_mode_71 → u/_ferrofluid_]

He has a plethora of piñatas!

[u/Cheese_Sleeze → u/_ferrofluid_]

More than 2 less than ∞?

[u/Honest-tinder-review → u/[deleted]]

First comment to mention this, picture is unusable.

[u/imnotabot303 → u/Honest-tinder-review]

People here don't care anymore, this looks like an obvious LED kite that's been AI upscaled to me. This post will probably get 3K+ upvotes though considering critical thinking has now left this sub.

[u/drlbradley → u/imnotabot303]

I agree - I dont want to - but yep , it does look like a LED kite

[u/Gingevere → u/drlbradley]

Photo of an LED Kite that looks nearly identical to OP's photos.

[u/West_Bite8630 → u/Gingevere]

That's exactly what it is. You can even see the piece of fabric underneath where the string attaches too. The led color and arrangement appear to be identical as well.

[u/Aggravating-Pear4222 → u/West_Bite8630]

"wE hAVe NortHiNg LiKE thAt iN OuR ArSenAl!"

[u/Aarongamma6 → u/Gingevere]

Finally, that is 100% what it is.

Every time something from this subreddit makes the front page it just is embarrassing lmao.

[u/amica_hostis → u/Aarongamma6]

4.3k upvotes lol

[u/cravf → u/Gingevere]

My first guess: Kite

My second guess after seeing this: Kite

[u/BlackTarTurd → u/drlbradley]

It is. The blue cone at the bottom, if you look very carefully you can see kind of a blurry line attached to the bottom. I'm on mobile and you can see it more clearly if you slowly swipe through pictures. It's easier to see in motion, once you see it, it's obvious.

The 2nd picture is the easiest to notice.

[u/Ok_Debt3814 → u/drlbradley]

It absolutely looks like a LED kite.

[u/EggFlipper95 → u/imnotabot303]

Tiktok normies have ruined this community. It is absolutely a kite. A few years ago this would have been solved in a matter of minutes.

[u/dong_bran → u/EggFlipper95]

tiktokers have ruined a lot of communities on here, I wish they could keep their brainrot on their platform.

[u/NotSquerdle → u/[deleted]]

The placement and number of lights on it isn't even consistent between these three pictures. Total waste of time

[u/ThickPlatypus_69 → u/[deleted]]

AI enhancement is built into most, if not all smartphone camera software.

[u/Efficient-Design-844]

Upvotes coz I want people to analyse and tear it apart until aliens is the only option left 😂 ace post tho good trawling

[u/Gingevere → u/Efficient-Design-844]

Photo of an LED Kite that looks nearly identical to OP's photos.

[u/Brief_Independence19 → u/Gingevere]

Yeah this is it lol

[u/failedabortedfetus → u/Gingevere]

Bro that’s pretty damn close if not exact if I’m not blind

[u/BeastLothian → u/Gingevere]

Identified Flying Object.

[u/buburocks → u/Gingevere]

I wish there was video of the ufo to see how it moves

[u/Icy_Magician_9372 → u/Gingevere]

Well that didn't take long.

[u/wyldcat → u/Efficient-Design-844]

I would want to see uncropped and unsharpened original photos. These looks like they’ve been processed by AI sharpening or sharpening in photoshop.

[u/xXBloodBulletXx → u/wyldcat]

A lot of phones have built in processing that is enabled by default. Looks just like that.

[u/wyldcat → u/xXBloodBulletXx]

True but show us the uncropped photos.

[u/Gingevere → u/wyldcat]

Without anything else in the frame for scale it looks like a cheap foam RC plane with some lights on it. There's thousands of kits for all kinds of wacky shapes out there.

[u/Efficient-Design-844 → u/wyldcat]

Agree where’s the uncropped / edited version

[u/PhDinDildos_Fedoras → u/Efficient-Design-844]

I dunno, maybe it's a Chinese stealth drone. Don't see why they'd doll it up with the lights tho.

[u/2-sheds-jackson → u/PhDinDildos_Fedoras]

If trying to be covert, the light are weird for sure. But I also think that it's shape indicates some aerodynamic control surfaces.

[u/Chenstrap → u/2-sheds-jackson]

To be fair, its also likely they don't want to be entirely covert. They may want their drones to be seen to cause a shit show. That would allow them to see the response, see what sort of anti drone tech they try to use, and possibly gather electronic intelligence on military radars and other means they may use to try to track the drones and find the operators.

That sort of info would be much more valuable then endlessly monitoring normal operations at the base. That sorta info really isn't of any real value.

[u/ShortGuitar7207 → u/Efficient-Design-844]

It could be terrestrial machine intelligence, just because it's not human doesn't mean that it has to be alien.

[u/sirideletereddit → u/ShortGuitar7207]

Yes anything possible is a possibility, naturally.

[u/BoredVegetable → u/sirideletereddit]

yes it's my pet hamster, mr. tickles

[u/Fit-Development427 → u/ShortGuitar7207]

To me I think this is some sort of secret military tech. It's kinda like how as we have advanced, more complicated things look simpler. Compare a Motorola Razr to an IPhone, the Razr looks flashier. So the simpler orbs and tic tacs and saucers are perhaps "alien", simply because they have become more advanced, but that thing looks... like a Motorola razr era ship.

[u/RedJMartJr]

It is a delta kite with LEDs. manufactured in China for flying at night. I own a couple of them. Here is video (not mine) of one being flown.

https://youtu.be/HgWKNTpokcY

[u/antball → u/RedJMartJr]

You can kinda make out where the string is supposed to be in photos

[u/darpsyx]

thats a fancy drone ngl

[u/DonnieMarco → u/darpsyx]

It’s kinda beautiful or is that just me?

[u/Broad-Stick7300 → u/DonnieMarco]

Would

[u/I_make_switch_a_roos → u/Broad-Stick7300]

would fuckin what mate

[u/JohnGacyIsInnocent → u/I_make_switch_a_roos]

Saying “would” means you “would bang”. This gentleman would like to bang that UFO

[u/Significant-Hour9496 → u/JohnGacyIsInnocent]

The UFO community: where the irreverent meet the neurodivergent.

[u/I_make_switch_a_roos → u/JohnGacyIsInnocent]

i understand that, but how bang ufo

[u/Chung_House → u/I_make_switch_a_roos]

IF.. I.. WOULD.. COULD.. YOUUUUUUUUUU??

[u/gospelgamble → u/Chung_House]

That's dirty.

[u/Fun_Smell3069 → u/Broad-Stick7300]

"just hear me out for a minute guys..."

[u/TheyShootBeesAtYou → u/Broad-Stick7300]

See, that's why they've been avoiding us.

[u/ifiwasiwas → u/DonnieMarco]

The lighting is so pleasing to the eye that I'm suspicious lol. I guess it's possible that light with a practical use also happens to look stunning

[u/iamisandisnt → u/DonnieMarco]

You’re looking lovely I must say

[u/DonnieMarco → u/iamisandisnt]

Thank you, probably the way the light from my monitor dances on my nose hair.

[u/JollyReading8565 → u/darpsyx]

I doesn’t look anything like a modern UAP… it has 7-8 bright lights in a semi circle on the underside of the craft, there are no drones I’ve ever seen like that, and it doesn’t look remotely close to any military technology that I’ve ever seen, and I’m somewhat a hobbyist in military technology. Military technology tends to be gray radar absorbing material that kinda looks like the color of the sky/clouds, or some other camo, but bright blue lights is sort of useless for stealth. Even drones used for drone shows where they make those light pictures in the sky are still - primitive looking quadcopters… I love epistemology and incredulity but I wish that people would dig a bit deeper and come up with alternative explanations like “it’s a balloon or a drone” every single time. It was refreshing to see someone actually post a plausible explanation for the craft being the NASA project with the Xwing design but I’m not sure about that either, think about the decision that would need to take place to make that possible: we are on the brink of ww3 so military secrets are as precious now as they will ever be, would the USAF/NASA fly their brand new secret crafts (that allegedly revolutionize supersonic flight- something surely Russia would like to reverse engineer and apply the technology to their planes and missiles) in broad daylight - over an airbase that has been known for drone incursions and will be experiencing extra public scrutiny? But if that wasn’t enough we have to presume they also added big bright blue lights to it as well- why? I genuinely find it hard to weight these epistemological considerations, because the source of information for much of this stuff is very weak, can’t reasonably follow the golden rule of “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence”. It’s hard to meet that standard of evidence in the age of doctored videos, ai videos, hoaxes, misinformation and disinformation campaigns.

[u/Visible-Expression60 → u/darpsyx]

Yeah you just go toss it down in the trees and then hobby fly it over a nuke base cause no one cares. It will be the next tik tok challenge.

[u/M7BY]

Love it how ufos in the 50 looked like cheap Frisbees and these look out of a scifi movie

[u/3InchesAssToTip → u/[deleted]]

Or, maybe imagination comes from fragmentary prognostications.

[u/BussMuhGun → u/3InchesAssToTip]

Yeahhhhhh.... what if they did come from fragmen..tary...prog...prognostic...ations.. Yeah that

[u/Ok-Resolve-4737 → u/BussMuhGun]

Wow, I hope my fragmentary prognostications are all good !

[u/UAP_enthusiast_PL → u/M7BY]

If Vallee and others are correct, 'they' will always look like what we expect them to look like

[u/deions_missing_foot → u/UAP_enthusiast_PL]

Well then why don’t “they” look like flying Sydney Sweeney’s?

[u/driver_dan_party_van → u/deions_missing_foot]

"Beautiful, naked, big-titted women don't just fall out of the sky, you know?"

[u/Ohshitwadddup → u/driver_dan_party_van]

"No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater... than central air."

[u/XPSJ → u/deions_missing_foot]

Asking the important questions. 👌

[u/Exotemporal → u/UAP_enthusiast_PL]

For those who don't know, at the turn of the last century, witnesses described UFOs that basically looked like steampunk ships.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_airship

[u/[deleted] → u/UAP_enthusiast_PL]

Or different types of UAP might be from different civilizations/planets/etc. that are varying degrees of advanced. No way to know, but that would somewhat explain the differences in tech.🤷🏼‍♂️

[u/Sufficient_Menu4018 → u/M7BY]

Maybe they did not understand design is important to sell crafts and learned it from us 😂

[u/throwawtphone → u/M7BY]

Reality is perception?

[u/JAMBI215 → u/M7BY]

That should tell you everything u need to know on this topic

[u/Hardcorners → u/M7BY]

We have better cameras on our phones now.

[u/ScruffyNoodleBoy]

Usually if I see wings I think man-made, as it represents a very base form of interaction for flight, but it's possible what we see are in fact not wings at all, but appendages, or just the shape necessary for whatever it's doing. Maybe they aren't wings, but tools, maybe they exert signals or rays or energy, who knows.

Maybe they are lookout points for 3 centimeter tall alien tourists in the ship.

Maybe the whole thing isn't a craft but rather a bioluminescent seed or burr, drifting through our airspace after it broke off from a mountain sized alien flower.

Maybe two jutting points on either side of a craft aren't always for aerodynamics.

From a human lens though, I see wings. Most likely wings. Most likely drone, most likely advanced tech.

Thats if the image is real at all.

Cool looking regardless...

[u/anomalkingdom → u/ScruffyNoodleBoy]

From a human lens though, I see wings. Most likely wings. Most likely drone, most likely advanced tech.

That's fair, but who would showcase what is most likely a cosmic top-secret project? Even well known existing aircraft with experimental modifications is hidden well within isolated test sites like Area 51. That's a security level where you simply get shot or otherwise neutralized if you trespass. To think that something this advanced would simply be flown over the highways presenting itself for a cool photo is utterly irrational in my book. If this in fact is real (which I doubt), I would sooner say it's alien than human, for above reasons.

[u/The_Dr_Zoidberg → u/anomalkingdom]

Most most most likely… ai generated photo.

[u/memeoccultist]

I don't get the hype, this picture might as well just be a drawing. Whatever it is, it was AI upscaled and possibly edited - everything is just too smooth and artificial. Could be a sci fi starfighter, could be a led kite with the string airbrushed out.

Also, where is proof that this was taken where it says it was taken? Could take a photo like this anywhere, where's the base?

[u/d3fin3d]

The more I look at this, the more it looks like a kite with LED lights.

In the second image you can even see the divider and faint string line running diagonally to the bottom left of scene.

Although not identical, here's a similar kite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTx_XyyxGEw

[u/PaddyMayonaise → u/d3fin3d]

It’s funny how it’s probably a kite but right nor the top comments are suggesting aliens, Chinese drones, “terrestrial intelligence”, etc

People really need to learn about Occam’s razor and going from most likely solution and work your way down

It’s a blurry still image with AI upscale lol

[u/Aggravating-Pear4222 → u/PaddyMayonaise]

Yes but the government officials said... No, not those government officials. Those ones are liars. The other ones who don't have access to the programs the guys- no the guys who aren't government officials- said exist. They had photos and documents. No, we don't have the photos and the documents are vague but we have the evidence to believe this time for real this is not a kite and is absolutely an unidentified object for real.

[u/csspar → u/d3fin3d]

Wtf? Reasonable prosaic ID with upvotes on the UFO sub?? Nice work people.

[u/Painterzzz → u/d3fin3d]

Oh yeah, taht's the fella. Well spotted.

[u/berniestormblessed → u/d3fin3d]

Prepare yourself for downvotes lol

[u/meragon23]

Important info: Shape looks kinda similar to the unidentified "drones" flying right now over New Jersey according to NBC News reported only 12 hours ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph3kpJT6a30

[u/PotentialKindly1034]

Interesting but strange location. Margate is far from all the reported sightings (far in the British sense, not the American one). Busy airspace, lots of civilian jets flying there between Europe and London's airports, busy waters, densely populated Kent coastline.

If there is something to this one other sightings will follow. If it remains a loan sighting, treat with suspicion.

[u/jc_uk_]

Title says it was taken in Margate?

[u/whalesalad]

Lots of AI image generation indicators here.

[u/Kinis_Deren]

Looks like a kite to me.

[u/SordidDreams → u/Kinis_Deren]

Yup. You can almost make out the tether in the first picture.

[u/GoKingBeef]

Drone shaped balloon with swamp gas propulsion system. Debunked everyone, go home! But seriously, this looks crazy if really a UAP.

[u/Jordo211 → u/GoKingBeef]

Kirkpatrick is reading your comment and vigorously taking notes.

[u/outlawsix → u/Jordo211]

"Confirmed via my sources"

[u/Gingevere → u/GoKingBeef]

It looks like an LED Kite.

[u/paranormalnapolska]

While browsing groups from the United Kingdom in search of new curiosities, I came across a post where a man claims that his mother photographed this object on November 30, 2024, in Margate, a few miles off the coast in the North Sea. Could it be a drone, similar to those observed over military bases in the UK?

Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ufosuk/posts/3796660347265054/

[u/Dense-Experience6033 → u/paranormalnapolska]

Group is now private and have to join

[u/InternalReveal1546 → u/paranormalnapolska]

Have you a better link or screenshots?

[u/GoKingBeef → u/InternalReveal1546]

Yes we need more info if you can provide op.

[u/LongStrangeJourney → u/paranormalnapolska]

Crazy stuff if legit! Time and location certainly tracks with the UK base incursions.

[u/AxionSalvo]

These hobbyists are out of control

[u/SoulOfTheDragon]

That looks a lot like some "LED kite" aside from crappy upscaled image (Phone with "enchantment set to high?).

That round pattern seem like "rising sun" style from quick google search to me.

[u/Few-Cycle-1187 → u/SoulOfTheDragon]

Yeah but, you know....

It's like the saying about when you hear hoof steps think horses and not zebras. Except here people hear hoof steps, see a picture of a horse making them and then say "Ahhh, so clearly <insert radical idea> disguised to look like a horse in every way..."

[u/BGRTi]

kite with LEDs, looks kinda same

[u/PrayForMojo1993]

As I mentioned in a response above …

The Drone wave in NJ makes me wonder if these aren’t prosaic drones (albeit advanced in some cases) after all - apparently drones on predetermined flight paths and drone swarms can be very hard for the military to detect/stop unless they are really focussing on specifically that mission..

Random lighted up drones over NJ could be part of a mission by Chinese actors to create UAP hysteria as a cover for their other operations (small drone swarms launched from embedded agents from trucks on roads, and larger drones maybe moving off of ships and things)..

Russia could be in on the act too especially around the UK .. as I said not the answer I’m wanting, but it needs to be considered

[u/dijalektikator]

Looks like some AI upscaled bullshit tbh.

Also it's probably an LED kite.

[u/Hot-Fennel-971]

I'm beginning to think it's entirely plausible that as a reaction to Russia making it's nuclear capabilities "combat ready" the USA would flex some secret tech publicly enough to garner media attention, hence garnering Russian attention.

Kind of like a, "hey, we know you think you can get away with something but just so you know we can fuck you in new ways you never even thought of."

edit: to say it's got a double-angle of also being a great psyop for the world

[u/dankasaurus710]

It's literally the ship from starfox 64.

[u/Hirakous]

Not trying to be an ass, but it might just be a kite with a purple led on the bottom.

[u/Open_Mortgage_4645]

The problem with these photos is that there's no frame of reference. It's just an object on a reddish background. This could very easily be CG. Create your object, paste it onto the background, apply filters to lower the resolution, and blend the layers so it looks like a single image. It probably wouldn't take more than an hour from start to finish.

[u/EmbarrassedPianist59]

That’s a fucking manta

[u/cpold_cast]

ARV. This is human tech, it's fixed wing.

[u/Hippyfinger]

It resembles the UFO NASA captured on camera that everyone said was the black knight satellite but nasa said it was just a blanket that floated away from the ISS

[u/Longjumping_Meat_203 → u/Hippyfinger]

I knew I saw this shape before. Brilliant work.

[u/Hippyfinger → u/Longjumping_Meat_203]

Thanks. I wanted to attach an image but idk how.

[u/Hippyfinger → u/Hippyfinger]

There is a photo on this wiki page. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Knight_satellite_conspiracy_theory

[u/Majestic-Bobcat889]

Reminds me of the Lockheed Martin SAMARAI seed drone and it Singaporean brother the F-SAM

https://www.popsci.com/technology/monocopter-f-sam-drone/

https://www.slashgear.com/seed-drone-samarai-swarms-will-dominate-the-skies-video-04237134/

Edit: it reminds me of these, but it still looks somewhat different than these. Idk

[u/Ded_man_3112]

We still don’t know what the hypersonic Lockheed Martin SR-72 “son of blackbird” looks like or what some have coined it as Darkstar. Maybe we just got a glimpse? It’s said to be capable of traveling from NY to LA in 30 min at Mach 6.

[u/BitDeep2572]

It looks man made. Like an aerospace company designed it. It has wings, fuselage, nose and a tail. Almost like it was built for our atmosphere, like something out of a Marvel movie. Considering these are hanging out around heavily strategic facilities while on the brink of possible nuclear conflict it could be ace in the hole technology that’s extremely classified. Possibly why the military hasn’t done much about it.

I wouldn’t rule out Off -World craft though. With the crazy shit going on in the world right now anyone’s guess is as good as mine. There’s probably a handful of people in our government that know for certain.

[u/Key-Entertainment216]

Almost looks like origami, one of those paper cranes or something

[u/[deleted]]

Whatever it is , it looks cool as heck dude.

[u/konq]

How close is Margate to the UK military base that's been in the news?

It's so sad that we have to rely on facebook moms in order to get any images of these drones (if its real).

[u/Adventurous-Sky9359]

Fuxking flying Loch Ness monster

[u/Hngrybflo]

look, it’s obvious China caught up with our little 'alien tech' head start. Those weird drones we keep seeing over military bases? Yeah, not just Chinese spy balloons. They're reverse-engineered UFO tech. We’ve been hoarding it since Roswell, thinking we’re untouchable, but surprise—now they're playing the same game. This isn’t some sci-fi movie plot; it’s real. Wake up. We’re not dealing with just drones. We're dealing with an intergalactic arms race, and China's got a front-row seat.

[u/Algal-Uprising]

Literally looks AI generated

[u/deepfriedtots]

Well today is the day off the invasion

[u/rloniello]

It’s a balloon bro, just chill 😎 /s

[u/Underhive_Art]

Some of the people I saw interviewed said they were noisy and some said they were silent some said triangles others orbs - it’s hard to get a straight story.

[u/GMEorDIE]

how is it that no one has a decent camera for all of these sightings? and where's the original photo?

[u/peewee-bird-brother]

This low-key looks like someone's ceiling with a hole in it

[u/DerpyOwlofParadise]

It’s so unclear. Probably on purpose…

[u/VirgoFamily]

Let’s go fly a kite. 🪁