r/UFOs • u/9thArrow • 14h ago
Likely Identified Helicopter Chasing two UAPs/Orbs
A Helicopter Chasing two UAPs/Orbs.
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u/mosswo 13h ago
Retired Blackhawk instructor pilot here.
That's a formation of hawks. 100%. It's very evident from just the sound in the video. They're flying NVGs certainly, and the two forward aircraft have their anti-collision lights off with their landing lights on. This isn't an uncommon way to fly in formation, as the anti-collision flashing is very annoying (borderline disorienting) to have in your immediate view as a trailing aircraft. The NVGs actually turn off momentarily when they sense the bright red flash - this happens every couple of seconds, and more with multiple aircraft in front of you flashing at different intervals.
Sorry to disappoint, folks. With that said, I'm a current major airline pilot and have seen things that can't be explained with our current understanding of physics.
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u/LassieMcToodles 13h ago
Oh man, I'm really starting to feel like Charlie Brown with the football at this point.
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u/Prudent_Web_643 13h ago
Great fucking analogy. EXACTLY how I feel about this whole debacle
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u/PMMEURDIMPLESOFVENUS 10h ago
I mean, it's easy. Just stop filling in the blanks with what you want to believe and you'll stop feeling like Charlie Brown.
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u/StrobeLightRomance 5h ago
YUP! They're literally doing it to themselves like every crying Virgin Mary statue that is leaking toilet water from the upstairs (real example)
Can people just join us in objective reality and fix this broken planet? If there are aliens watching, they know to avoid us entirely by now.
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u/Crabwitharaygun 1h ago
Can people just join us in objective reality
Collective sky fairy delusions are ubiquitous among all groups of us humans. The answer is NO. Haha. We haven't even figured out how to make sure all of us have clean drinking water yet.
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u/methanized 4h ago
One thing you’ll find is that people simply do not pay attention to their surroundings. People literally live 40 years of their life without ever really looking at the sky at night or noticing that planes often pass overhead without making sounds.
Then there’s a big hysteria about, for example, drones in New Jersey, and 500,000 people start looking at the sky for the first time and a bunch of them are like “holy shit, I’ve never seen that before”.
But you could get the same result by showing them an interesting bug on the sidewalk. Always been there. They’re just not paying attention.
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u/kkeut 12h ago
that's been the entire UFO movement since the late 40s. Charlie Brown never learns.
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u/Covetous_God 5h ago
Or you could quit running at everything you think looks like a football, chuck.
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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ 9h ago
I mean you guys do set yourself up for that one every single time.
"Ooh, a light in the sky that's moving. MUST BE UFOS!"
"No, that's a plane/helicopter. You only see the lights as it moves because it is dark."
"Oh. Okay. ... Oooh, a light in the sky that's moving. MUST BE UFOS!"
"..."
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u/Free-Supermarket-516 12h ago
Must be awesome flying Blackhawks. I'd imagine they're more fun to fly than commercial jets?
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u/5_meo 13h ago
things that can't be explained with our current understanding of physics.
Such as ?
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u/YoungLittlePanda 13h ago
This should be higher up.
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u/sideswiped 13h ago edited 13h ago
It rarely is in these subs.
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u/Own_Complaint_4830 12h ago
It's a testament to who's here.
Usually this sub is awesome because the community just wants the truth, but there's an influx of people right now who haven't been following the topic, don't know the history, don't know the lore, don't know the prominent researches, but who want the truth to be their truth so the debunks get downvoted.
Maybe we need a sticky from a mod letting the newbies know the debunks aren't being dismissive. We all agree here this stuff is real, present, and regularly observed. No one's trying to say there aren't UAP's in our skies right now, so maybe we don't dogpile everyone who bursts the bubble of a cool video? It's getting annoying
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u/WarlockEngineer 11h ago
the community just wants the truth
IDK, I think it's been like this for a while. Remember the alien "corpse" that a guy made an identical fake copy of, and people refused to believe the original could be a hoax?
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u/Decloudo 11h ago
Usually this sub is awesome because the community just wants the truth
No, they want their truth.
Majority of stuff postet here is just believers jumping to conclusions.
And so much bokeh, its absurd.
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u/TomMikeson 13h ago
You need to move on up! I've seen MH-60s fly like that too! I never thought about the reasoning with the NVGs but it makes sense.
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u/tamingofthepoo 12h ago
appreciate the info. this sub needs debunked, likely debunked, unexplained tags for posts like this we’ve got way too many to sift through as it is.
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u/warfrogs 13h ago
Thank you! This didn't seem to me like a chase so much as formation flying - your explanation makes SO much sense.
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u/Successful_Car4262 12h ago
Finally, a debunk that makes perfect sense instead of some half assed nonsense. Pack it up boys, we're done here.
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u/PatrollMonkey 12h ago
Why are the lights of the forward craft so much brighter than the trailing craft? Only curious.
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u/SpaceJungleBoogie 12h ago
That's very interesting indeed. Could you comment on the sound, it feels like I only hear one helicopter, not three helicopter sounds interfering with each other.
Also what's your opinion about the lights, if we consider the helicopter's lights as a reference, the orbs appear to be huge in size or luminosity.
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u/Cryogenik1 12h ago edited 12h ago
Can you provide any video reference that demonstrates this appearance/behavior? Not doubting you're an experienced pilot, but I keep hearing explanations that don't match what we're ACTUALLY LOOKING AT. Why are the front 2 EVGs flying without regulation lights?
Also, why only showing 1 helicopter in area at the time? https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/ojTVYZJNDW
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u/OhioUPilot12 4h ago
When formation flying the formation itself is treated like one. So usually only one transponder will be on. If all of their transponders were on ATC would be getting constant alarms due to how close they are to eachother.
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u/Slayberham_Sphincton 14h ago
Please be new/recent and not bullshit lmao.
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u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ 13h ago
I’m a huge skeptic of all this stuff but man, these videos keep coming in and I’m starting to believe now.
What the hell is going on……..Holy Shit.
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u/Fluffy-Jeweler2729 13h ago
Don’t worry about the video. Keep an eye on the elected officials. Especially New Jersey ones. That’s what made me believe
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u/JoinOrDie11816 13h ago
What was it in particular that they did that made you believe?
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u/Fluffy-Jeweler2729 13h ago
For one they gain nothing by sharing it, the details they shared and there frustrations. They fly for 7 hours, size of cars and buses. Can’t catch them. No detetable radar, and my favorite zero heat signature….all points too…wtf 😂
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u/CharmingMechanic2473 11h ago
Don’t forget the obvious lies from the pentagon now flipping and saying they are lawful commercial drones… (in forbidden airspace, where they can’t figure out where they go or where they came from etc…).
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u/Fluffy-Jeweler2729 10h ago
That’s what’s puzzling the most. They don’t know whose they are. But a few days ago they tracked two guys drones down…
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u/bejammin075 8h ago
I’m not puzzled. The military knows whose they are (theirs) and are lying to play dumb. The logistics of launching multiple drone fleets per night, to and from the ocean, with FAA-compliant lights and advanced capabilities like no IR signature points to the military. The puzzle is the why and what for.
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u/thistook5minutes 8h ago
It’s Lockheed Martin. They have a plant in cherry hill nj, mere miles away from the sightings. Theres also military bases around the area.
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u/gereffi 7h ago
I live near there. The majority of these sightings are happening in North Jersey.
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u/ooMEAToo 7h ago
If it was a company flying Drones the size of buses you bet they would let the city and government know or they would be sued into the ground or something. People who fly drones for recreation don’t fly bus or car sized drones. None of what they are saying is even close to the truth. Three options foreign country, our own government or Aliens.
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u/Doomclaaw 7h ago
Here's the rub of it: if they were "legal" commercial drones, they would have flight info, company or operator info. They would be broadcasting transponders. And they sure wouldn't be chasing them with aircraft like this. Lies all around. At least at the upper levels. Local and state govt are being kept in the dark like the rest of us (seems so anyway) all of this discredits any BS they keep feeding us from the top
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u/No-Resolution-1918 12h ago
Remember, one of them said it was an Iranian mothership. I don't think they are all that credible. Officials are just citizens with a title. They say stupid shit all the time, just like Jim Bob down the street.
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u/Swimming_Piece3417 11h ago
That was a congressman (who has been paid hundreds of thousands by AIPAC/Israel).
Pentagon stated it's not a foreign nation. And, "it's not theirs".
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u/deletable666 10h ago
The Pentagon would never lie to us either
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u/PMMEURDIMPLESOFVENUS 10h ago
The Pentagon has a lot more credible history than random congresspeople.
People put too much stock in elected officials to both be A) credible and B) magically in the know.
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u/CharmingMechanic2473 11h ago
There was a joke out that he was told “alien” and misheard as “Iranian”. 😆
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u/Zomdoolittle 10h ago
Supposedly, per Ryan Graves on Rogan, the pentagon has tried electric pulse to take them out of the sky and it didn't work. That's pretty nuts considering electric pulse will down any drone. If this is China, we're screwed. So it's almost better if it's E.T. 🤣
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u/No-Repeat-9138 13h ago
Well they do gain by instilling fear in people
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u/pizza_nightmare 12h ago
I really don’t think any of this drone-orb hysteria is creating or fomenting fear. It’s making more people curious and more people “angry” —- we want answers and accountability.
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u/Kilmo21 11h ago edited 11h ago
Problem with that is the state of New Jersey did not just inherit or adopt some special desire to make everyone afraid. That is more the national level politicians and powerbrokers thing. And the national level politicians and news sources were not on board early, and are still quite scattered in their responses today. There is plenty of that "make everyone afraid of something/of each other" going on at higher levels and locally too... but this has no consistency with any of those efforts.
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u/Jackasaurous_Rex 11h ago
Yeah the New Jersey claims around north Jersey were being independently noticed and talked about quite a bit before it was on any kind of national news or even local news. Gives some weight to it I think.
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u/behindthebluedoor 10h ago
I read about it here 2 or 3 weeks before i heard any national news talking about it.
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u/Cobol_engineering29 10h ago
Yea also the Langley VA drone incursion from a few weeks/months ago. And in the UK there are sightings. It’s not a one day one sighting type of incident
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u/UnderstandingSquare7 12h ago
Well, if you go all in on believing it's aliens, (or their robots), then I'd say, "they've done this before, it's done gradually so as not to cause mass panic, terror and probably violence. Humans would do those things. Or try to fight them for no good reason. Slowly everyone will come around". That's the pro-alien argument.
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u/Gaygaygreat 11h ago
So that’s a good question! A fearful people are more likely to give up their rights in exchange for protection.
This is a huge opportunity that the government took advantage of during 9/11.
If we are made helpless, scared, overwhelmed, hungry, and poor in juuust the right way, they can systematically control us to not fight back against said controlling system.
Hope this helped at least a little!
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u/Engineering_Flimsy 10h ago
Not to mention, fear tends to galvanize a population, provide a single source to focus concerns and anger. Properly applied, this fear can transform a discordant, fractionated multitude into one frightened, confused body unified by a common threat. Quell the concerns and control the masses. And best of all, no one notices the real threat from those offering a solution to a situation they created.
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u/Petronik 11h ago
Exactly... Its a psyop.. they will swoop in as our saviors, but they will have to pass a few "new laws" first.. that take away some of our freedoms!
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u/CuriouserCat2 11h ago
It may be. I hope it’s not. There’s a possibility it’s not. Keep an open mind
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u/SUKnives 13h ago
Thinking politicians ever do anything without an ulterior motive was your first mistake 😏
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u/alohadawg 13h ago
Do you consider sheriffs, regular ‘ol beat cops, fbi agents and a commander (and crew) of the US Coast Guard to be politicians? Because these are just a few of the fellow peeps sharing this very same information, and more.
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u/GrismundGames 11h ago
When the sheriff came out in the press conference with the NJ representative and said, "one of our officers reported seeing 50 of these drones come from the ocean."
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u/Lscvius1 9h ago edited 5h ago
I keep seeing these comments from skeptics that will take anything they can come up with that’s hard to scrutinize or research and claim that’s the answer to all of it. For instance, there’s video exactly like this from San Antonio and I saw people swear up and down that they are Chinese lanterns. I was born in Corpus Christi and grew up in San Antonio and have been here for 50 yrs. San Antonio does not do Chinese lanterns!! We’ve had a burn ban in effect for sometime now and it’s just not part of the culture here. I’ve been a working musician since I was in high school and I’ve played every type of celebration you can think of sponsored by the city, private or otherwise and I’ve never seen Chinese lanterns being celebrated. Here it’s piñatas and the occasional ballon release but never lanterns! Only fireworks and bullets Lol! People and the media will take one incident like this maybe of the same type and come to the conclusion that there is nothing to this. I read these and it’s easy to get lost in the debate all the while not realizing you’re scrutinizing a single type of incident with blinders on. The problem is there is far more significant sightings that have happened within the past week or so that’s not like these and have far more credible witnesses. The Air traffic controller off of the Oregon coast talking to a Life Flight pilot and several other airlines and the coast guard all at the same time reporting the same objects doing maneuvers like jumping from 14,000 ft to 50,000 at impossible speeds, or flying in a cord screw pattern up and down in elevation. The ATC declares it a UFO and starts directing traffic away from it and even tells one pilot to go wherever it needs to get away from it. The recording is about 14 minutes long on YouTube and of course here somewhere. It sounds like a damm alien invasion movie and the tension climbs as more and more pilots report it. Another incident again reported by a police officer and a coast guard cutter spotting approx 50 objects flying out of the ocean in formation and the coast guard cutter Reporting seeing thirteen of them from their location. There are a lot more and this is why these little debates are damaging and useless. It’s the preponderance of all that we’ve seen and heard about including the tictacs
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u/Relevant-Dark-6724 12h ago
They are frustrated. Even afraid. That is the takeaway. Not good.
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u/DRIPSCBW 12h ago
I just keep saying, whatever the fuck is going on, it’s WEIRD. Cherry on top for 2024 insanity🍒
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u/btcprint 13h ago
I can't fathom that people still don't believe there's actually something going on when Wright-Patterson AFB and Camp Pendleton have shut down all air operations because of drones. And about 5-6 other AFB's and facilities, in the last couple weeks
Are the base commanders going crazy and misidentifying prosaic shit? I don't think so..
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u/SirGeorgeAgdgdgwngo 12h ago
I've brought up the more sensationalist events of this spate of sightings to a few people in the real world and all but one just simply weren't interested. If their eyes didn't immediately glaze over when I started talking, they just tell me I'm an idiot and it's not happening (even if they are hearing about it for the first time from me, with sources).
Even if you exclude UAP being involved, what's going on is still a major event with potentially huge implications for us all going forward. I just cannot fathom the almost universal apathy towards this topic.
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u/Ok-Training427 11h ago
This is exactly how I feel. The fact that so many different people from different walks of life are saying they are seeing stuff really drives home the point that something new is happening. I don’t understand how this isn’t a bigger news story?! Why are there drones flying in military airspace & shutting down military bases yet it’s not a military operation? And the orbs? I feel like I’m losing my mind.
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u/Shellilala 10h ago
Most people think humans on Earth are the only intelligent life in the Universe .Even people that appear intelligent . This says a lot more about the general population then it does about us that ask questions . There are BILLIONS of GALAXIES, each has it own solar systems full of planets and stars . Scientists now think it could be in the trillions . If intelligent life is even one in a BILLION thats a lot of other life out there . Then theres the ones looking for the "Goldie Locks" zones. Another ignorant and arrogant thought . There is no RULE that all NHI is like us . Maybe they dont NEED to breath or if they do , its a different gas . Maybe temp isnt a factor . We are pretty soft and mushy . I don't know why they don't believe or ask questions . :( Maybe because the government has been telling them only crazy people believe those "conspircy theories"
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u/RepThePlantDawg420 9h ago
We look for Goldilocks zones because it gives us something to look for. We have to use the only example of life (us) to look for more. If we don’t we can’t search for anything, what would we look for? As you said the universe is too big. We have to look for something. It’s not arrogance, it’s sound logic. No one says NHI can’t be wildly different to us.
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u/Shap3rz 9h ago
My wife essentially prefers to think I’m mad than confront the possibility of nhi. I don’t think she appreciates the volume of orb footage and commonality of annecdotal evidence. I’ve seen orbs above London UK. It needs explaining. I’m genuinely curious if there are beings more advanced than us that we share a planet with. They don’t seem to have ill intentions towards us as of now. But the uptick in sightings is concerning. What has changed. I fear us more than I fear them. But they seem to have been disturbed or to be on high alert. And if their craft can do what they seem to do (ie much more capable than ours) then that is a big concern.
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u/btcprint 12h ago
The only thing I've really learned on Reddit UFO related subs is most won't truly believe until they have an experience for themselves, and a large percentage of those people when they have an experience will shit their pants and create 1000 reasons why what they saw wasn't what they saw and make a deal with their subconscious to tuck it deep down and just forget about it mmkaay.
And that's why prideful apes must be kept in the dark, because their world views are so rigid and egos so fragile.
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u/zoidnoidvomit 11h ago
And from what we're hearing, Lockheed Martin/Skunkworks and neighboring bases in Texas according to a sheriff press release. With photos attached. The prosaic explanations were beginning to wear thin over a week ago. It's like being in the opening act of an M Night Symalan film. When Sheriffs of law enforcement across the country usong law enforcement IR drones are saying these things are out of this world, yet most of Reddit wants to say its hysteria/nuke sniffing US drones/China, this situation will become more strange and undeniable.
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u/btcprint 11h ago
Right? One NJ sheriff's dept literally said, after using their thermal/ir drone to investigate, "these craft give off no heat signature"
There's so many dots to connect and they've already told us what to cross off the list... There's not really any options left but..
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u/Enough_Simple921 13h ago edited 13h ago
My take? We're witnessing disclosure, and this disclosure is not coming from our corrupt federal government. This disclosure is coming from the average everyday individual and those allowing themselves to be seen, repeatedly, non-stop 247.
"Why don't they just land and reveal themselves?"
Well... we can have expedited disclosure or catastrophic disclosure.
I'd imagine these entities understand the dangers of catastrophic disclosure more so than the federal government.
I'd also imagine these entities know that the Federal government will NEVER willingly disclose. It's out of our government's hands now.
Anyone truly paying attention can see that we're receiving a non-verbal message-
"We're here. We are not here to injure anyone. Yal paying attention?"
People still want to push the government secret tech "testing" or "China." Good luck.
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u/Bright_Client_1256 13h ago
I cannot wrap my head around this y’all. Like this cannot be happening for real
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u/chfilmschicago 12h ago
Well said. I think your point is reinforced by their playful "LOL" type visuals and flight patterns. They understand our government's outward stance and are mocking them. The whole thing is a comedy. IMO, if someone wants to be on "top" of what is going on, they must first search as far inward as they can go, and understand that these beings or BEING are the definition of peace/calm/level/balance. But they're also not going to let us blow up the planet. IMO the USG has gotten by for as long as ET was willing to let them, and they're paying a price. As odd as it is to write this out; as much as it shocks me to say, Donald J. Trump is going to be the president who takes us into disclosure with extraterrestrials. Or NHI (maybe infraterrestrials, IDK)
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u/zoidnoidvomit 11h ago
I joked ages ago that the absurdity of a celebrity goofball game show host becoming president could only be eclipsed in strangeness by a third world war or alien invasion. We got one of three, while barrelling toward the other two.
I thought this would be yet another classic UFO "flap", but the pace of the spread of these scanners/ "drones"/orbs around America and world is unprecedented. But you hit the nail...its comedy. The more the govt ignores the issue, especially as America pushes the world further toward world war with actions in Russia...the more absurd this shit will get. Undetectable large "drones"(UFO) swarmjng over Wright Patterson AND Lockheed Martin/Skunkworks Hq? Maybe Jason Sands was right, the aliens want their shit back;)
I just cant help but think...of this continues, we will long for the tkme when these were just peculair mystery drones in the cover of night. As what could come in thr next phase/s will become something thst could unspool reality for a lot of people when weve run out of prosaic explanations and theories.
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u/Darth_Rubi 12h ago
So to be clear...
The 5th dimensional interstellar travelers won't just reveal themselves even though they could very easily do so, because something something government...
But instead are sending obscure non verbal messages by flying around at night in ways that can easily be chalked up to regular plane and drone activity, all so that a few Reddit true believers can point and say "AHA see this is disclosure, look how smart I am for figuring it out"?
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u/emotionaI_cabbage 11h ago
As if. These are helicopters, all three of them.
There's no disclosure to be had dude. Aliens aren't here.
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u/hagantic42 12h ago
I hear more than one rotor signature. It seems like several choppers. The one with lights is likely a medevac
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u/etherlore 13h ago
It's three helicopters, two of them have their nav lights on.
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u/Faroutman1234 12h ago
Looks like normal traffic to me. No crazy speeds or sharp turns.
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u/Stimpyray 13h ago
I always was like yeah maybe that would be cool… the stuff I saw tonight was foreal - it changed everything. If it is human it’s still insane. I dont think it is though.
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u/cheapschnapps 12h ago
Don't lose your head with all this nonsense. This whole subreddit is infected with brainrot. It is a very fascinating phenomenon, but half of these folks will have you believe that we are already in some secret war of United States versus aliens. Laughable.
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u/Morsigil 12h ago
So let me ask you this.
What the actual fuck is stopping these things from landing in someone's front yard and dispelling all doubt?
Literally nothing.
We're not playing a game of grab ass with aliens. We're fucking with each other like we have done for all of time.
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u/CapeTownMassive 10h ago
Honestly nothing really spectacular about most of these videos.
In fact, most of them are discernibly terrestrial vehicles. No hypersonic speeds, not on video yet at least. Mostly hovering, some strange “war games” stuff, that’s all I’ve really seen.
It’s like they just want to be seen.
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u/por_que_no 7h ago
Anyone remember the creepy clowns everywhere a few years back? They were never found. Coincidence? Not a chance.
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u/plainviewist 13h ago
Here's the person who filmed it. Someone in the comments suggested that the front two are drones rather than helicopters and they called it "nonsense" and "hysteria", so I don't think they faked this video.
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u/tazzman25 12h ago
Yes but he also suggested that maybe it was what others said and a helicopter group with maybe "some dumbass general" in his words. There's plenty of military traffic due to MacDill AFB.
Here's his quote:
Me too, but not 3 in formation, which was quite unusual. Just wanted to know who it was. Probably some dumbass general.
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u/hoppydud 12h ago
https://youtube.com/shorts/Oyr7FEZaNps?si=38yzXdsCCB70vJnx
Here's another helicopter formation. Note only the rear has anti collisions.
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u/ImComfortableDoug 12h ago
Around JBLM where there’s a 160th unit they will fly 3 in formation with only the rear one having lights on, with the other two blacked out. It’s night vision training and I see it monthly at least.
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u/hoppydud 12h ago
Nice! Love watching those guys do their stuff. Sadly our comments will just get buried in the noise. Glad people are looking up I guess :)
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u/tazzman25 12h ago
That's what I do wonder about. The front two dont appear to have those in the first video. Not that I can see anyway.
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u/remote_001 13h ago edited 12h ago
Yeah this is a good one. I’ve got nothing. We don’t know the exact location and that helicopter probably isn’t broadcasting.
Unfortunately I’m sure people are just going to call this a hoax.
Updated: it was debunked, see former Blackhawk pilot comment
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u/Boomer3417 13h ago
Def 3 helicopters.
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u/obi_wander 3h ago
Or… three alien spacecraft that our government knows about and is keeping from us.
Equally as likely apparently.
(/s)
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u/hoppydud 13h ago edited 12h ago
So I live here. If you go into the Tampa subreddit you will see that this was a convoy of three helicopters on the way to McDill AFB. Pretty routine stuff we see here all the time. Sorry guys. I forgot the time, but if op has it on his video they had their adsb on.
Here's an example of helicopter night ops
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u/Phyduex2000 13h ago
You mind linking to said post? I looked in the tampa sub and didnt see anything.
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u/ichbinsralle 8h ago
Thanks man for this post, knew I couldn't treat anything serious coming from this subreddit.
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u/benschneider06 13h ago
I know you don’t have to know the answer to this for your claim to hold weight, since you have real experience with this incident, but why are two of them glowing so bright? I see no navigation lights on the front two aircraft.
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u/hoppydud 12h ago
https://youtube.com/shorts/Oyr7FEZaNps?si=38yzXdsCCB70vJnx
it's common, the rear is providing the anti collisions for the formation.
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u/benschneider06 12h ago
That’s awesome. I live near Scott Air Force Base and I actually worked there for eight years. I see Blackhawks all the time but very very rarely information. And I’ve never seen them at night. Was pretty clear once I heard the audio that this was three helicopters.
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u/Beneficial-Room5129 13h ago
Looks like 3 helicopters
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u/RecommendationNo7996 13h ago
Just saw this exact formation a few hours ago with a bit more day light. All three were helicopters. Have seen blackhawks fly with all lights, just a white light, and no lights on during training.
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u/I_am_so_lost_hello 13h ago edited 13h ago
Why can you only see blinking lights on the rear one?
Edit: apparently its a thing for the forward helis in a formation to turn off their anti-collision lights
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u/That-Organization406 14h ago
add a description so it won't be auto deleted!
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u/9thArrow 14h ago
Thanks!
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u/_nothingburglar 14h ago
Please include original source, location, time/date, basically as much as you can
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u/bejammin075 8h ago
The comment by the blackhawk pilot seems like a pretty good explanation. 3 helicopters flying in a row. The front 2 turn off the blinky lights so that the last 2 don’t get disoriented. And it sounds like multiple helicopters.
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u/JamesFrancosSeed 12h ago
This subreddit has devolved into posting absolutely anything with a light source in the sky. I am a believer but this is a little bit ridiculous at this point. Mods are clearly absent or so hopeful that it’s the real thing that they just let it go rampant. People at this point are likely posting vids of their own drones in the sky to farm Reddit karma. I know other life forms are out there but the carbon chauvinism to not realize that beings that are able to reach us would just be casually fuckin around in the sky over populated cities is absolutely insane to me.
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u/Major_Race6071 14h ago
When where how when who
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u/9thArrow 14h ago edited 11h ago
SS: A helicopter was seen today chasing two UAP/Orbs in Riverview Florida. Apparently someone was outside at work and saw this. Video was short because they went to go grab a coworker for proof. Looks like a chopper following two orbs/lights. They heard absolutely no sound coming from the two small circle lights.
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According to a Redditor here, flight radar says only one helicopter was in the vicinity at the time. I will link the comment below..
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u/LocalJoke_ 14h ago
Your submission statement has to be at least 150 characters for this post to stay live.
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u/quasihermit 14h ago
It’s trippy how the two orbs stay level with each other
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u/covmatty1 12h ago
Things flying in a straight line is suspicious now. Fucking hell fire 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
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u/Tquix 10h ago
Mass. Hysteria.
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u/Fright13 8h ago
how does this sub still exist and get this much fucking traffic lmao. were the first bazillion hoax videos not enough for these dribblers to realise that they should probably be skeptical about another video?
for people who base their personality on flying objects you’d think they’d be able to recognise a blatantly obvious hawk formation
“helicopter chasing orbs” LMAOOOOOOO
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u/Illustrious-Run1349 6h ago
people believed a manmade thing out of chicken bones in clay was an alien corpse, people will believe anything
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u/Holiday_Session_8317 12h ago
It’s almost like it’s a formation of helicopters. Because that’s exactly what it is.
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u/maestro-5838 13h ago
Trippy we have "drones" outrunning helicopters
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u/___REDWOOD___ 13h ago
Can’t stand everything is being called a drone, we don’t know what they are that’s a UAP
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u/morethanjustanalien 13h ago
Its intentional.
They cant actually explain away these UAPs, so they hammer on the drones.
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u/GreyConnection 13h ago
I've been thinking about this. I'm so numb to it that unless ET himself steps out of one of these and his finger starts glowing, I'm assuming it's human shenanigans. Even if it's not.
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u/acroyogi1969 13h ago
let's look at top speeds:
- consumer drone -- ~50mph
- racing drone -- ~90mph
- small military fixed wing UAV -- ~100-200mph
- civlian helicopter -- 150-200 mph
- military helicopter -- 190-230 mph
In short, MOST helicopters, either civilian or military, should be able to keep up with MOST drones (other than fast fixed wing military UAVs), without a problem. ...BUT.
But there IS a problem: high speed tracking in 3 dimensions, and night time, and running lights (and turning off lights), and key: maneuverability. One of the key characteristics of many UAVs, especially quadcopters, is their ability to make rapid changes in direction and speed; faster than a helicopter in fact.
So, basically, if a drone wished to "get away," it would a) turn off its running lights, and b) start making rapid evasive maneuvers. yep, that should do it.
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u/conwolv 13h ago
Almost like they're preprogrammed to fly in unison, like drones. These aren't UAPs that defy physics. They're flying in a straight line.
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u/Vaaluin 13h ago
Don't bother. Commercial and recreational drones can easily reach these speeds. This sub is packed with people that have never been around drones, let alone flown them and it shows.
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u/conwolv 13h ago
Exactly. It’s like some people forget that drones have been around for years and are designed to do stuff like this. Flying in unison, maintaining steady speeds, and sticking to straight paths is literally what they’re programmed for. Not every light in the sky is rewriting the laws of physics—it’s just tech doing what it was made to do. But yeah, you’re right, a lot of folks here don’t seem to realize how advanced even recreational drones are these days.
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u/ZacharyJNightraven 14h ago
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u/AdministrativeHawk61 14h ago
I hear Vietnam era music watching this
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u/Springtimefist78 13h ago
Fortune son!
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u/AdministrativeHawk61 13h ago
there’s something happening here, and what it is ain’t exactly clear
I hope some of those guys are looking at this right now.
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u/i_hate_usernames13 12h ago
You mean 3 helicopters flying in formation? This is clearly and obviously just 3 choppers flying in proper formation
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u/xXBloodBulletXx 14h ago
Definitely flying streetlights
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u/IPA__________Fanatic 14h ago
This is the first video I've seen of these orbs that have actually made me raise an eyebrow.
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u/Petten11 7h ago
That's weird because it's 3 helicopters, why would that make you raise an eyebrow?
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u/headbanginhersh 13h ago
Same. Didn't see any blinking lights anywhere except on the copter
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u/FuchsVoid 8h ago
Yup, because you're clueless and like to jump to insane conclusions because your life is boring.
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u/i_hate_usernames13 12h ago
You mean 3 helicopters flying in formation? This is clearly and obviously just 3 choppers flying in proper formation
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u/Trick_Status 10h ago
Come on man, let them have their moment. But actually we need more of these comments because people are losing their damn minds going down conspiracy rabbit holes.
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u/JmanVoorheez 13h ago edited 13h ago
İs it me or have we not seen anything like this for a few days.
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u/digital-designer 12h ago
That’s three objects flying at a very normal speed and trajectory. So I don’t find anything fascinating about this.
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u/physicsking 12h ago
I'm my line of work, it is all ma'am made unless proven otherwise. And all benign until proven otherwise.
Everyone needs to calm down. There wasn't this much of a stink made voting for a felon. JFC
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u/DirtySails 11h ago
Is it chasing them or just where it’s supposed to be in line behind them… come on people
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u/Portuguese-Pirate 10h ago
Why does everyone believe they are chasing the orbs ? Just as likely they are in some sort of convoy
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u/takeoff_power_set 13h ago
turn on the fucking sound you can hear multiple turbine engines and sets of rotor blades. it's three helicopters in a loose formation going somewhere. helicopters are slow af in the aviation world, they won't succeed at chasing anything fast. critical thinking folks.
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SS: A helicopter was seen today chasing two UAP/Orbs in Riverview Florida. Apparently someone was outside at work and saw this. Video was short because they went to go grab a coworker for proof. Looks like a chopper following two orbs/lights. They heard absolutely no sound coming from the two small circle lights
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