Together with my brilliant postdoc and council member, Dr. Devesh Nandal, we realized that unknown UAP parameters can be tightly constrained through a known background terrain, which can be used as a coordinate system to infer the motions of the...
Having said that, even from town it would still be pretty neat. I think persuading two kids to take an extra 5-mile return hike around desolate coastline just for a slightly cooler photo op might be a tough sell!
So thanks @Mick West - this...
I've made a few improvements, which I think greatly improve the reliability for messy videos.
You still need to ensure the segment has no zooms, and about 100 frames (or less) is generally enough.
Let me know if you find any video where you...
What struck me was the different ways people described the same thing -- one called their sighting a "Bright barrel-shaped object flying low and fast" and another labeled it a "Cigar-shaped glowing object moved smoothly and fast." And you had...
I obviously didn't have the right settings. So, moving the camera to my intended location it looks like totality will be well above the distant headland:
If I hiked round the bay then the crescent sun would just be kissing the cliffs as it...
I've improved this so it now works in your second case.
However, it's not perfect. It failed because there was a bit a sudden camera motion, which blurred the stars for a few frames
This one is small enough that the new code can handle it...
I'd closed it since but just tried it again. https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?custom=18302/StarTrackerTest_1/20260804_203008.js
From frames 1235 to 1413 (20.23s-23.14s) - (I was curious what it would make of the five faint stars in a chevron...