Mick West's latest activity

Yeah, I actually wrote it early December. That's an issue with paper publications, long lead-times mean it's not always the most up-to-date take.

Ask me again next week! I'm off to AlienCon this weekend.

Daniel Wagner got back to me and said it was filmed "June 2 of last year" (i.e. 2022)

A nice closer view of the structure of a contrail forming as seen when looking sorta down the length of it can be found here: Source: https://youtu.be/J6fI9EGSMrw?t=8 Should be teed up to the right time, but the whole thing is worth watching...

The new reports: https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/reports-publications/reports-publications-2023/item/2360-dni-statement-on-the-intelligence-community-assessment-on-ahis...

Its worth pointing out that some debunkers such as myself are also former believers who just got tired of all the BS.

Well, worth a shot.

Possible older. Dated 5 Feb, 2021, Borneo, Indonesia. The appearance of a mysterious figure was caught on camera by Lili, a resident of Singkawang. To Hi!Pontianak , Lili said she recorded the appearance of this mysterious figure on Thursday...

I may be far off but I think the dangling ropes are for mooring the aircraft before take-off, when they are untied or cut at ground level and left dangling in flight

Bit of a long shot, but did anyone happen to download the KML ADS-B tracks for this flight and the contenders for the other plane? I want to Sitrec it.

Here's a quite long video showing a wide variety of different LED kites from the (now defunct) Electric Kite Company Source: https://www.facebook.com/theelectrickitecompany/videos/1416608955103849/

Regarding the large balllon: he balloon is designed to fly at a specific pressure altitude with a known mass of payload hanging from the balloon. When the balloon reaches the desired float altitude, the extra helium is not vented off, but fills...

So really there's two different reasons for not using bullets. With a very large balloon it won't work as the helium will leak slowly even through multiple holes. With a smaller balloon, it's just really hard to hit.

"You can fill a balloon full of bullet holes, and it's going to stay at altitude," David Deptula, a retired Air Force lieutenant general and fighter pilot, tells the Post. The air pressure that high up doesn't allow helium to freely escape...

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/we-re-not-crazy-listen-to-a-flight-report-unusual-lights-near-yellowknife-in-january-1.6277389 'We're not crazy': Listen to a flight report unusual lights near Yellowknife in January: Source...