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Thats similar, to what I meant. The target (point light source) when over a "lighter background" the pixel resolution doesnt know when to start/ stop, as opposed to dark background, that allows for more definition. Boundary is better defined...

It's not the target. As far as the camera knows, it's just another dot in the background. How would it get less energy? Here it's in the middle of the pole, so obviously in front, and clearly dimmer. I think what we are seeing might be...

I think it's more like 15, but this isn't an exact recreation. We'd need the wind, and the actual track of the reaper for that, this was simply a proof of concept. I think the actual turning is a little more complicated You can play around with...

Quick explainer video of the parallax hypothesis. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn9G1TEEqFE&lc

I think that's just local area adjustable gain control. These consecutive frames are a good example.

Like this, a proof of concept, not an exact replication https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?custom=99999999/PR48 With Racetrack and towers/20260509_165333.js

I think this is just another parallax object, a bird or a balloon. It's the drone (with the camera) that is moving and turning.,

I'd say you should start a thread if there's a case you want to analyze.

Thanks, I've updated the list with the two Metabunk threads linked.

Lots of "Area of Contrast". Perhaps we should start referring to them as "AOC"

This already has its own thread, and an explainer video: https://www.metabunk.org/threads/the-chandelier-ufo.13307/ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAG_JIqPcOQ

A lot of it is is old, and where that happens we can just note that and move on the new stuff (the videos and pilot reports)

I've moved discussion of the new DoW release to: https://www.metabunk.org/threads/war-gov-ufo-department-of-war-releases-uap-files.14870/ Please continue the more technical analyses there, and in new threads.

I'm going to start a new thread to discuss the release as a whole. Any actual analysis of a case should get its own thread.

this is the first release... https://www.war.gov/UFO/ There is a collection of numerous images, pdfs and videos. Edit- my initial review of the videos shows that they are more of the same - thermal videos from Reaper type UAS that show small...