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"Brocken Specters are known to exist" is different to "At the time and location you took that photo (or that you reported), the image in the fog was at the antisolar point, and the known optical effect of a Brocken Specter in that position would...

https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?custom=99999999/Broken%20Spectre/20260617_170036.js Feature, crept!

It's just a fun, easy, and relatively safe feature to add. It helps validate the overall model.

The case DOW-UAP-PR098, "UFOs in formation over Persian Gulf? shows the harbour at Rostami, Iran https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007737/dow-uap-pr098-ufos-formation-over-persian-gulf 28.573398° 51.077285°

Already done for stars and satellites. Yeah, I was thinking of that. A little fiddly. I think I'd wait until there's a specific case that needs it.

Sure, but which ones. What I've implemented is most of the more common halos, some of which (parhelic circle, and Parry arcs, for example) are quite rare. There are others that are even more rare (like you'll likely never see one)

Done! Version 2.84.0 (2026-06-15) New Features Atmospheric Optics (Halos) (Lighting → Atmospheric Optics (Halos)): renders ice-crystal sky optics around the real Sun and Moon — a 22° halo, sun dogs, circumzenithal and circumhorizontal arcs...

Do you have a specific test case?

I shall put my team of robots on the task!

Can you upload the original video file as an attachment, instead of the screen recording? There's not much other information to see in the attached video. A time and location would also be extremely helpful and would help us narrow down some...

I'm not saying their rationale is correct. But someone with a PhD is a more defensible choice than someone without (when you are defending your choice to someone who writes checks, but isn't really that familiar with the topic). Unfortunately...

But I'm not a Dr. I'm just a Mr.

Does it, though? The clouds are moving left, the disk is moving right, but the "filament" seem to actually move right, with the disk. The problem is that there's too much video compression to see what is really happening. Solid hot object...

I think those are cirrocumulus clouds. However, it could be that some trails are aerodynamic trails, which we've observed at much lower altitudes than exhaust contrails.

Yes, unless they are part of some grouping, like the Western US Event.