New UAP footage: Miami Air and Sea show

neo_seoul

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Hello,

Not sure if someone has been tracking this already, but early today a new video has been posted on Twitter of an unidentified object appearing in the frame and seemingly shooting across the frame quite fast.
The video is a slow-mo footage of a low altitude slow passage of a military aircraft during the Hyundai Air & Sea show in Miami.



Source: https://twitter.com/sugarmanspeaks/status/1530721297205960704?s=21&t=8H-4vdgGVF6rEpz_0j0Low


There is also an ongoing thread on Reddit r/UFOs about it:


Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/v01jnc/new_ufo_uap_filmed_with_good_quality_in/


In the sub-reddit someone generated a 0.25x slowed down version:
https://files.catbox.moe/inchqa.mp4


EDIT: Alleged additional footage of the same object:


Source: https://twitter.com/528vibes/status/1530752111398506496?s=20&t=9pwzGVaohM3GyqfjjhtsCg


You can see the object appearing around 1.5 s into the clip from the water (although appears just out of frame) on the bottom right and shooting up across towards the top left.

Given the point of origin between the horizon and the shore, and the other visual reference points, it's unlikely to be a camera artefact or a small object close to the camera (e.g. dust, bug).
And to be honest given the speed relative to everything else and the slow-mo nature of the footage, this must have been VERY fast and relatively close to the shore, so not likely a balloon.

I also thought about a bird coming out of the water, but that seems to be way too fast? I even considered if the video could be in reverse, and the bird be actually diving into the water, but it doesn't appear to be a reversed clip.
The best would be if the OP on Twitter could release the raw file from his phone, probably filmed with an iPhone's slow-mo feature.

Other than CGI (which at least to me doesn't seem likely), what other mundane explanations could it have?

Can we do a bit of analysis? It should be relatively easy to figure out the size of the object given the many comparison references in the frame.

EDIT2: Sorry, just noticed OP posted a non-slowmo version of the video on Twitter, from this version the possibility of an insect/bug flying in front of the camera seems more plausible:

Source: https://twitter.com/SugarmanSpeaks/status/1530891091343552512?s=20&t=TumWvxrUhQGIcUW1qCQR5w
 
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Given the point of origin between the horizon and the shore
But if the object appears from 'just out of frame', as you say (which is correct as far as I can see), we do not actually see the 'point of origin'. It could well be closer to the camera than the other objects in view, such as people's heads. It appears smaller than the closest people's heads, so if it is actually closer to the camera, it must be very small indeed. This would make an insect of some kind, e.g. a butterfly, a good candidate.

Judging by the comment of the photographer (David Sugarman), he didn't see it emerge from the water either. He seems to be relying on what he sees in the video when reviewing it later: otherwise why say 'it looks like...' and not say what he actually saw at the time? If he was looking through (or at) the viewfinder, he probably had a restricted field of view for the scene itself.

Also, if it was really a large object emerging at great speed from the water beyond the spectators, they seem remarkably blasé.
 
It's like the Utah video all over again small and close and relatively slow, or large and far away and inhumanly fast.

Looks like no-one saw it at the time, so most likely a small object close to the camera.

I reckon it's probably a dragonfly, maybe a bird, but more likely an insect.
 
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This is the track stabilized. There seems to be both periodic brightness changes, and matching periodic heading changes, consistent with something the flies by flapping wings, like a bird or bug.

The speed seems more consistent with a bug.
 
What I find odd is that none of the people in the water seem to notice this second object or turn their heads to follow it. Which would suggest that the object is behind them, just in front of the cameraperson.
 
Seems to be a bug closer to the camera, if it were a bird flying off the ocean, it would be traveling too fast to be a bird IMO
I think the bug started in a spot that looked like it was on the ocean, but really was close to the camera
 
That is what a bird looks like when it is flapping its wings and the lighter underside comes into view as the wings come up and then the darker top comes down. It appears to be something blinking.
 
That is what a bird looks like when it is flapping its wings and the lighter underside comes into view as the wings come up and then the darker top comes down. It appears to be something blinking.
Yeah I think the consensus is that given the video is in slo-mo the object likely moves too fast for it to be a bird.

But I don't think we have enough info to plot the range of size/distance/speed, we'd need original video and full camera specs including any optical/digital zoom.

A dragon fly with with its wings catching the sun at certain angles feels like a better fit to me.
 
But I don't think we have enough info to plot the range of size/distance/speed, we'd need original video and full camera specs including any optical/digital zoom.

Here's one sent to me by the creator (attached.) Athought it seems to be trimmed in-camera, resulting in some loss of EXIF data. The camera is an iPhone XS Max (second generation iPhone 10)
 

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This image is stretched horizontally to show the periodic "flapping" and corresponding change in flight direction.

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I'm still going to stick with bug for now. Maybe something with a fatter body than a dragonfly, such as this beetle.





But there's something else to consider: Flying spinner toys. They're not remote controlled, but they do return.

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There are many types.
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Most have LEDs on them but I would think they're too dim to be seen by a camera in daylight. The fan blades/spinning body might show up as seen in Mick's stabilized video above.

Check this video and see what you think.
 

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Hello everyone,my english is not good,Personally Speaking:

Firstly,the previous object is probably not a bird,because the birds usually dont wild dash for the airplane actively;

Secondly,the shape of the previous object is probably not a bird,furthermore,it seems has "metallic luster";

Thirdly,the object's speed is too high,maybe someone can calculate the speed accurately,the maximum speed of a seagull usually is 170km/h;

Finally,The object finally appeared in the video seems to be different from the object previously moved up from sea level, the final object has a V-notch and a flat black base, and the previous object seems to have a hemispherical top.

Welcome to discuss :)

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Stabilized on the object, the "flapping" seems more like "spinning"

Due to the periodic wobbling I was initially wondering if it was something like a cheap quadcopter with poor stabilisation, as the lateral periodicity could also be explained by associated acccidental thrust vectoring. However, the stabilised version does not strengthen that hypothesis.
 
Due to the periodic wobbling I was initially wondering if it was something like a cheap quadcopter with poor stabilisation, as the lateral periodicity could also be explained by associated acccidental thrust vectoring. However, the stabilised version does not strengthen that hypothesis.

I wouldn't rule out flapping wings with some wagon-wheel effect from the framerate.

 
What I find odd is that none of the people in the water seem to notice this second object or turn their heads to follow it. Which would suggest that the object is behind them, just in front of the cameraperson.
or it suggests that it's a common object

remember, the camera operator didn't notice it at the time, either

Please note I'm not ruling out it being an alien chocolate wrapper.
could be from Mars?
 
Well, whatever it is, it's tiny. I cropped an image from the video. On it the airplane is ~ 60 pixels long, the UFO is ~6 pixels.
If we assume that the airplane is 15 meters long, it means the UFO is no more than 1.5 meters. Kind of consistent with a seagull.
Obviously it could be way smaller if it's closer to the camera.


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this is only true if they are at the same distance
Obviously. But in this case it appears the distances are comparable so it's probably in the ballpark.

The angular distance of the object is low, if we assume linear approximation, if the UFO is 1/2 the distance between the observer and the plane, it will be 75 cm. Still a bird. Half the distance again - 37 cm (~ 10 inches).

To me it seems more consistent with a bird. Someone correct me if I'm wrong?
 
Obviously. But in this case it appears the distances are comparable so it's probably in the ballpark.

The angular distance of the object is low, if we assume linear approximation, if the UFO is 1/2 the distance between the observer and the plane, it will be 75 cm. Still a bird. Half the distance again - 37 cm (~ 10 inches).

To me it seems more consistent with a bird. Someone correct me if I'm wrong?

You are going to have to demonstrate how "it appears the distances are comparable"
 
You are going to have to demonstrate how "it appears the distances are comparable"
To eyeball it, it appears to be much closer than the plane. I suppose you could set "comparable distance to the plane" as a maximum distance, and thus derive a maximum possible size, with the minimum distance being a few feet and the minimum size being in the housefly to horsefly range?
 
To eyeball it, it appears to be much closer than the plane. I suppose you could set "comparable distance to the plane" as a maximum distance, and thus derive a maximum possible size, with the minimum distance being a few feet and the minimum size being in the housefly to horsefly range?

The color variability seems to suggest wings. The estimated size is also in that range, but obviously it ascend rate would be too high for a bird.
Is there a version of this video that has not been manipulated?
 
I found this video of the air show that shows a very similar flyover.

Source: https://youtu.be/5aCkY98aayY?t=1711

I can't spot the UFO (it could've happened on a different stretch of beach) but it give you a good idea how far those planes are.
The airshow took 2 days, May 28th and 29th. So it's possible they did the same flyover on both days.
 
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The color variability seems to suggest wings. The estimated size is also in that range, but obviously it ascend rate would be too high for a bird.
Looking at the whole thing the object (OK, let's call it "the bird") is getting visibly larger as it ascends. (That can clearly be seen in @Mick West posts number 4 and 12.) In other words, it's not so much ascending vertically as it is angling up and toward the photographer. It's flying over the cameraman, up and out of the picture frame faster than it would if it were in a vertical plane so its "ascend rate" isn't known. It may even be zero. It may indeed be negative, coming in to land behind the spectators.
 
Hello, everyone. I'm Zoltan and this is my first post. I am really intrigued by this video. So much so that I catalogued each frame, from beginning to end. There are 562 frames total. If anyone has 8K rendering capability on their PC like me, I invite you to upscale the clip to 8K. Then, have a look at frames 310 & 311. This object isn't a bird, nor is it an insect. Out of 562 frames, none show a wing, feather, beak, tail, eyeballs, talons, or any features that can be attributed to a living thing. You would think that from 562 frames, something would give it away i.e. "Yep, there's the head". Sadly, you won't find it.

Let's talk about frames 310 & 311. Specifically, the object ceases to exist for those two frames. There is nothing there but blue sky. By nothing, I mean the object disappears 100%. In frame 309, the object is all there. In frame 312, the object reappears, but in a different location.
When advancing from one frame of this clip to another, one can easily go in between the two, backward and forward, to watch the differences of motion, shape, brightness etc. When you break this clip down to its smallest bits, things get really weird. The object has color and it's partially red. It has three dimensions and depth. It changes shape as it appears to be tumbling on a fixed axis. Those aren't wings of a bird. It's not a fly, bee, or hornet.

I challenge anyone to take their time and disect this clip, frame by frame. Upscale it to 4K. Upscale it to 8K if you can. Then, you will get the same uneasy feeling as I did. This isn't something normal and there's no explanation.

I don't believe it's alien. I don't believe that it's something supernatural. I do believe that it is something we don't yet understand - as pertaining to our laws of physics and reality. Or "perceived" reality. I am attaching a few stills from the video. Enjoy.
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maybe i dont fully understand what you were doing to get an 8k file but to me this sounds like interpolating?

the issue is the same as with all these "enhanced" pictures.

you will get pixels that arent really there and thus see an object that arguably looks nothing than in reality.

if the object disappears, this would actually support the bug hypothesis. if something is so tiny against a bright light source, it can literally disappear because the light makes it invisible for the camera.
 
Late to this party too. At first viewing the object in the original footage looked like a ball being thrown/kicked hard at an angle towards the camera. It could be a small baseball-sized ball, a beach volleyball or even a football (soccer in America). A sports/recreational ball would also match the freeze frames of post #31, would explain the spinning motion, the roughly ballistic trajectory indicated in post #4 and the context of a public beach. If it's a volleyball or football, it's indeed going pretty fast.

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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGK6elf3LgY
 
if the object disappears, this would actually support the bug hypothesis. if something is so tiny against a bright light source, it can literally disappear because the light makes it invisible for the camera.
it can cross the threshold where the compression algorithm thinks it's noise, and deletes it
 
Hadn't noticed this thread before either. But my first thought before reading any of the comments was it looks exactly like a bug.

Also looking at where it enters the frame, on the right about half-way up:

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for those who thought it came out of the water, if that was the case it was right by the people, meaning that: a) they weirdly didn't see it; and b) it was about the same size (or smaller) than a human head.

This object isn't a bird, nor is it an insect.

I would say: find (or take) similar footage of verified insects and see what they look like when analysed frame by frame. My guess is that it won't be too difficult to find footage of bugs that look exactly like this.

If anyone has 8K rendering capability on their PC like me, I invite you to upscale the clip to 8K.

As others have said, that will just add pixels that aren't actually there, creating new shapes and new possibilities for interpretation of what it is. Best to stick with the highest quality unmodified video.

Could the thread title be changed so that the word "new" isn't in it and "[probably bug]" is added?
 
Hadn't noticed this thread before either. But my first thought before reading any of the comments was it looks exactly like a bug.

Also looking at where it enters the frame, on the right about half-way up:

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for those who thought it came out of the water, if that was the case it was right by the people, meaning that: a) they weirdly didn't see it; and b) it was about the same size (or smaller) than a human head.



I would say: find (or take) similar footage of verified insects and see what they look like when analysed frame by frame. My guess is that it won't be too difficult to find footage of bugs that look exactly like this.



As others have said, that will just add pixels that aren't actually there, creating new shapes and new possibilities for interpretation of what it is. Best to stick with the highest quality unmodified video.

Could the thread title be changed so that the word "new" isn't in it and "[probably bug]" is added?

What do you guys make of the second footage of a small object bizarrely whizzing about "between" two power lines?

Camera artifact? It's not clear if the guy filming it eyeballed it too although he narrates as if.
 
Found an article with a link to another video from a different person, showing a different object, at the same air show.

Article:
As mentioned above, however, once Sugarman’s video began to go viral, other attendees went back to review their own videos and photos, discovering that they too had captured the unusual object. There was another flyover by a B-52 bomber in the same area. And more videos appear to show the same curious object flying in close proximity to the B-52. Watch this video posted by YouTube user Horis Box. Watch closely at roughly the 40-second mark and you will see what appears to be the same object flying below the bomber, heading north.


It's very small, below the plane and heading to the left (helps to watch in full screen on 0.25x):


Source: https://youtu.be/QEcDNF833Qc?t=42


To my eyes this second object is clearly a bird, but it's interesting because as the near and far wings are alternately in shadow and light it almost gives a kind of "spinning" illusion with white and dark patches switching between front and back, which may be the same effect as seen with the first object. If the first object is a bird flying upwards and also towards to camera it would fit with the change in size as it gets closer, and the oblique angle of the body might increase the rotating illusion.
 
If somebody is bored and wants to draw the traditional Red Circle (tm) around the UAP here, I've watched it several times on full screen and have not spotted it. Not urgent, don't go to a lot of trouble but if you are sufficiently bored, I'm curious as to where the blasted thing actually is!o_O
 
If somebody is bored and wants to draw the traditional Red Circle (tm) around the UAP here, I've watched it several times on full screen and have not spotted it. Not urgent, don't go to a lot of trouble but if you are sufficiently bored, I'm curious as to where the blasted thing actually is!o_O
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Watch it on x 0.25 speed. You can see it clearly from 0:42 onwards.
 
The problem we have with these videos is it's really difficult to work out the distance from the camera the object is at. That's the smoking gun really. If we had that we could potentially figure out what it actually is. If it's in proximity with the plane, there's no way that can be a bird, it's too big.

Anybody know anything about lasers and whether there is a possibility this is some kind of high power laser with the footage later edited?
 
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