Anchorage, Alaska — November 4, 2026 — Octopus Kite?

[jon_eir]

The video was posted to r/InterdimensionalNHI by u/FrankMurphys, under the title:
Video taken in Alaska of a strange jellyfish object. (Kite?)

The Reddit uploader also linked to what they identified as the original Facebook video.

Reddit user, u/AdIllustrious705, commented:

I think I own one of those. Octopus kite. Also looks pretty windy out there

Original Reddit comment
The commenter included a video of an octopus-style kite, demonstrating that commercially available kites can produce a similar silhouette with numerous trailing tentacles.

Reddit user u/ImaRaginCajun initially argued that the object could not be a kite, citing the apparent wind conditions, altitude and surrounding trees.
The user subsequently edited their comment to state:

EDIT : I was wrong. This actually IS a kite, flying in the park on Rabbit Creek Rd. I asked a kiter friend that lives there.

Original Reddit comment

I believe the reference to Rabbit Creek Road is a location error.
My separate geolocation investigation identifies the Alaska Geological Materials Center in the footage. Based on the building's position and the camera's field of view, i think the actually location is 61°12'58.17"N 149°48'58.04"W,the Planet Fitness, 3101 Penland Pkwy, Anchorage, AK 99508. I also think that Russian Jack Fields appears a substantially more plausible kite-launch location.

using the building signage, car park lights and the distinctive leaning post on the right above I was able to create an approx. FOV and location

I think that location matches well with the overall video and above still regarding the mountain skyline

I had to play around with the dates and exact location due to cloud cover mainly.
The location and observer FOV/ heading aligns well with Russian Jack Springs Park.

The Alaskiters local kite-flying group's interactive map explicitly identifies Russian Jack Fields as a kite-flying location, with the qualification that the fields are usable when no games are being played.

An interesting comparison comes from a July 2021 incident in Colorado Springs, Colorado, investigated by local television station KKTV 11 News.
The station originally reported receiving footage from a viewer showing:

a mysterious object appearing to float over Colorado Springs

Following the broadcast, the station published an update:

the owner of the kite reached out to us! Johnathan explained it is an "octopus" kite

According to the report, Johnathan identified the object as an approximately eight-metre-long octopus kite that he had acquired at a trade show and enjoyed flying recreationally.
This provides a documented example of an unusual, tentacled object initially attracting public attention before being identified through direct contact with its owner. It offers a useful comparison because its reasonable close (3000miles), the footage matches in regrading the tentacles and the kite explanation was confirmed by the person responsible for the object.

Source: KKTV 11 News, Tony Keith, July 26, 2021, updated July 28, 2021.

What is it!? Mysterious object caught on video above Colorado Springs

 

[JMartJr]

@jon_eir
Dang, I don't think you left me much to do but to admire your thorough and complete debunk!

I can add a little, maybe...

I looked at the Alaskiters FB page, there do appear to be a couple of tentacled kites in the group -- octopuses and jellyfish:

Photos selected or cropped to exclude recognizable images of individuals

These were all mentioned as being flown in Alaska, I am not sure if they belong to somebody in the group or possibly a guest flier at one of their events. There are other pics that appear to have been taken when members of the group were at festivals in other states, and may be of kites that were never in Alaska -- since I can't yet verify those have flown in Alaska, I've excluded them.

I've reached out and asked them if they can identify the specific kite, the video is probably not sufficient but they may know who flies one there.

How quickly the tentacles move suggest it is a smaller kite -- big by most folks standards but what we in the hobby would be considered a mini or midi. (6 or 14 meters for mini /midi kites in the line of original inflatable octos out of NZ, a Maxi would be 25 meters. An "OLO" or "Over Large Octopus" is huge at 36 meters and I doubt anybody would fly one at that park. there would be more variation in Chinese kites. The kites pictured above are Chinese versions, but the general range of sizes is roughly universal.) The video quality is so poor that this may be illusory, it may be bigger than it looks to me, but if I had to bet I'd bet on the smaller side.

That's what I got for now, if anybody up in the frozen tundra provides infirmation that they don't mind being shared, I'll circle back...