I just noticed this additional info in the comments section.
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...and a link to this PDF:
Screen grab from p.13 and 14.
Thanks Giddione for an interest flashback, nothing like trying to decipher old government documents.
An interesting puzzle.
Question One is was this entry in the National Archives actually created 3 months ago, as the one comment associated with it suggests? And was this the first time the phrase “Unidentified Flying Object” has been associated with this particular video?
If so it would suggest that this entry was created by someone looking for things to be declared UFO’s. The comment includes the phrase: “Notes: Unidentified Objects recorded in flight test report”. Suggesting the searcher was just looking for the word ‘unidentified’ in reports and adding the word
flying.
The word does appear in the .pdf report but the context does not exactly suggest inquisitive alien space craft.
On the out of sequence page 14 the top line begins mid sentence. Going back to page 13 the beginning of the sentence reads “
After sustainer flame impingement on” followed on page 14 by “
the booster section one fairly large object and other smaller objects could be observed out behind the booster section. Their origin and identification could not be determined.” However reading the entire report shows that the Camera No. 3 being referred to was attached to the booster and was ejected at 10 seconds after Booster Cut Off, long before the film begins. What the sentence suggests then is that when the booster separated from the upper part of the missile and began to fall behind the flame from the already running upper engines caused some pieces of the booster to immediately break off. Unidentifiable pieces.
On page 50 the report describes the RV as being ablation shielded, which would create that nice trail of glowing material behind at least one of the objects seen. The fact the camera follows the smaller object, not the missile bodies showy breakup, suggests that this is in fact the RV. Perhaps the camera is following its predicted trajectory and not being manually pointed at all? Certainly a camera operator would be able to identify the missile body as such once it begins to break up. The camera following the smaller object would support the idea that this is the RV trailing its ablative shielding behind it.
The report also mentions (on page 9) that the missile was carrying nine Penetration Aids that were released during the flight. These decoys are intended to show up on hostile radar and make tracking an incoming warhead more difficult. Decoys are designed to mimic the radar return of the warhead reentry vehicle (RV) but are not as robust in construction. So the decoys might have broken up or fallen behind at the point the film begins.
The report includes (on page 4) mention of five different events at the impact location, three associated with known elements of the missile impacting and two just described as “splashes”. So it would seem that multiple things were falling out of the sky at the appropriate time and in more or less the same place. Not all of which would necessarily have left bright trails to show up in the film.
All in All I see nothing suspicious in the video, just parts of the missile and its cargo following their ballistic trajectory into the ocean.
..meaning are they filming "Space" as a backdrop?
