"Metapod" UFO. Top voted post of the month on r/UFOs, maybe top of all time

Z.W. Wolf

Senior Member.
Doesn't act the way you might think


Plastic bags in the sky not even filled with helium


Another plastic bag


Falling leaves


Cherry blossoms. I suggest setting the playback speed to 0.25.

blowing trash
 
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JMartJr

Senior Member
For those who find the balloon theory preferable to the thing-on-a-string theory, or for "string theory" proponents willing to prove themselves wrong in the interests of truth, explaining what would cause the appearance of what looks like a string in several frames would be helpful. "String" is:
Only visible above the object, not below.
Only visible when zoomed in sufficiently that a string might become visible.
Similar artifacts never appear elsewhere in the video. (If they do and I'm missing them, anybody feel free to point them out.)

If there is a string extending above it, it might still be a balloon inflated with regular air. If the apparant string can be shown to be something else (presumably some sort if video artifact) that should help clarify what we're looking at...
 

Max Phalange

Active Member
@Giddierone posted elsewhere about a company/organization called Aerocene. I think one of their balloons is worth posting here in case interest in this case picks up again. While obviously not the object in question, it is at least a good example of balloons made with opaque and transparent sections.

00_BecomingAerosolar_00203.jpg
Source:https://aerocene.org/newspaper-mccormack/

If the video is footage of a real, physical object, then we need some way to explain why it jitters around the frame when the video is stabilized on the clouds.

 

Leifer

Senior Member.
Custom designed balloons are becoming more common.
It kinda looks like a clear heart balloon, painted to simulate a "broken heart".

ball_clear.png

Or, it's my 90yo father's hearing aid.
He's always losing one.
 

Z.W. Wolf

Senior Member.
If the video is footage of a real, physical object, then we need some way to explain why it jitters around the frame when the video is stabilized on the clouds.

Not a problem, because it simply moves toward the lower left corner of the frame. Consistent with a balloon moving in air currents.
 

Max Phalange

Active Member
Not a problem, because it simply moves toward the lower left corner of the frame. Consistent with a balloon moving in air currents.

Yet it's stationary before and after the zoom?



And it jitters around only during the zoom, in a way that's inconsistent with physical motion, but completely consistent with inaccurate motion tracking during compositing?

 
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