"Metapod" UFO. Top voted post of the month on r/UFOs, maybe top of all time
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JMartJr
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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...
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...
deirdre
Senior Member.
worms rotate on fishing hooks sometimes depending on how you move the pole. i assume it has to do with where the weight is off balance.
JMartJr
Senior 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.
Source:https://aerocene.org/newspaper-mccormack/
Source:https://aerocene.org/newspaper-mccormack/
Max Phalange
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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.
Z.W. Wolf
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Not a problem, because it simply moves toward the lower left corner of the frame. Consistent with a balloon moving in air currents.
JMartJr
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Also with an object dangling on a string from a long "fishing pole."
Max Phalange
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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?
Fhhffsdhjjj
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I made an account just to post this. I saw this EXACT thing near camp Williams, Utah (just east of it I believe) in September 2022. It was around sun down and the sun was also reflecting off of the transparent part like in the video. At the time I was so confused I took out my iPhone and used its digital zoom to take a picture. I stared at it for a minute and ended up deleting the picture because it made absolutely zero sense to me. I happened across a YouTube video today about the "meta pod" and immediately recognized it. Googled and found this thread.
jackfrostvc
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Well this aint the top voted post of the month anymore 
The post on r/UFOs about David Grusch is now the top voted posted post of all time on the sub reddit
The post on r/UFOs about David Grusch is now the top voted posted post of all time on the sub reddit
Scaramanga
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I don't think it is a balloon. I'm more inclined to think it is some sort of plastic or lightweight mechanical capping for some device....( it looks as though if you rotate it by 90 degrees it goes on top of something ) being carried by a helicopter. We simply don't see the helicopter because the video zooms out so quickly at the end.
And a good question to ask in all UFO videos...why does the guy stop videoing while the object is still there ? It is to me the biggest clue that the person taking the video already knows what the object is.
Ann K
Senior Member.
The fact that it took so much stabilizing suggests to me that it's hard to focus on, so perhaps it's something much smaller, maybe twisting on a line of spider silk. Here's a photo of a butterfly cocoon. It's not uncommon for them to be translucent and shiny.
Max Phalange
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If you think it's a physical object and not CGI, you need to explain how a physical object can skate around the frame when the camera zooms out.
Scaramanga
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I was thinking something more like this...
https://www.springwise.com/single-axis-wind-turbine-generates-energy-for-apartment-blocks/
Ravi
Senior Member.
Let's assume it was not digital zoom, where the algorithm might screw up everything (no examples sadly), optically (moving lenses etc) I cannot explain that happening indeed. There is no element in a zoom process that makes the middle of a frame move as such. I was/am also on the CGI camp.
JMartJr
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Is it not possible that the zoom out coincides with the object moving? Whatever it is, if it is free to move, like a balloon or a space ship, or able to BE moved by the videographer or accomplice, like a small ornament suspended from a fishing pole, it would not be constraiend from moving just because a zoom is going on.
Z.W. Wolf
Senior Member.
Maybe he ran out of memory.
Edward Current
Senior Member.
It seems to be just your classic mylar balloon at sunset. These produce impressive UFOs, with fiery flashes (Sun reflections) due to the low-ish ambient light. The last frame proves it was sunset, or sunrise. I don't know why anyone would CGI such a thing.
JMartJr
Senior Member.
I remain on Team Thing-on-a-String, just because of the rotation followed by slowing nad then rotating the other way. That's a very "Hi I'm hanging on a string" behavior. But I don't think the evidence on exactly what it was is conclusive.
That said, all such options remain more plausible than "aliens."
That said, all such options remain more plausible than "aliens."
NorCal Dave
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Let's remember @Max Phalange made a pretty good argument for this being CGI starting in post #161.
@deirdre found that the shape may be related to the Bruja de Monterray from 206 in post #167.
A Mexico City based CGI creator Ledrack, that is associated with Jaime Mausson, imagined the Bruja (witch) as an alien in a pod in 2008 and continued to use the shape in various other content he created. Post # 184.
Ledrack was also posting CGI videos as far back as 2008 that demonstrated the zoom in and out and changing focus. Post #198
Ledrack continued to create or use versions of his alien pod in "recreations" for Mausson's TV show through 2022.
There is nothing directly linking Ledrack to this specific video, though he was creating an alien sitting in a similar shaped pod back in 2008.
Just throwing it out there.
Ledrack's original 2008 Bruja/alien in a pod:
Source: https://youtu.be/9YzSBQZ3lH8
@deirdre found that the shape may be related to the Bruja de Monterray from 206 in post #167.
A Mexico City based CGI creator Ledrack, that is associated with Jaime Mausson, imagined the Bruja (witch) as an alien in a pod in 2008 and continued to use the shape in various other content he created. Post # 184.
Ledrack was also posting CGI videos as far back as 2008 that demonstrated the zoom in and out and changing focus. Post #198
Ledrack continued to create or use versions of his alien pod in "recreations" for Mausson's TV show through 2022.
There is nothing directly linking Ledrack to this specific video, though he was creating an alien sitting in a similar shaped pod back in 2008.
Just throwing it out there.
Ledrack's original 2008 Bruja/alien in a pod:
Source: https://youtu.be/9YzSBQZ3lH8
JMartJr
Senior Member.
Wow, I have no memory of any of that The 2008 video has altered my way of thinkin' on this. Hard to ignore the similarity there...
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