Reddit thread: GoosejumpsV2's wife is 100% positive it's not balloons

[Chacra]

GoosejumpV2 claims his wife sent him this video and she is certain it was not balloons. It was posted to reddit May 25th 2025 with no indication of date and time the video was recorded.

In a separate comment Goosejumpv2 does state a general location of where it was supposedly recorded:

"UK. Junction 12 of the M25, 10:15am"

And supposedly what direction it was traveling:

"I am. It usually blows eastward, but this object was apparently moving north. Current wind direction is eastward too so a bit strange"


Link to video
https://v.redd.it/fp6cngfqlw2f1

Posted in /r/ufob trying to get thread link but in mobile and it's giving me trouble

So what can we determine from the limited information available?

 

[Mendel]

Posted in /r/ufob trying to get thread link but in mobile and it's giving me trouble

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOB/comments/1kuz8rw/wife_sent_me_this_shes_100_positive_it_wasnt_a/

 

[purpleivan]

The statement by GoosejumpV2 that the object was "apparently moving north" would match the wind direction, according to weather reports for Weybridge, Surrey, UK (which is about 5km from J12 on the M25), as there has been a strong wind from the South all day today. So, GoosejumpV2 saying that "It usually blows eastward" is both a bit of a generalisation and incorrect for the day that the video was posted.

Winds were from the South or South East for the previous day (24th May) as well, so if the video was recorded on either 24th or 25th, the wind direction in the location identified by GoosejumpV2 would allow for a wind blown object, e.g. a large bunch of balloons, travelling in the direction that they stated it was moving.

Here is the weather forcast for Weybridge, according to the World Weather Online site.
https://www.worldweatheronline.com/weybridge-weather/surrey/gb.aspx?day=20&tp=1

 

[Mick West]

The statement by GoosejumpV2 that the object was "apparently moving north" would match the wind direction,

Unfortunately, she's filming from a moving car, seemingly going over 40 mph, so any apparent motion is going to come from parallax, not wind.

 

[JMartJr]

I dunno, that's enough wind that while parallax might predominate, the actual movement ought to be contributing to the perceived movement.

She said it looks like balloons in the video, but in-person it moved like some black slime thats similar to the character Venom.

From Reddit post linked in opening post: https://v.redd.it/fp6cngfqlw2f1
That sounds like something a person would say who wasn't sure what they were seeing originally, was excited and trying to fill in details to make sense of what they were seeing, such asa movie effect they were familiar with, and now sort of realizes that the video shows balloons but hates to let go of a mystery... which is a very normal human reaction, every step of the way.

 

[yoshy]

Redditor 100% sure it's not balloons.

I give it 48 hours before this forum identifies the exact balloons, the store they were bought from, and the location of little Timmy's birthday party they flew away from.

 

[elvenwear]

So the object itself appears to change shape (meaning its appearance is consistent with a collection of balloons being jostled in the wind). To play devil's advocate, if it's not a bunch of balloons what else could it be? I can see no logical reason for an alien spaceship to have odd jagged edges and change its shape with the wind.

 

[JMartJr]

I can see no logical reason for an alien spaceship to have odd jagged edges and change its shape with the wind.

Yet the "morphing UFO" seems to be becoming more of a meme in Big UFO circles of late. I wonder if that's a thing the "not nuts and bolts" crowd, the folks who reject alien spaceships and instead believe UFOs are weird living creatures, spiritual entities, etc. are pushing UFOs that change shape weirdly as being more in line with their ideas than the ideas of the nuts-and-bolts UFO advocates.

 

[Ann K]

GoosejumpV2 claims his wife sent him this video and she is certain it was not balloons.

It looks like the ballooniest "not-a-balloon" I've seen in a long time.

 

[Mendel]

I give it 48 hours before this forum identifies the exact balloons, the store they were bought from, and the location of little Timmy's birthday party they flew away from.

Back when the Chinese balloon was a thing, I learned you can backtrack wind drift. But I don't remember the specifics.

So the object itself appears to change shape (meaning its appearance is consistent with a collection of balloons being jostled in the wind). To play devil's advocate, if it's not a bunch of balloons what else could it be?

You don't understand.
If it doesn't change shape, it can't be balloons, because you'd expect the wind to move them a bit, even if they're at a higher altitude.
But if it does change shape, it can't be balloons, because there's an unseen force at work.
The debunkers are always wrong when it comes to floating objects that look like an obvious a bunch of balloons.

 

[NoParty]

...I can see no logical reason for an alien spaceship to have odd jagged edges and change its shape with the wind.

Except, obviously, to spy on Earth...cleverly disguised as "Harmless Collection of Balloons, #278,495"

 

[purpleivan]

Unfortunately, she's filming from a moving car, seemingly going over 40 mph, so any apparent motion is going to come from parallax, not wind.

I had the same thought as soon as I saw the video, that the apparent direction of movement (as seen from a moving car) could easily be the result of parallax and not the real direction of movement, relative to the ground. I was giving the person reporting the object, the benefit of the doubt regarding that and addressing their statement that it couldn't be something blown by the wind, as that would be towards the East and not the North. A statement which would be incorrect for May 24th and 25th.

Even if this were a bunch of balloons being blown North, then agreed that the motion of the car would be providing most of the apparent direction of movement.

 

[Z.W. Wolf]

When a UFO witness spontaneously says, "It's not 'X'," there's a 95% chance it's X.

 

[Mendel]

When a UFO witness spontaneously says, "It's not 'X'," there's a 95% chance it's X.

I was pondering yesterday whether we should refer to this as "rule 3" now.

 

[JMartJr]

I was pondering yesterday whether we should refer to this as "rule 3" now.

Wait, there are already two rules?

 

[Mendel]

Wait, there are already two rules?

Be respectful, and provide evidence.

 

[John J.]

Wait, there are already two rules?

Yes, "There are two rules" is rule number 2.
The first rule if Metabunk is...

 

[Ann K]

Yes, "There are two rules" is rule number 2.
The first rule if Metabunk is...

What I remember ...actually the ONLY thing I remember... of the old TV show where Don Knotts was the deputy and Andy Griffith was the police chief, was Knotts giving the two rules to a prisoner.
"Rule 1: obey all rules."
"Rule 2: do not write on the walls."

 

[elvenwear]

Yes, "There are two rules" is rule number 2.
The first rule if Metabunk is...

It was Venus?

 

[FatPhil]

It was Venus?

I'd have made the first two rules "No you didn't", and "No it wasn't". That seems to cover the vast majority. of cases.

 

[enilc]

Redditor 100% sure it's not balloons.

I give it 48 hours before this forum identifies the exact balloons, the store they were bought from, and the location of little Timmy's birthday party they flew away from.

Weybridge Artisan Festival was 25 May. Plenty of pictures on Instagram, but I don't have an account.
https://www.instagram.com/weybridgemarket/

 

[yoshy]

Weybridge Artisan Festival was 25 May. Plenty of pictures on Instagram, but I don't have an account.
https://www.instagram.com/weybridgemarket/

If I've understood the locations correctly, junction 12 is about 4 miles (6.3 km) northwest of the fest. Does the wind make sense for a balloon to end up there starting from the fest?