Ukrainian drone footage of 6 pointed star

[Harabeck]

This video appeared on Telegram posted by user serhii_flash.


This reddit thread claims serhii_flash is Ukrainian Defense Ministry advisor Serhii Beskrestnov.

The video in the post was reportedly sent to him by military personnel. He wrote that the video was filmed in May 2025 at an altitude of 800 meters. In a previous post, he wrote:

"In 2023, I published a video from the front line in which aerial reconnaissance was observing an unidentified flying object. An hour later, I received a message… from representatives of a government agency that has been dealing with these issues in Ukraine since Soviet times," he said.

According to the Defense Ministry advisor, since the start of the war, the study of UFOs in Ukrainian airspace has become more of a military task than a civilian one. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have even created a "special comprehensive document" on the subject, approved by the Commander-in-Chief.

"So it is not only the United States that is dealing with such issues, because what is classified as a UFO could in fact be a new weapon used by our enemy," "Flash" emphasized.

The news article also includes a thermal imaging photo and a frame from the previous 2023 video. Unfortunately, I can't manage to post it in the comments via Imgur: https://ua.korrespondent.net/ukraine/4877809-u-zsu-ye-spetsialnyi-dokument-schodo-nlo-flesh

 

[Mick West]

This just seems like social media clickbait. Unless there's evidence otherwise, I generally ignore things like this as a waste of time.

 

[MonkeeSage]

Machine translations of the two posts.

t.me/serhii_flash/7397

t.me/serhii_flash/7398

This article describes him as "Serhiy FLASH Besksreztsnov, a freelance adviser to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine" (machine translated).
https://meta.ua/uk/news/ukraine/pom...ku-dlya-vivchennya-tehnologii-voroga-1201196/

He asked for UFO videos in case they show some kind of Russian aerial platform, and got sent this video "from the military." I don't know how much vetting went into what he received (or how official his "freelance advisor" role is).

 

[Mick West]

More on "Flash" (from two years ago),

https://www.technologyreview.com/20...-flash-radio-serhii-beskrestnov-social-media/

This anecdote is emblematic of Flash's frustration with a military complex that may not always want his involvement. Ukraine's armed forces, he has told me on several occasions, make no attempt to collaborate with him in an official manner. He claims not to receive any financial support, either. "I'm trying to help," he says. "But nobody wants to help me."

Both Flash and Yurii Pylypenko, another radio enthusiast who helps Flash manage his Telegram channel, say military officials have accused Flash of sharing too much information about Ukraine's operations. Flash claims to verify every member of his closed Signal groups, which he says only discuss "technical issues" in any case. But he also admits the system is not perfect and that Russians could have gained access in the past.

So "Ukrainian Defense Ministry advisor Serhii Beskrestnov" might be overstating things a bit.

 

[Roosevelt]

This immediately looks like CGI/ edited footage to me.

The crispness of the 'UAP'in comparison to the rest of the visuals, the movement of the 'UAP' when the drone turns, the drone's response, the banded visuals across the video seeming to be patterned/repetitive, etc. all immediately make me assume it's hoax footage.

I'm disturbed that the popular census on Reddit is to believe it and defend it blindly.

I'd appreciate someone with a background in video editing breaking this one down.

 

[flarkey]

A stabilised version of the video has been posted on Reddit. Looks like some kind of IR decoy, or maybe an alien spaceship.


Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1tamy5k/ukrainian_telegram_flash_video_stabilized/

 

[jarlrmai]

Typhoon displayed on the overlay is the name of Ukraine's specialised drone unit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Unit_(Ukraine)

This company provides balloons/aerostats for a variety of purposes in Ukraine

https://aerobavovna.com/#Balloons

note the "skirt" here at the back of the aerostat

In the section (14/15 seconds in) where the drone rotates the 6 pointed star shape remains level with sensor horizontal.

Potentially diffraction spikes from a balloon mounted IR decoy