I did some experiments to reproduce the transmittance graph above and then apply it to Gimbal and other UAP cases. You can run the code online with just a couple of clicks.
The most comprehensive atmospheric transmittance models like MODTRAN are...
It doesn't seem credible to me that the Moon could be that much brighter than the city lights. And the color temperature seems too blue. (But my knowledge of video photography is limited.)
But let's look at this (entirely different) video...
Yes I am sure it is the engine. I think the camera may be pressed against the inner window, but not perpendicular to the pane, so the view is somewhat forwards.
This seat map is from Delta but I think A321-200 seat plans are fairly standard...
Well well... that's certainly a coincidence! Flight 7524 seems to be in a very similar place to the UAP.
https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?custom=https://sitrec.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/5177/Urumqi UAP/20260116_085812.js
My computer is...
I think that's correct, because the dark object at lower left looks like a seat in the row in front of the photographer. He claims he had the camera held flat against the window, but that seems incorrect at this point.
Alright...
I've already been thinking of another alternative...
This case involved two aircraft with multiple landing lights in a row. C-130's.
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/amazing-ufos-in-marion-ohio-december-16-2021.12189/#post-262962...
Well well... that's certainly a coincidence! Flight 7524 seems to be in a very similar place to the UAP.
https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?custom=https://sitrec.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/5177/Urumqi UAP/20260116_085812.js
My computer is...
Well well... that's certainly a coincidence! Flight 7524 seems to be in a very similar place to the UAP.
https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?custom=https://sitrec.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/5177/Urumqi UAP/20260116_085812.js
My computer is...
Rewording your second point: the capabilies that are claimed (near omnipotence, as you say) are laughably underused - so much more could be done, and yet isn't. For no apparent reason. Another 'just so' story.