This already has its own thread, and an explainer video:
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/the-chandelier-ufo.13307/
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAG_JIqPcOQ
I suggest that each thread title should include a consistent prefix referring to today's release, so that all individual case discussions are clearly grouped.
I've done a little work on getting it into Sitrec:
https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?custom=1/Atremis%20Starlink/20260508_005857.js
It's a little fiddly lining it up, as I don't have an exact ECEF fix on Artemis. I was using the Artemis...
Using the newly released video:
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1006088/dow-uap-pr38-unresolved-uap-report-middle-east-2013
At timestamp 51s in the video a shape becomes visible in the upper left corner.
Later around 1m02s and 1m18s it is more...
Well, I can confidently say that I'm not surprised by these videos in this thread. I barely had any expectations, and I still feel disappointed.
As expected, all of them are of terrible quality, showing a small mundane dot moving in unassuming...
For unresolved IR footage, “area of contrast” is probably the most accurate way to describe the subject matter. Referring to the area as an “object” would imply that the source corresponds to a physical phenomenon occupying three-dimensional...
This already has its own thread, and an explainer video:
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/the-chandelier-ufo.13307/
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAG_JIqPcOQ
I suggest that each thread title should include a consistent prefix referring to today's release, so that all individual case discussions are clearly grouped.
this is the first release...
https://www.war.gov/UFO/
There is a collection of numerous images, pdfs and videos.
Edit- my initial review of the videos shows that they are more of the same - thermal videos from Reaper type UAS that show small...
I've carried out an assessment on the diffraction pattern for the MTS-B, and it closely resembles the "Chandelier" shape. See attached pdf for details on the methodology.
Fox has an article with some pics supposedly from the gov release.
A transcript of communications between Apollo 17 operators released in the disclosure Friday details the operators' exchange over the unknown phenomenon.
"Now we've got a few...
https://www.war.gov/UFO/
This is the first tranche of videos and documents released by the DoW (formally DoD). there are a lot of old documents, some fairly new pilot reports, and some new videos.
I'll update this top post with links to files...