The people driving this are the usual suspects of Ufology who have managed to convince some politicians to make this a priority. The politicians are driving the DOD (DOW) to do this.
Enhanced footage of the sections where the parachute is most noticeable:
This is the section of the footage where the parachute is most obvious:
An example of a ground-launched, parachuting illuminating flare for comparison (from 01:41 to...
Ok, so if this was "new never-before-seen files", why are some of the material old (besides most being garbage)?
This release will again have the opposite effect. They make DoD look shady and not trustworthy. Yeah, I know this clown...
It is indeed possible that the object in the video is an inspection drone used by offshore wind farms, and from an engineering and maintenance perspective, this is currently a more reasonable explanation than a "high-speed anomalous craft."...
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...
This objection is, in principle, always valid and important. Many so‑called 'skeptics' simply pull out the same old drawers of their rigid and not entirely undogmatic framework. One must always remain critical — first and foremost toward oneself...
Would love to know if this group has a "better" explanation for what might have happened in Varginha in 1996?
I watched the film (more than I can say for most people commenting in here, but oh well). In my analysis, something clearly happened...
First Case:
Time: October 3, 1998 (The third day of China's National Day holiday)
Location: Somewhere on the hillside of the cemetery behind Qiongzhu Temple, Kunming, Yunnan
Overview: A railway worker named Han Jianwei was visiting family graves...
The advantage of mirror optics (reflective vs refractive) in IR imaging is very large. And having them with large apertures, the resolution becomes insane.