The particles sound similar to the "fireflies" seen by astronaut John Glenn during Mercury-Atlas 6 in February 1962, and later identified as ice crystals by astronaut Scott Carpenter during Mercury-Atlas 7 in May 1962.
Mercury-Atlas 7...
Unfortunately, at least as far as positively identifying the dot in this particular photo.
The "found in a photo later" type claim is particularly popular in the UFO world, likely because of the ambiguity they present. There is some sort of...
Some officials have been duped by governments or related/associated entities releasing ARMA2 etc footage, I don't think there's been a case of the US releasing a CGI video as one taken by it's own equipment from it's archives, unless I missed...
You bet. Tomorrow is the anniversary of my 2010 experience. That search and the clips was the result. And ultimately me flying over to Metabunk. You can imagine my experience a bit better after reading those accounts, and perhaps even seeing...
At least in that case there is audio and contemporaneous claims from witnesses who saw the video shortly afterwards.
Just read Eric Burlison say that cutting AARO out of the UAP release was somehow a good thing. At least with their releases...
More comments on reddit, this time suggesting that the 'spikes' remain consistent with the image frame, and therefore have to be camera related. I tend to agree.
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I think the camera is fixed. The viewpoint changes are the pilot maneuvering the drone, especially when it looks down at the ground. My guess is that the operator tries to move laterally to get a different perspective.