I saw a video the other day about a launch system for Ukrainian drones that uses a somewhat large balloon to get the drones to altitude to save battery and extend flight distance. The balloons have a rather thick tether. Perhaps it could be...
Let's start at the beginning...
What was the date?
Which direction were you looking?
How far was it above the horizon?
Pointing straight up is 90 degrees.
Pointing to the horizon is zero degrees.
Half way between the two is 45 degrees.
How...
Avi Loeb released a Medium article titled "We Should Not Mistake Cosmic-Rays for UFOs!" where he says cosmic rays "might have also been confused with UFOs in orbit around Earth" in regards to 2 of Beatriz' papers. I have also posted links to both...
Hi @Curiousfi and welcome,
I haven't really got any suggestions. There are some threads here with examples (or possible examples) of spotlights on cloud, but this must be very unlikely for a bright shape at 16:15 over Sydney on a bright day...
It seems only one of the four balloons was ever officially identified as Chinese. However, there was speculation about a pico balloon shot down by an F-22 over Canada the previous day, on 11th Feb 2023:
17 Feb 2023
Did USAF Shoot Down a Hobbyist...
I suggested many pages ago that cosmic rays might be depleted in the direction of the Earth's shadow, due to the Earth's magnetotail;
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/transients-in-the-palomar-observatory-sky-survey.14362/page-2#post-349898
but...
Post in thread 'DOW-UAP-PR067 Multiple Spherical UAP USO near Sub'
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/dow-uap-pr067-multiple-spherical-uap-uso-near-sub.14898/post-369604
Post in thread 'Syria UAP 2021- Apparent Instantaneous Acceleration'...
After seeing the bad redactions in PR071 that @john.phil posted about, I checked the other videos. THis is something you can do in the Sitrec video viewer by setting video/Video Adjustments/Levels Midpoint to 5...
Hi @Curiousfi and welcome,
I haven't really got any suggestions. There are some threads here with examples (or possible examples) of spotlights on cloud, but this must be very unlikely for a bright shape at 16:15 over Sydney on a bright day...
After seeing the bad redactions in PR071 that @john.phil posted about, I checked the other videos. THis is something you can do in the Sitrec video viewer by setting video/Video Adjustments/Levels Midpoint to 5...