Drew Doss
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![Ok, so here’s the one that has caught my attention and I haven’t seen anyone talking about it. DOW-UAP-PR061, "SPHERICAL UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 VID 0" I’ve clipped this video and slowed it to half speed to highlight what I find most interesting. At around the 0:33 mark (3:50 in the original linked in the comments), you can see the object dives down along the cliff face, then circles towards a structure that may or may not be natural in the shadow of the cliff. You can clearly see the shadow created by the object projected on the ground, so this isn’t a sensor artifact. Lacking a frame of reference, it’s difficult to estimate the speed or size of the object. The video was captured by a “U.S. military platform,” so most likely a recon drone. The MQ-9 typically cruises at 30,000 feet which is pretty much the only information we have unless someone can identify the topography. The intelligent maneuvering in the descent appears to rule out a balloon being the explanation. And while it seems based on the topological features that this is too large and moving too fast too consistently to be a bird, that can’t be ruled out until someone is able to geolocate the video. And yes, I know what pareidolia is as far as the circled feature on the cliff face, but I thought the straight lines and 90° angles were worth noting. Anyone have thoughts on this one? Stay curious.](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2057872510155165840/amplify_video_thumb/2057872372640665600/img/d_cZwVuyx6s3rcrO.jpg)
Ok, so here’s the one that has caught my attention and I haven’t seen anyone talking about it. DOW-UAP-PR061, "SPHERICAL UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 VID 0" I’ve clipped this video and slowed it to half speed to highlight what I find most interesting. At around the 0:33 mark (3:50 in the original linked in the comments), you can see the object dives down along the cliff face, then circles towards a structure that may or may not be natural in the shadow of the cliff. You can clearly see the shadow created by the object projected on the ground, so this isn’t a sensor artifact. Lacking a frame of reference, it’s difficult to estimate the speed or size of the object. The video was captured by a “U.S. military platform,” so most likely a recon drone. The MQ-9 typically cruises at 30,000 feet which is pretty much the only information we have unless someone can identify the topography. The intelligent maneuvering in the descent appears to rule out a balloon being the explanation. And while it seems based on the topological features that this is too large and moving too fast too consistently to be a bird, that can’t be ruled out until someone is able to geolocate the video. And yes, I know what pareidolia is as far as the circled feature on the cliff face, but I thought the straight lines and 90° angles were worth noting. Anyone have thoughts on this one? Stay curious.
Drew Doss32,160 Aufrufe • vor 12 Tagen
❓ IS 3I/ATLAS RAPIDLY SPINNING ❓ The short answer? Of course not. I've been trying to avoid addressing this YouTuber directly because I know the cult will come for my comments, but I'm tired of getting messages about it and seeing people base entire arguments about 3I/ATLAS on this single false premise. Simply put, Ray does not understand what he's looking at in this video (and many others). The changing appearance is due to simple atmospheric distortion. I'll explain below: All light that we observe from the ground here on Earth is subject to atmospheric distortion regardless of the source. Think of how the air looks "wavy" over pavement on a hot day. Same concept. Different sources of light result in different effects (e.g., stars emitting light twinkle, while planetary bodies reflecting light do not), but it is all distorted in one way or another. Now, we know Ray is using a 14" telescope. Depending upon his eyepiece, that means the FOV in his images is likely somewhere between 40 and 90 arcminutes. The current estimated size of the coma of 3I/ATLAS is 2.2 arcminutes. In all likelihood, the visible part of the coma in Ray's images is even smaller than this, but in all of the math I am going to give him the benefit of erring on the side of caution. Why does any of that matter? This means it occupies a tiny fraction of the total FOV of the telescope. Even if we give him the smallest FOV and the largest coma size, it's still a mere 5% of the total image. Now, telescopes do not have a magical optical zoom feature. Any zoom is done digitally with all degradations of quality involved in doing so. This extreme zoom also means that small atmospheric distortions are heavily amplified. So, when Ray captures an image every 60 seconds (or really any interval since he isn't stacking), he is capturing the atmospheric conditions in a slightly different position. Again, think about the "wavy" air above pavement on a hot day and how it is constantly moving. It's the same concept. The Earth's atmosphere is in constant motion. This is what causes the image to look different in every single frame. In fact, you will never find two of Ray's frames that look identical ever. In any video. So let's assume for a minute that you don't believe in atmospheric distortion for whatever conspiratorial reason. Let's examine what he is claiming on its face. In order for you to believe Ray is correct, and his video is actually showing movement of the anti-tail and coma and not simple distortion, this means you have to believe that TENS OF THOUSANDS of kilometers of dust, gas, and other ejecta are simply disappearing and reappearing every few seconds. The anti-tail is an estimated ONE MILLION kilometers long. You would have to believe that a 1 million km long structure is shifted nearly instantaneously without leaving so much as a trail. And this isn't even accounting for the tens of thousands of kilometers of dust and gas randomly disappearing and reappearing from all sides of the coma at random. I don't think Ray is a bad guy and I think he means well. I think he has a super cool rig and was learning how to decipher the images he was capturing when he was suddenly thrust into the spotlight and did the best he could. But enough is enough at this point. 3I/ATLAS is NOT rotating every 60 seconds or whatever other nonsense is being proposed based on Ray's observations. The "scientists" and "PhDs" out there who don't understand simple physics about Earth's atmosphere and the movement of planetary bodies need to quietly see themselves out of the conversation or do some reading and come back more informed. Stay curious. #3IATLAS #3I #3Iatlascomet #astrophotography
Drew Doss32,146 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten
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