Syria UFO 2021, military, instantaneous acceleration

[pianopraze]

Knapp and bearded dude.




best video I’ve seen in a long time.

maybe bird—but it zooms in and I don’t think so.

drone possibility—but the acceleration at the end is very fast for a drone.

Definite UFO.

Alien? Possible.

China/Russia? More likely.

Thoughts?

[pianopraze]

No thoughts?

Where’s our UFO peeps?

This video actually worth discussion unlike most random light in the sky videos.

[Darkorange]

that 'take off' easy to fake. just move the camera away fast. this will look like an instant acceleration.

[UltraBudgie]

An interesting comment from Reddit (yes, they sometimes exist):

I consider the "instantaneous acceleration" debunked.

Key is the flip from RPOINT to RATE G tracking mode (upper left of HUD) the exact moment the target streaks off due Southeast, which coincides with the jump of the MGRS Northing by roughly ~400m from 92.9k to 93.3k (lower right of the HUD).

Short explanation:

RPOINT is a high-precision tracking mode where the FLIR pod uses

GROUND reference PLUS

TARGET tracking reference PLUS

precise gyro corrections by the gimbal

to keep a close track of the locked-in target.

Drone heading (central number above azimuth scale ~245° counting DOWN)

sensor azimuth of ~ +128° (counting up) and BRG of 13 T (true bearing of target relative to geographic North) and -9° vertical angle of sensor relative to drone agree with a banking left turn of the MQ-9 looking at a relatively stationary and relatively low altitude small, cold object (Black Hot mode) towards North at a distance of ~22 nautic miles (SLR).

Timestamp 1:12 of the 2:56 video:

At azimuth ~130° and during precise RPOINT tracking with the drone doing a banking left-turn the sensor pod reaches its physical limits (comparable to how far one can stretch their neck when turning head to the right). This is evident through the apparent slow loss of track and the target apparently wandering off-center to the upper left of the frame.

HERE THE SWITCH FROM RPOINT TO RATE G HAPPENS! The switch is either automatic or through the operator, likely in response to failing tracking of the target due to FLIR pod reaching its physical limits of how far it can bend its neck.

RATE G means DISCONTINUATION of accurate ground-referencing high-precision tracking to a more "passive" gyro-only correction of the drone's&target's combined relative motion. SINCE AZIMUTH/GYROS ARE AT THEIR PHYSICAL LIMIT and unable to to keep staring at the target, the pod "freezes" its neck-moving relative to its body (drone) and STARTS following the drone's motion.

This basically means:

drone keeps banking left

pod-neck stretched to capacity to the right

the drone "drags" the sensor left, which was until then intensely staring at target and the ground-reference to the right, resulting in a sudden "snap" in a NORTHERN direction which agrees with the jump 92.9k -> 93.3k NORTHING in the MGRS grid.

So, bottom-line: The target doesn't shoot off. The sensor is forced to follow the drone's movement with its stretched neck. At time of loss of target the drone is banking West-Southwest @ 242° out of 360°. IR sensor is looking at 242° drone heading + 132° azimuth = 374° = 14 T BRG and banks due Northwest which translates to losing target to Southeast.

The at this point still maxed out zoom of x4 makes the apparent motion seem much more dramatic than it is.

Sorry, I can't describe it any better. If I had to try to put it in simple terms, I'd describe it like this:

Drone turns to the left. FLIR pod stretches its neck more and more to the right due North to keep intensely staring at a ~stationary target. Neck reaches physical limit, it stops intensly staring which makes the neck "snap" back and follow the drone's still left-headed movement. Due to high zoom the "snap" to the left of the sensor makes the target appear to "snap" out of the frame to the right.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1...t/o3yjd8s/