I cant come up with any known systems that would lead to the physics shown here. Any ideas?
Edit: unlike my initial impression, I think the appearance of motion of the object of interest is actually an effect the motion and parallax of the camera platform while keeping the object in frame… so the object in question could indeed be travelling with the airmass, making this video a complete nothing burger, instead of the first video from the alien wars lol.
TLDR: I’m pretty sure it’s an effectively static object at altitude. Not nearly as interesting as I thought.
ungreased0675•1h ago
A Mylar party balloon that the missile passes through?
When you refer to physics, what are you seeing?
A_D_E_P_T•1h ago
A Hellfire missile is something like 5'9" long, and the one in the video appears smaller than the object, or at least comparable in size. Everything else aside, it would have to be a very large party balloon.
K0balt•1h ago
I think my impression was way off. I edited my initial comment to reflect that. 99 percent nothingburger.
A_D_E_P_T•1h ago
The interesting thing is how fragments of the object are knocked off, but they doggedly follow the main body of the object at the same velocity. (And then eventually appear to re-form?) Extremely strange.
K0balt•2h ago
I cant come up with any known systems that would lead to the physics shown here. Any ideas?
Edit: unlike my initial impression, I think the appearance of motion of the object of interest is actually an effect the motion and parallax of the camera platform while keeping the object in frame… so the object in question could indeed be travelling with the airmass, making this video a complete nothing burger, instead of the first video from the alien wars lol.
TLDR: I’m pretty sure it’s an effectively static object at altitude. Not nearly as interesting as I thought.
ungreased0675•1h ago
When you refer to physics, what are you seeing?
A_D_E_P_T•1h ago
K0balt•1h ago
A_D_E_P_T•1h ago