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At first glance, it’s just a wind farm — the way it’s captured is what makes it fascinating.
The UAP
It's flying so close to the wind turbines
Why would a human made thing enter into a field of wind turbines?!
It has no wings
And great speed
Most importantly it's avoiding the wind turbines so precisely
That’s the thrill …. makes you stop and think: what exactly were they watching here?
\wonder what's the size of the thing ?! 🧐
Edit post : if this is a drone, then why the hell the agency is posting a fking infra red video thing?!
They tryina make us the biggest jerks of all time
by schrodingers_katz
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Where is the “its a balloon” gang now?
POV of the UAP
https://youtube.com/shorts/Zxv4PJB5AVk?si=cErx9SEXSVRL70ri
That is cool. But why can’t that be a human tech object?
Not sure what your description is supposed to mean.
What’s the speed of this object, what are the winds speeds those wind turbines are encountering? Wouldn’t know based on the censored out spots on this clip.
This is somehow so much more advanced than a basic fpv drone?
Maybe its just that the video has been cropped, but is it also sped up?
Here is the original on YouTube:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_RM-kq1nEo&t=71s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_RM-kq1nEo&t=71s)
Edit: I think it is probably sped up 2x if the video here starts as the object enters the windmill field. There is some sort of bush/tree at :13 in this video that, in the original, is at 1:04. In the video here, it takes 13 seconds to get to the bush, but in the original, it takes about 25 seconds (:39 to 1:04). I think it is done so to make the maneuvers look more sharp
Just as a frame of reference, these wind turbines are likely between 600 – 1000 feet tall…… absolutely massive. If this video is real, it’s the best clip in this release.
Is there any evidence that it’s avoiding anything at all? It could be in front of the wind turbines, going 20 mph in the wind, and the parallax makes it appear like it’s moving fast and dodging the wind turbines.
it’s almost like a bird
My question is, could it still be a bird, say? It’s clear it is hot (the turbines are naturally going to be cool due to being metal, so we can ascertain the camera is set in white-hot mode). Birds, of course, can move fast and duck around things intelligently. Most importantly, the *angular size* of a bird far enough away to move *behind* some of the turbines as it seems to be at some points, is going to be so small that wings would be unobservable – what you are seeing is basically like the “bloom” of a star at distance.
That said, it’s *very* fast. Is it too fast to be a bird? Given it goes *behind* things *as well as* in front of them, there’s actually a genuine chance here to obtain a somewhat-accurate speed measurement, *if* we can reliably identify the wind farm in question to get the size and arrangement of the turbines. That’s *not* a small thing for a UFO video. In most cases, claimed speed figures of any kind are highly dubious due to the lack of suitable geometric references. (Basically, without reference points of known distances that are geometrically relatable to the object’s apparition [such as here by occlusion], what you can only honestly report is the *angular* speed, not the true physical speed. Here we *stand a chance*, if someone is good enough at the relevant sleuthing, to actually obtain the latter. I could probably even do the calculation part, but not so much the geoguessing part, unless the video comes with that information.)
ADD: Just from the occlusion between 0:02 and 0:03 timestamp – you gotta be dextrous with the pause button – it seems like it covers *at least* (note that the occlusion establishes a *lower* bound on the distance from the camera, so it must be even *further*, which would *increase* the physical speed since, to a good approximation at distance, [physical speed] = [angular speed] * [distance to observer]), two body lengths of the turbine it went behind in one second, which is easily several hundred feet per second (over 100 m/s or 360 km/h) if the other poster is right that the turbines are that large in size. That’s pretty damn fast! (indeed, at 1000 ft or ~300 m height one might even be tempted to challenge if it is not sonic or faster [~341 m/s]. BUT without the exact height, let’s not get too far ahead. Just giving a note in the moment.)
ADD 2: What is with the DOWNvote of this post? I’m trying to apply *rigor* to the claim. That’s what’s needed to get at truth. And I’m genuinely interested by this piece of footage because of what it offers. If you have an objection, say it, don’t just put downvotes on then go away …
I really hate to be that guy… but [2 seconds of searching on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fpv+drone+wind+turbines) and you can find tons of FPV drone pilots who do this shit for fun. My buddy is one of them. There are also pilots who use drones to inspect the turbines. The footage here is a FLIR cam and at that distance the thing would probably look like an orb.
Look I want all the UAP/UFO videos to be real, or aliens or something, but let’s start with the simplest explanations first and then move up from there.
ah, the drone. yes it moves quite fast. amazing what they can make.
by the way, why did you remove the other post?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1t7gqhp/its_amazing_how_the_uap_thing_is_avoiding_the/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1t7gqhp/its_amazing_how_the_uap_thing_is_avoiding_the/)
This footage is sped up.
Cool analysis here
Helps if u post a shorten version here 😁
Just some quick napkin math… if we assume the turbines are equipped with a 200 foot diameter rotor, we can assume they have a spacing of at least 5 rotors between turbines (typical spacing for turbines of this size).
So let’s take two points, turbine 1 and turbine 2, and calculate the time it takes for the object to move between them. I’m calculating 1.2 seconds from the original video.
5 rotor diameter spacing = 1,000 linear feet. Divided by 1.2 seconds.
The object is moving at ~568 mph given that the assumptions are correct.
That is likely the minimum. Rotors can be over 300 feet in diameter with spacing of 7 – 15 rotors between turbines.
In other words, speeds between 1,200 – 2556 mph ….
Edit: this napkin math is using speeds calculated from the original video, not OPs (some were claiming OPs was sped up)
>**”It’s interesting how that thing is avoiding the wind turbines ‘intelligently'”**
… Flying through windfarms is like playing a video game for alien orbs. They’ve probably got their own “Top Gun Maverick” flying that orb.
It doesn’t even look close to them. It’s above them and between the camera and the wind towers. It’s just perspective
Probably one of these: https://www.reddit.com/r/CE5/s/chAeiQCp5y
Why does it disappear when going through that black spot at 12 seconds…