People keep treating this frame like it’s the literal silhouette of some impossible craft, but what you’re seeing is very likely a known optical artifact from the FLIR system itself.
The “cross” or “orb-with-spikes” shape is consistent with a saturation/blooming effect that happens when an extremely bright heat source is centered in-frame on certain infrared targeting cameras. Because the polarity of the feed is inverted, hotter objects appear darker instead of brighter, so the glare artifact shows up as a black geometric form instead of a glowing white one.
A few things that support this interpretation:
-The shape stays aligned with the camera system rather than behaving like a structured craft would
-Similar FLIR bloom artifacts can be reproduced with bright aircraft exhaust, stars, and even streetlights in some systems
-The apparent “arms” resemble diffraction/sensor blooming patterns rather than physical surfaces
-The object’s actual body may only be a tiny bright point buried inside the saturated image
-When tracking systems sharpen contrast aggressively, artifacts become even more dramatic
The inversion detail matters a lot too. In white-hot mode, hot objects appear white. In black-hot mode, they appear dark. Flip the polarity and suddenly a flare artifact looks like a matte-black alien geometry hovering in the sky.
by Worst_Artist
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as expected deniers are here
Might want to watch [this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nAG_JIqPcOQ)
It’s too well structured and contained in its boundaries within the footage to be a mere blooming artifact.
Come on dude, too soon. Let them get excited by blurry explainable stuff for a couple of days.
Genuinely asking, maybe I’m dumb, but why would it be rotated differently?
The clear unaltered picture of this was already posted. People refused to believe it was real. So now you have this. Enjoy.
Basically just means it’s something really bright
Wasn’t this released like a year ago? Or am I losing my mind?
I had to admit, it’s a good possible explanation. Mick West debunks it this way as well. However, I find that when seeing it in motion, it doesn’t look to be the case. It looks like an actual “moving object” and not something fixed to the system. I believe Mick also gave a similar debunk for the jellyfish UAP (I recall something about lens dirt or something). But again, seeing it motion, doesn’t quite add up. That’s just my take, I am not super well versed with all these digital framing/optical stuff.
Anomalous things like no visible heat signature in other objects just gets forgotten by reddit “believe everything people” in the hype when people see something with an obvious heat trail and firmly attached to a parachute. Why would an alien civilization that can supposedly move without a heat signature all of a sudden create something with a heat signature and a parachute
Do we have examples of similar artifacts?
These files are BS, Trump is a one man BS factory…..🏭
Probably just a bright orb then?
Those are called “diffraction Spikes” and they’re caused by the four mounting points for the sensor. The light is reflected off the parabolic/spherical mirror at the back, into the sensor mounted at the center. The bars used to mount the sensor cause the effect. All reflector telescopes (like Hubble) do the same thing.
Im sure the Pentagon is aware of sensor blooming artifacts. Its not that.
The amount of redditors claiming to know exactly what it is after looking at it for 30 minutes is mind boggling.
As if it hasn’t been examined frame by frame by people who dedicated their lives to examining military use IR film and know what to identify.
Could it be some sort of artifacting effect? Of course, I think its very plausible. Does that mean we know what’s causing it and this is not anomalous? NO
Did anything in the film state that the star shape is the reason why this is anomalous? NO
JFC this is why I never come to this sub.
In other words the Trump Administration and Department Of War is trolling us believers 💀 So much for A Genuine and Sincere Disclosure 💔 I’m disappointed in their attempt of A disclosure is an understatement.
Yeah it like a laser or something
So all these people that are just debunking it do you not think that ARRO, the military and the Pentagon would have considered those mundane solutions before classifying it as unidentified? Seriously people.
Anyone who has been following this for a while can understand this is an object bending light regardless of where you land at the end of the day.
I’d love to hear the debunkers* explain what they think this object is. I’ve heard flare, but flares don’t fly up out of view like this thing does at the end of the video.
If you haven’t watched the source material yet, please don’t rely on anonymous redditors who might be seeking to mislead you to do the heavy lifting for you. Look into this yourself and look at the materials yourself.
[https://www.war.gov/UFO/#DOW-UAP-PR38-Unresolved-UAP-Report-Middle-East-2013](https://www.war.gov/UFO/#DOW-UAP-PR38-Unresolved-UAP-Report-Middle-East-2013)
Would love to hear an explanation of the flight maneuvers of this “flare,” or why the light being bent does not seem to changes regardless of the camera / object moving.
If it was that simple of an explanation, why have ARRO, the military and others not been able to identify this and have instead of putting it in the bucket of unexplained/classified . Do you seriously think they would not have considered the most obvious solutions? I don’t think you guys are thinking this through.
So if this completely prosaic explanation is sufficient, is it a far reach to say AARO put this out there to muddy the water with bs?
So let’s see other FLIR videos that repeat this same artifact, what’re your claiming it likely is.
Agreed. The interesting part is the apparent erratic movement of the heat saturated object and how it moves away at the end. Could be a missile, but don’t understand how something like that could ever be misconstrued by our military. I don’t think that silhouette is a parachute. It seems to reflect its distance depending on how far the object is from the camera’s center. Looks like artifact as well
Pair the sensor bloom artifact as described, with the video footage clearly showing a parachute-like shape tumbling about, moving in an exactly orthogonal trajectory to the object, and you have the prosaic conclusion of a flare or bright object attached to a parachute…
Unfortunately another “nothing to see here”
can we stop the amateur hour debunking
Honestly this whole release has to be a Trojan horse for something else going on.