Alex Dietrich - The Nimitz Event Summary, Time Differences, and Other Accounts
An informal chat with Alex Dietrich, the second pilot present at the Nimitz "Tic-Tac" encounter (along with David Fravor and two WSOs).
We discuss the "Event Summary" document, the differences between her perception/recollection and David Fravor's, and have a chat about the incident, my parallax theory, and UFO reporting in general.
We were originally just chatting on Facetime, then I realized the information Alex was sharing was of interest to other people, so we switched to Zoom - which is why the start is a mini recap. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwZU6RiTEAw
This shows a rapidly evolving Fata Morgana mirage across Santa Monica bay from Santa Monica Pier on May 4 2018, at 1:45PM.
https://www.metabunk.org/fata-morgan-as-a-possible-source-of-ufo-sightings.t9693/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwl-VlXx1Fw
Two hours of flight activity in the region of the MH17 crash, with the crash at UTC1321 0:45 seconds into the video.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh06SqVx_1Q
Fire shuts down the Chicago airspace for several hours. This capture from FlightRadar24.com shows the large hole opening up in normal traffic
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUW4JtJPjLQ
Pilots have been seeing Starlink flares and sometimes mistaking them of UFOs.
Here, I demonstrate a tool I've been working on that lets you see what Starlink flares (reflection of sunlight from over the horizon) are happening from a particular location or a particular plane's route.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkzRJQ3rWa0
New footage of a small jet taken with a FLIR camera appears to show a similar shape to the "Gimbal" UFO video. Combine this with what we know about rotating glares, "aura", and parallax, and it seems like a very good explanation for the Gimbal video is just a distant jet.
The rotation is caused by the gimbal system in the camera needing a de-rotation step to keep the horizon constant. That's probably why the Navy labeled this video "Gimbal" to explain what it showed
Dave Falch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JuyQWiD5HU
Metabunk GIMBAL discussion: https://www.metabunk.org/nyt-gimbal-video-of-u-s-navy-jet-encounter-with-unknown-object.t9333/
Metabunk Glare discussion: https://www.metabunk.org/the-shape-and-size-of-glare-around-bright-lights.t10596/
Dave Falch discusses his interpretation and comparision to the Gimbal video. https://www.extraordinarybeliefs.com/news-3/ufos-flir-analysis
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr1cfpos6vo
The Nimitz video has become a cornerstone of the idea that there are strange crafts using advanced technology flying around the skies.
Here I put forward the case that it might be something much simple — just a regular plane, blurred and low resolution.
Metabunk Nimitz thread: https://www.metabunk.org/2004-uss-nimitz-tic-tac-ufo-flir-footage-flir1.t9190/
Metabunk Gimbal thread: https://www.metabunk.org/nyt-gimbal-video-of-u-s-navy-jet-encounter-with-unknown-object.t9333/
Metabunk Chilean Nay case: https://www.metabunk.org/explained-chilean-navy-ufo-video-aerodynamic-contrails-flight-ib6830.t8306/
Metabunk Go Fast thread: https://www.metabunk.org/go-fast-footage-from-tom-delonges-to-the-stars-academy-bird-balloon.t9569/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1oTg0kxzDs
For reference. The entire "pyramid" UFO video stabilized roughly against the stars and clouds. Showing the relatively small movement of the (plane-like) UFO across a portion of the sky.
Full discussion: https://www.metabunk.org/threads/pyramid-ufos-in-night-vision-footage-maybe-bokeh.11695/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHrCE6t699Y
Rare atmospheric conditions over Las Vegas created a map of the city out out light pillars in an ice cloud layer. But only above uplights.
Metabunk discussion:
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/las-vegas-ufo-lights-in-clouds-above-the-north-strip-light-pillars.12817/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQbyw-_Z4Oo
After doing a variety of experiments with my fish tank full of sugar water, it was starting to get a bit disgusting looking. So for a final experiment, I recorded what happens when you mix up the liquid. This destroys the density gradient, unbends the laser, and drops the image of Tornoto back down behind the horizon.
To see how I got here, have a look at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLufSkz-et0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGMkIqAidK4