Motion detection can be hard in the absence of depth and position cues. Here are two videos that look like they show something moving. But they might also look like the camera is moving. Which is it? Object, camera, or both? Can you tell by examining the videos?
(The object is rotating a little, and the camera can rotate to track the object - so ignore rotation - we are just interested in if it moves so as to change location)
Here I'll show the videos, let you think about it, and then I'll reveal the answer.
Some people think space, and hence the existence of satellites, is fake.
The most obvious refutation of this is that you have to point your satellite dish exactly at the right satellite in the sky for it to work. There's no way of faking this. There's nothing else up there. But how to test this without throwing your dish out of alignment.
Here I hold up a metal object at 45° in front of the dish, the signal is lost, which shows the signal is coming from space.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIA-x0QGBp0
I first became aware of “Tim Osman” from his work debunking the Flat Earth theory. He’s done some amazing work there with highly visual demonstrations of the curve of the Earth using drone footage. But when I asked if I could use some of that footage he declined, and later berated me on his channel. It turned out he did not like my debunking 9/11 conspiracy theories, because he is a 9/11 conspiracy theorist (although he disputes the term.)
I asked him for an interview, and he agreed, with no video, and with him live-streaming it to his channel. It starts out a bit adversarial and the first half is largely him grilling me about my beliefs. But we eventually agree on a little common ground, which is always a great first step in genuine communication.
Tim's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKatLuiGyZv4txRBRwonpgg
Tim's version of the talk, with extra commentary from him at 1:17:10 https://youtu.be/TMPSadKv_I4?t=4630
Tim debunking Flat Earth: https://youtu.be/0JVcqdQmlvs
Podcast version: https://www.tftrh.com/2019/05/28/episode-6-tim-osman-debunker-and-conspiracist/
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-6-tim-osman-debunker-and-conspiracist/id1462120258?i=1000440016953
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfM4crQtTsg
Command David Fravor is the pilot who famously observed the "Tic-Tac" UFO (although he did not get any video). He was recently on the Lex Fridman podcast and was asked about my various hypotheses regarding his encounter and the three Navy UFO video (FLIR1, GIMBAL, and GOFAST).
I was quite hopeful there would be some interesting objections. But it turned out that he's not really familiar with what my hypotheses actually were - seemingly only vaguely knowing the ideas second hand. So he mostly went off on irrelevant tangents. It was all rather disappointing, but not without interest.
Here's the Lex Fridman interview: https://youtu.be/aB8zcAttP1E?t=9001
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT1uRf5_dF4
These are the contrails entrained in the wake vortices behind a plane. Called "hybrid" contrails as they are formed both by the engine exhaust and the aerodynamic effects of the wake vortices. This is real-time video, and you can see the vortices spinning and eventually breaking up.
Video was take with a Nikon P900, then used automatic Warp Stabilize in Adobe Premier, then cropped a bit to increase the zoom. Really should have used a tripod.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfwejwWlmt4
Stian Arensen has been involved in the 9/11 Truth community for a number of years, and in the last year or so has been questioning some of the underpinnings of that community. Stian has also been very interested in topics such as crop circles and UFOs.
We discuss how Stian’s thinking has evolved over time, and examine the parallels between the various communities – in particular we look at the effects of questioning the group consensus, and how it can lead to exclusion from a group unwilling to move forward.
Stian also questions me about my debunking, and some things I’ve said in the past, and I try to explain.
TFTRH: https://www.tftrh.com/
Apple Podcast version: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tales-from-the-rabbit-hole/id1462120258
Other Subscription options: https://www.tftrh.com/subscribe-to-podcast/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9KQUQxyxv0
A video cropped up of a white Tic-Tac UFO seen from a plane. Like most of these videos, the culprit was just another plane - too far away for the camera to make out the wings.
But which plane?
Metabunk's "Skydentify" forum was up to the task, identifying the planes involved with limited and sometimes conflicting information.
I also demonstrate how the Sitrec tool can take the ADS-B tracks from the plane, and show exactly what one plane looks like from the other. Proving 100% that these were the planes in question.
Metabunk Thread: https://www.metabunk.org/threads/explained-kansas-tic-tac-shaped-ufo-plane.12630/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DzzQpAyo_8
Unsupported exterior walls pivot on their lower sections, peeling away from the tower, imparting quite a bit of velocity on the upper sections.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cxS2FUxiLI
With the explanation of the Gimbal "UFO" as a rotating glare where the rotation is caused by the camera rotating, a frequent question is why does the glare rotate when the horizon is not rotating?
This is quite a reasonable question - after all, if the camera was rotating, you would expect the entire scene to rotate. But instead, only the glare is rotating.
The answer is not that complicated but does require a little effort to follow. The rotation is UNWANTED rotation caused by the gimbal mounting. As explained in the ATFLIR patent, there a "derotation" mechanism that removes this rotation.
That stops the horizon from rotating, but because the shape of the glare is a function of the camera, the glare still rotates.
In this video, I show how you can demonstrate this for yourself.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka_bX9Hx1H0
Filmed with 500mm 1.6x (Canon 7d). Some spider silk from ballooning spiders, and bugs flying around in the sunlight. The "rods" are fast moving insects moving fast through the scene, with multiple wingbeats per frame.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXDY2isHmyk