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Even a hypersonic aircraft wouldn't be capable of the maneuvers witnessed. It was also shaped like a tic tac, which doesn't align with any known hypersonic airf
by starpilot 7y ago
Even a hypersonic aircraft wouldn't be capable of the maneuvers witnessed. It was also shaped like a tic tac, which doesn't align with any known hypersonic airframe shaping technique (like a wedge or waverider).
- jonathankoren 7y agoThis is of course assuming that the purported maneuvers actually happened, and I’m not the least convinced that they are. Unfortunately I can’t find the video right now, but there was a video I watched where the guy broke down the GoFast video using the angles and speed displayed screen, and made a very convincing argument that it’s not actually moving fast, but appears to be going fast do to parallax. Instead it’s basically going wind speed — like a balloon. Similarly, as someone linked to elsewhere in this discussion, the images showing up as glowing ovals don’t actually mean anything. Everything shows up as ovals in FLIR artifacts. I’m thinking these are just the most mundane of mundane items, that are only bringing detected because of ironically increased sensor fidelity.
- typeformer 7y agoYeah that guy, he doesn't know jack squat.
- jonathankoren 7y agoThis is the video. I don’t know why you’re dismissive. It’s literally just trigonometry using numbers displayed in the video itself. https://youtu.be/PLyEO0jNt6M https://youtu.be/PLyEO0jNt6M
- repolfx 7y agoNo? He seemed to know his stuff very well. He also studied the other videos and showed that the data on screen didn't really match the pilot testimony and some of the apparently impossible manoeuvres matched exactly what you'd expect to see happen as the sensor rotated to avoid gimbal lock.