SpaceX rocket films four ‘ALIEN’ UFOs after launching from Earth – before stream cuts

a reply to: merka

maybe... but right at the start you can see its full trajectory. it would be good to see the original to know for sure though.

originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: bloodymarvelous

But other than some bizarre explanation like that, the way that passing "dust particle" moved should be totally impossible.

I remember vaguely, as a small kid, being fascinated by dust motes drifting in a sunbeam.

Is there anything in particular which leads you to believe that the UFO is outside the space station?

Dust motes do what they do because of the air around them. Small wind currents and such.

In space, there is no air. Things shouldn't behave like they are in an atmosphere when they are not.


However, I suspect it could be something forming on the glass of the window or camera lens itself. Space is also very cold. Things freeze, or moisture might condense on the inside of the glass.

a reply to: bloodymarvelous

In space, there is no air.

There is, inside the ISS.

Hadn't considered that. If maybe the dust motes are actually inside the space station? Good point if we never see them go around any outside objects, as someone has pointed out.

That's more plausible than the alternative, because if they were space ships, and so far away they are seen as only dots, then they would have to be moving extremely fast.