Rash of UFO sightings in northwest Florida -- Decent Video

a reply to: Blue Shift

I have no problem at all with someone that's open to all possibilities, and wants to do an actual investigation for themselves. My problem is the person that sees something like this and immediately decides it's a phase shifting ship from Zeta Reticuli as it shifts to another dimension. And that's the ONLY thing it could be. A big percent of these videos we can only decide what it is based on what we know about where it was and our own experience.

originally posted by: Blue Shift

originally posted by: celltypespecific
Why isn't there a technically sophisticated version of MUFON...? [...]

I would guess there's very little money in it. I would just like them to have a tightly monitored comment section where we could leave a quick message that says, "Hey, that's a lens flare because you're pointing your camera at a bright light source," or "That's the IR light from your security camera reflecting off a spider web," or whatever. Not to harass the photographers, but also to help them out so they know what to look for and maybe get a better photo next time.

Something does not add-up..

It would be nice to have a good, independent and impartial place to store and post and discuss UFOs that wouldn't involve digging through questionable hoax sites. (Nice try, ATS, but you know your limitations.) But I guess that's what disinformation is about. Hiding the goods in plain sight by surrounding it with obvious nonsense.

Excellent points!

I saw the same thing in Panama city Florida around the same time period I have video and photos a reply to: Blue Shift

originally posted by: MichelleBearty
I saw the same thing in Panama city Florida around the same time period I have video and photos a reply to: Blue Shift

Can you please post/share the videos and photos. Thanks.

This is my photo you are referring to. I have read all the comments up to this point. It is not a model plane and not shot in the air with a slingshot. It was video taken from my camera and my cell phone, only the camera video has been posted. The only photo that has been released is the one still photo in this thread. I did not release it to the internet, I submitted it to a ufo reporting site. Question is why did I wait so long to post the video... after I downloaded the photos and saw the object, I have over 100 still photos, I was very concerned that I had captured a highly classified gov project, and did not want to release the photos. I sent them to an individual first in DOD that does intel analysis, after about two weeks I was told they did not know what it was and they were sending it to another gov agency with better equipment to look at the video and still photos, this agency has the best equipment available to analyze photos such as these. About a month later, and I had not heard anything I started asking about them, I was told bluntly they were "weather balloons"... I don't believe that, but I believe they could not comment even if they did know what it was. The case file at mufon is # 103707. I have been in touch with field investigators and other individuals with interest in this. I have submitted additional photos to mufon, I was told one of the analysts said "they thought they were going to have a heart attack" when they saw the photos I submitted to them. If any of you have connections to mufon, look into it for yourself.

The only mistake I did make in my reports was at one time I said it was in May, this is wrong. I was in Panama City Beach in April, and the object I captured on my camera was done on 30 April 2019.

I was very fortunate to see this object, it was not easily seen from the ground due to the buildings/hotels in the area, I caught a glimpse of a bright small object and realized it was not a plane, and it was not moving and it was something I thought was weird, so I began taking photos. I was busy with a project and the photos were taken intermittently over the course of about three hours from 1200 to 1500.

These photos and videos were all taken at the same time, this is not, as one person suspected, a photo taken on one day and then when a passing plane went by on another day took more photos. The "afterburner" for lack of a better word did not appear to be a standard jet engine afterburner, my impression of it was a power source that was charging and would get very bright and then go dim repeatedly. The object did go out of sight and then reappeared. It left circular contrail rings and appeared to move at a very high speed... photos that are yet to be released will show this in clear detail.

The last photos in the series of all of the pictures I took that day appears to be a very very large object that looks like a translucent manta ray, with well defined wings and straight line edges. The body of the wings appears to have power cells in it, similar to a solar energy field of mirrors.

I had a very definite feeling of shock and alarm when I saw what the object looked like and what it was doing. I know others will feel some of the same awe when additional photos are released.

The videos I uploaded to Youtube are in four sections, one video is the original video, the other three highlight several aspects that are seen when looking at the videos frame by frame and enlarging one section 300 percent.

I saw other comments about money, I am not making any money off of this at this time, it is not something I thought about until I saw it mentioned in this thread. I also saw comment about an advertising plane.... it isn't.

I estimate the object to be at least 20,000 ft AGL, at least 10-15 miles away. My camera was a 55-210 mm lens, I was zoomed maximum at the object, the camera is capable of taking clear photos at that distance, the object has a lot of movement in it at time and causes the object to look blurred.

I am open for questions.

It is definitely not a plastic bag.

Yes it is, I sent the original video to a friend who has the ability to analyze frame by frame, there are several interesting things going on with this object that are not realized when watching it at normal speed.

originally posted by: roadgravel
So it is video'd off a monitor that is digitally zoomed?

I took the video and photos, I have over 100 still photos of this object or objects that have not been released, it appears to be more than one object in other photos I have.The one still photo that some have said looks like a paper plane or a model is one that I submitted to a ufo reporting agency, I did not release it online, I agree it looks similar to some type of aircraft, but it is the same object I was videoing, and other photos show what appears to be a power source getting very bright, rather than an afterburner. It is not a paper plane, nor is it a model that I shot into the air with a slingshot. It is a real object, and I have never seen anything like it. I did not post my sighting for several months, initially because I thought I had captured a highly secret project and I did not want to expose it if it was, I had photos and video evaluated by several agencies and was finally told after several months that it was a "weather balloon", after I heard that, I submitted a report online, and will continue to post photos for other points of view. I have one more video that has not been posted but has been submitted to mufon, as well as several more photos. I have shared all photos and video with several individuals and I am currently waiting to see analysis from mufon, case #103707. This was all shot in the middle of the day over about a three hour period before the object disappeared. If you have not previewed all four videos you should, they have very interesting areas to be analyzed and the original will give you a very good idea of the distance from me to the object.

originally posted by: Blue Shift
Some activity in the Gulf near the Florida panhandle. Some guy got a decent video of something puzzling in the Panama City Beach area:

MTS format HD video (161MB - pretty big)
www.mufoncms.com...

The UFO shows up best in the second half of the video. Very sparkly. Seems to have a long tail of some kind (refueling line? triangular extended legs?) Not a bird or ordinary plane. Seems to be able to stay motionless, but then takes off very quickly at the end of the video. Curious. Here's his attempt to zoom in:
www.mufoncms.com...

Here's my attempt to get a still. It doesn't seem to be very big. Not representative of the sparkling / flashing:

That was my initial thoughts as well. It was not directly over the base, it was overland, from my position I estimated it to be north of the Tyndal area by 10-15 miles, and approximately 15-20,000 ft. agl.

originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: Blue Shift

I'm always skeptical of these sightings when they occur near Air force bases.
I always wonder if they are working on something not known to the public yet.

I do not believe it is sun reflection, it is either lights or it is a power source that is getting very intense at times. In additional photos, not posted yet, you can see there are strange bright areas that are not the lights.

originally posted by: vlawde
It could be reflections from the sun off the object I see, but I doubt it. The 'lights' appear to cycle in the same pattern over and over. If I had to guess, it's either a military craft or some type of drone

In additional photos you will clearly see it is not groups of orbs... it is one object that has spots that increase in intensity and then cycle up and down like that. However, there does appear to be distinctly different objects in the mix of photos.

originally posted by: ufoorbhunter
a reply to: Blue Shift

Being honest and realistic it looks like a clustering group of white type ufo orbs in flight formation. Great find

It is not an afterburner in the sense we are used to seeing in our fighter jets, this is something that powers itself up and appears to discharge an an electrical charge out of the 7 o'clock position and it can be clearly seen doing this in several of the videos, one in particular focuses on this area.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Blue Shift

Single engine fighter in afterburner. Draken International is standing up their Mirage F1, and Cheetah aircraft for the upcoming Commercial Red Air contracts for the DoD. One of the locations they're working on them is Lakeland, FL.

It is not a passenger jet, further photos will clear this up, I have them, and will share them, if this is the only video you looked at I would suggest to look at all four of them, it is clearly not a wide body passenger jet. As a matter of fact I was scanning the area to see if there were any other aircraft in the sky, other than the one contrail I only saw two air force jets that appeared to be on final heading in the direction of Tyndal. The entire area was curiously void of any aircraft and I checked to see if there were any NOTAMS posted for flyers, thinking if it were a balloon then a NOTAM would have been posted. There were none posted for that area at that time.

originally posted by: markymint
Very easy to say what it is for sure (thanks to your pic). It's a passenger/wide-body jet tilting a little to the left, glinting in the sunlight. Flashing areas are at the logical points of wing tips and the tail for that particular tilt. As seen in the pic by LookingAtMars. Pretty common sight tbf. Slow-mo version is misleading. Few moments at full speed when in focus but yeah that pic does the job perfectly

It does look a bit weird when planes do this shimmering, and there are some variables there like sun position and time of day I think, but keep an eye out, you'll see one shimmering like this sometime.

I agree, the one photo you see does resemble an aircraft... not sure what it is though. The other photos will be more of a head scratcher.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: markymint

Another very distinct possibility. It matches an aircraft almost perfectly, it's just a natter of type. Commercial or military design.

It does appear to be some type of writing, this is the only photo that it appears and I could not make it out. The actual sighting date was 30 April not May. I wrote the wrong month down but have corrected it in my report.

originally posted by: markymint
Ok check the pic again, looks like there is a 2 (or maybe a 7, or a blue right pointing arrow/dash like a logo) in a white circle on the back tail & a black written word on the underside of the right wing.

looks a bit like a paper aeroplane lol, that kind of clunky shape... some kind of advertising plane? panama city beach... in france it'd be a prop plane with a banner, this has that kind of vibe. Sighting date says 30th May 2019, maybe flight radar data doesn't go back that far... wings look to be right at the back which is a bit odd, doesn't quite match USAF thunderbirds though again a bit of a vibe.

Photo and video were all taken at same time, within the 3 hour period I saw the object. There is a reason for the delay... photos were being looked at by two different agencies, I had to make sure I was not exposing a gov project, and after at least two months of the analysis I was told this was a weather balloon... Do you think this is a weather balloon? I guarantee 100% it is not a passenger jet or a made up hoax to fool anyone.

originally posted by: markymint
Hmm yes true about the tail in the photo, the video looks/feels a bit different (on the whole). Looks Russian in that video frame capture someone took on the last page sure... But the pic above is a still photo (not a video frame capture) and appears to show it in much more detail. Looks to have forward swept wings in that photo to me. no idea what to attribute that to, google says Grumman X-29...! assuming the thing in the photo is the same thing in the video, sighting date of may 2019 is a bit suspect.

Got a slight suspicion the photo exists to justify a video of a shimmering passenger jet. what's going on in the photo does not seem to match the HQ video footage, where is the shimmer in the photo, and if no shimmer, where are the "glowing alien lights" from the video? not there. Photo - some other aeroplane (would like to say its a paper aeroplane but probably not...). Video - shimmering passenger jet. put them together and whadda ya get? fooled peeps.

Well, I can't see anything alien in either the photo or video myself. just planes, with wings, and tails, and maybe logos lol.

It is not a model plane, I am not sure if that is actual writing on what appears to be wings, it is not clear in any of the photos if this is writing, and the other photos are clear as well. I did not release this photo to the public, I submitted it along with a report, and somehow it was released from that submission. The still photo and the video were shot with the same camera during the same time frame. I would not move on from this so soon, your guess, although a good one, is completely wrong, and there is another investigation going on now with additional video and photos that I have submitted, mufon case # 103707. I have also shared these photos with a well known individual, who I will not name, who has been involved in some very public cases, he is very glad to see these photos and investigation going forward.

originally posted by: markymint
Interesting point! I'm thinking now then that the photo is a model airplane, the logos/writings are decals. looks like the kind the local model flying club would fly around. Model planes don't need to be ergonomic? And I imagine people fly forward swept winged ones (perhaps because they don't fly at full scale anymore as you say). Photo camera is Sony ILCE-6000 and checks out on the reported date of the sighting, video isn't giving much info, can't confirm if it's the same camera.

So I'm guessing some dude took a photo of a model plane at the local flying club or nearby in May 2019. they sure didn't upload their "photos and videos" for months after...but more recently captured a shimmering jet or sth (seen in the video) and decided that was the right time to play games and merge it with his model plane photo. MUFON database has some real "playas" on there.

either way thanks for the aviation ideas. I'll be moving on now

this one is pretty cool...wait for the closeup! (maybe a cloud? saw it whilst searching the recent Florida ones for ops report) www.mufoncms.com...

100% daylight over Florida. This object was very difficult to see, I accidentally was in a location and position to see it, it could be easily missed, and I am glad I gave it a second thought to observe it just a bit longer to see if it was some type of helo hovering. I have over 2000 hours on various military aircraft, mostly MH-53's and C-130's, and when I see an object that looks out of place I look closer to see if I can identify it. I cannot identify this object.

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a reply to: celltypespecific

Not over Florida in daylight.

I would definitely keep it in my hmmm file as well... there is more to come with this object.

originally posted by: Blue Shift

originally posted by: gallop
a reply to: Blue Shift

How can you tell that? There is no context to it's movement. The camera moves, making it look like it moves, but no context.. Enlarging such a small image doesn't add detail to it, either.

There are some light clouds in the background you can use for reference. For something supposedly blasting an afterburner (at fairly high altitude), it sure doesn't appear to have a lot of movement. And in the last few frames of its appearance it accelerates extremely fast to the right. It's not a slow ramp up. It's like somebody shot it out of a slingshot. The larger HD file shows it best.

And I really tried to find an image of a Cheetah to match the angle and configuration, but couldn't do it. So, with that, and what I perceive as unusual flashing and movement, I will personally keep this in my "hmmm..." file, rather than just dump it, if you don't mind.

Not that you guys aren't right. But I'm not sure you proved your case. No harm, no foul.

I was told the to the stars academy is putting together a spot similar to what you are asking about. I believe there are several reasons we have not seen the crystal clear proof you are referring to... but I do believe there are clear photos, they are just not being made available. I have a couple from this sighting... several people have seen them and they will be shared in near future. If you want the kind of photos you mention people need to carry a high quality camera with zoom and ability to freeze high speed motion, most people don't carry that type of camera, and a cell phone, even the most advanced models available now, do not have a camera to capture these objects at these altitudes and the movement they are exhibiting.

originally posted by: celltypespecific
Why isn't there a technically sophisticated version of MUFON...?

We have ready access to high tech off the shelf equipment that can be used to accurate detect a UAP.

For example one can easily organize arrange a UAP/UFO guide/investigation off the coast of San Diego (were Nimtiz occurred) purchase high end drones or off-shelf weather balloons equipped with HD infar-red cameras.
There should be a way to build an off-the shelf radar system.

Its just astounding that after 70 YEARS there has been no crystal clear proof of a UAP/UFO.....

Remember with the gimbal/go fast event...the pilots reported seeing these UAPs almost DAILY....
Something does not add-up..