Things That Are NOT UFOs

[Ronnie Jersey]

It's a Harry Potter broom.

Where's the Witch??
And what was it really?

 

[Mythopoeika]

Where's the Witch??
And what was it really?

Invisible witch.

 

[Ronnie Jersey]

Invisible witch.

Did anyone ever find out what it was? How strange!

 

[Trevp666]

IIRC it actually was one of those balloons shaped like a broomstick like one would use to accompany their Halloween decorations which had escaped it's moorings and deflated slightly, and it being a particularly windless day it didn't go very far, so it just ended up lingering in place.

 

[BS3]

A recent entirely inadvertent bit of classic UFO fakery by myself.

Keen eyed UK Forteans should be able to work out where this was!

 

[Vardoger]

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That is definitely not a UFO!

 

[eburacum]

Keen eyed UK Forteans should be able to work out where this was!

Looks vaguely like the Thames Estuary.

 

[BS3]

Looks vaguely like the Thames Estuary.

Good guess but that's Fawley refinery - was just coming into Southampton Water

 

[EnolaGaia]

A Google Earth fan posted a TikTok video suggesting a mysterious structure on Starbuck Island (part of Kiribati) was a crashed UFO. It turned out to be a building left over from the days when this currently uninhabited island was a commercial guano source.

Google Earth User Claims To Discover 'Crashed UFO' On Uninhabited Island In The Middle Of The Pacific Ocean

... A Google Earth user decided to look around the blue marble until they found something unexpected.

The user documented their findings on a TikTok, finding something quite odd on an island. A strange tail-like streak extended to an uncanny object before asking, "could this be a UFO" wondering if the object really was. ...

They spotted a long streak across the land, asking why this is on an abandoned island until they say they have found the answer. They go over to the object located on the beach, asking if it is a UFO crash.

Comments on the TikTok range from comedic to informative. ...

"Starbuck Island (where starbucks cane from)." one user writes.

"It’s a leftover building from the Guano collection in the 19th century. It’s named Starbuck after the captain who discovered it," another user writes about the strange object that is seen in the video. ...

FULL STORY: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...in-the-middle-of-the-pacific-ocean/ar-AAXPYLa

 

[Coal]

A Google Earth fan posted a TikTok video suggesting a mysterious structure on Starbuck Island (part of Kiribati) was a crashed UFO. It turned out to be a building left over from the days when this currently uninhabited island was a commercial guano source.

FULL STORY: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...in-the-middle-of-the-pacific-ocean/ar-AAXPYLa

So UFO story was guano?

 

[Mythopoeika]

So UFO story was guano?

Batshit crazy, yes.

 

[marhawkman]

well, it's the only man-made object on an island that is uninhabited and has no other man-made objects.

Apparently it was built as temporary housing by shipwreck victims?

 

[EnolaGaia]

San Diego authorities have accepted third party information stating mystery lights seen out over the ocean last night were in fact flares being used in some sort of night military exercise.

Mysterious lights spotted over San Diego believed to be military flares

Authorities in California said mysterious lights that sparked numerous discussions on social media when they were spotted in the sky over San Diego were flares being used for a military exercise.

The orange lights were spotted over San Diego and the surrounding area, including as far away as Tijuana, Mexico, on Monday night, and photos and videos of the phenomenon sparked speculation on social media about space junk, satellites and UFOs. ...

The San Diego Police Department said investigators were told by lifeguards that the lights spotted by residents were flares being used in a military exercise.

Representatives from Camp Pendleton and Naval Air Station North Island said they did not have any information on the lights.

FULL STORY: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/0...over-San-Diego-military-flares/2401656449573/

 

[Trevp666]

Classic excuse - that's what 'they' always want us to think isn't it?
'Military flares'.....yeah, sure, okay......

 

[Erinaceus]

They could have said they were Chinese lanterns.

 

[catseye]

They could have said they were Chinese lanterns.

Or marsh gas.

 

[EnolaGaia]

Citizens reporting silvery objects in the sky over South Dakota were advised by the National Weather Service the objects were in fact high altitude balloons.

Aerospace company’s test balloons prompt calls of concern

Citizens who called the National Weather Service concerned about some “silvery objects” in the sky around Sioux Falls this week prompted the agency to tweet that the objects were not aliens, but rather test balloons launched by a South Dakota aerospace subsidiary.

“Sorry, not aliens,” the NWS tweeted in response to the calls it received.

The high altitude balloons were launched by Raven Aerostar, a subsidiary of Raven Industries.

“As a South Dakota company and the world leader in stratospheric balloon technology, our team conducts stratospheric balloon flights throughout the year, and many of them are launched from our dedicated hangar near Baltic, SD,” said Aerostar president Jim Nelson. “Two of our Thunderhead Balloon Systems are currently over Sioux Falls.”

The balloons, which look like hot air balloons, operate miles above the surface of the earth. Once the balloon reaches the stratosphere, it changes from a teardrop to a pumpkin shape, South Dakota Public Broadcasting reported. ...

Aerostar said the balloons have a variety of uses, including monitoring wildfires, expanding cellular networks and military reconnaissance. They navigate by autonomously changing altitude to take advantage of wind currents in the atmosphere. ...

SOURCE: https://apnews.com/article/weather-...-sioux-falls-4e4af180b320c6a0638e70511c086987

 

[Yithian]

Two aeroplanes ascending in perfect parallel for an extended period of time looks odd, but tracking data suggests they are merely commercial airliners.

Photos taken at 2002hrs on August 11 in Kent, UK.

 

[Erinaceus]

I ran FR24 to see what they were. They began converging as they approached Ireland and crossed paths and went their separate ways near Canterbury. The time shown is UTC, an hour before BST.

 

[Yithian]

I ran FR24 to see what they were. They began converging as they approached Ireland and crossed paths and went their separate ways near Canterbury. The time shown is UTC, an hour before BST.

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Thank you for that.

Amazing what you can do with the data these days.

 

[Trevp666]

I ran FR24 to see what they were. They began converging as they approached Ireland and crossed paths and went their separate ways near Canterbury. The time shown is UTC, an hour before BST.

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Is the timeline thingy a feature only available if you upgrade?

 

[Erinaceus]

Standard FR24 lets you go back 7 days. I've got the silver subscription which gives access to 90 days.
https://www.flightradar24.com/premi...utm_medium=nav&utm_campaign=menu_subs#compare

 

[eburacum]

Note that these two planes were separated vertically by 2000 feet. Planes rarely fly side by side at the same level.

 

[ChrisBoardman]

This image was in the news this week. This is exactly the same shape as another UFO which was proven to be stray light in the camera lens and was the exact shape of the camea shutter unit.

 

[Yithian]

Note that these two planes were separated vertically by 2000 feet. Planes rarely fly side by side at the same level.

Ah, yes.

I discovered that on the day and forgot to phrase my post appropriately.

 

[Trevp666]

This image was in the news this week. This is exactly the same shape as another UFO which was proven to be stray light in the camera lens and was the exact shape of the camea shutter unit.

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I believe this picture is the subject of it's own thread on here about the scottish ufo pic, the title of which escapes me at the moment.

 

[Paul_Exeter]

This image was in the news this week. This is exactly the same shape as another UFO which was proven to be stray light in the camera lens and was the exact shape of the camea shutter unit.

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Do you remember where the other photo was taken...? Head over to the Calvine UFO Thread to read a detailed professional analysis of the fimage

 

[uair01]

 

[Erinaceus]

I'm sorting out a lot of photos and found this from 2007. It looks like a fleet of UFOs but is just backlit out of focus insects above the trees.

The sun was just below the treetops.

 

[marhawkman]

I'm sorting out a lot of photos and found this from 2007. It looks like a fleet of UFOs but is just backlit out of focus insects above the trees.

The sun was just below the treetops.

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my first thought was those seeds with fluff attached so they drift in the wind...