Bbc: Ufo Hit by Hellfire, No Impact on Vehicle & Flying Away
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The BBC reported on a UFO incident where a Hellfire rocket hit the object, but it continued flying; the discussion revolves around the authenticity and interpretation of the incident and related footage.
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(Congress stares at blurry grey pictures with no obvious point of view and no discernible objects)
- What is it?
- It's unidentified.
- Supplemental military appropriations approved! (Gavel bangs)
(Even if its just maybe-US-high-tech, its somehow strange to see this happen)
After the object tumbles, an effect transition has been added. You can tell because it overlays the "Pause (Ctrl+P)" control and how blooms outside the cropped video frame. This strongly suggests that it's not actually a continuous time shot.
Perhaps:
- This video is of an ordinary cruise missile or drone.
- Its surface is very hot, making it appear as a blob.
- The so-called hellfire doesn't detonate for whatever reason
- The object tumbles and crashes, but the video is deceptively spliced.
I don't trust this Representative to not lie knowingly or evaluate such claims skeptically. Statements like "I'm not going to explain it to you, you'll see exactly what it does" and "This is when it's zoomed out, you can still see it traveling" seem to be careful wording meant to lead people to a conclusion without actually claiming it.
Also saying "orb" which further mystifies it, that's just a visual translation of the gear tracking it.
After getting "hit", there seem to be what looks like three drones still flying, sort of like those ultra fast racing drones: https://youtu.be/EtRXay2kqtc Even their movement is similar. They could have carried some sort of mesh, and could be some kind of missile deflecting tech test or whatever. Or maybe a 4th drone is still attached to that mesh and keeps dragging it along.
Insisting on the UFO angle, along with the rest of the wording they use seems they want to strongly suggest the viewer comes at particular conclusions without actually saying it.
For some reason (which can't possibly just be that it's just folklore) UFOs always seem to manifest as whatever the current culture considers to be "futuristic."
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