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Started by mirth, December 17, 2017, 09:05:10 AM

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mirth

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bbmike

I'm certain that one of the pilots was named John Christopher.
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

mirth

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bbmike

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

Centurion40

Um, ok. So could it be something stuck on the camera lense?  If not, the camera did an amazing job keeping the object dead center of the screen.
Any time is a good time for pie.

mirth

Quote from: Centurion40 on December 18, 2017, 04:29:26 PM
Um, ok. So could it be something stuck on the camera lense?  If not, the camera did an amazing job keeping the object dead center of the screen.

The video was captured by the targeting FLIR. It's designed to track a target like that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/ASQ-228_ATFLIR
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bbmike

Plus the pilot saw it, not just the camera.
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

mirth

Quote from: bbmike on December 18, 2017, 04:35:49 PM
Plus the pilot saw it, not just the camera.

Pilot, FLIR, radar on the ship that vectored the F-18s.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Centurion40

Ok then. Holy f#$&ing S$*/!  :o

Could Tom Delong actually be onto something?!
Any time is a good time for pie.

mirth

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bbmike

Plus the object held Captain Christopher's plane in a tractor beam.
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

mirth

Quote from: bbmike on December 18, 2017, 04:49:21 PM
Plus the object held Captain Christopher's plane in a tractor beam.

A detail the press keeps leaving out.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

trailrunner

Quote from: Centurion40 on December 18, 2017, 04:29:26 PM
If not, the camera did an amazing job keeping the object dead center of the screen.

A high-contrast target with a uniform background is a very easy case for a closed-loop tracker.

Centurion40

Quote from: trailrunner on December 18, 2017, 06:08:38 PM
Quote from: Centurion40 on December 18, 2017, 04:29:26 PM
If not, the camera did an amazing job keeping the object dead center of the screen.

A high-contrast target with a uniform background is a very easy case for a closed-loop tracker.

Does this mean the film looks legit? Meaning it is something unknown?
Any time is a good time for pie.

bbmike

Yes, Centurion40. They are onto you.  :P
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak