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Lens flares, but in IR they look different.
(Fixed typo)
So i looked into the lens flare thing and I'm not so convinced.
Here's the kicker:
The thing jammed radar.
Multiple pilots VISUALLY saw it.
It was confirmed to have descended 80,000 feet in less than a second, by both radar and a shipborne Aegis system, which prompted the pilots to take to the skies and check it out.
The videos we see aren't the most important pieces of evidence, it's supporting evidence.
Lens flare cannot explain the radar and aegis verification, and subsequent jamming, the visual confirmation, or the physics breaking performance characteristics.
The thing went from hovering stationary, to beyond the speed of sound without creating a sonic boom.
Anything made of meat would be liquefied by the inertia.
There was no visual propulsion, or heat signatures from it.
So, I reiterate, what the fuck is it?
Why aren't you wearing your flair?