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Breakdown of the Pentagon UFO videos with Mick West

Astronomer David Kipping of Cool Worlds talks with Mick West to break down the three declassified Pentagon UFO videos. They explain the footage through camera artifacts, glare, and perspective effects.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as the boring, convincing debunking of the Gofast, FLIR and Gimbal videos, which commenters say ended UFO hype for them.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Cool Worlds
Topic
ufo video analysis
Format
explainer
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
8
Recommendation years in dataset
2021–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Mick West's breakdowns of the Pentagon UAP videos was the nail in the coffin of this era of UFO hype for me. [VIDEO] These were supposed to be the smoking gun evidence. UFO believers inside the DoD and as high up as US Senators fought …

    reso on Hacker News · 2023-02
    In As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)

  • This whole thing has a very boring, very likely answer described in this video: [VIDEO] Essentially, there are a few different perspective/camera quirks coming together in these videos which can (apparently) trick even well trained pilots.

    lwansbrough on Hacker News · 2021-01
    In US Navy – Tic Tac UFO – High frequency gravitational wave generator

  • Gofast, FLIR and Gimbal all have very compelling explanations: [VIDEO] Mick West has reported on this all over the place.

    reso on Hacker News · 2023-02
    In As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)

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