Don't be so sure. According to this video below, a top US General said that the balloon "had a super, super, high definition surveillance camera" right there in the middle of the solar panels.
If I were designing a camera to look sleek and nonchalant, I would harness a gaselle (stuffed, not alive of course!) onto the balloon deck frame. Then I would put the lens sticking out of its butt. Now, the harness is fully controllable like the camera in the above video, so you could position the gaselle however you choose. That way you could point the butt at whatever you want to film and it would it wouldn't look so ambiguous. That's how I pirate movies. I bring a stuffed chihuahua with me to the movie theater and record the movies with my dog's butt. And since it's a chihuahua, I can hold it high over my head to get a better view. Nothing beats a vhs camera for recording movies in my opinion.
In my younger days, my friends and I dressed a fire extinguisher up as a baby to sneak it into the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' for the rain scene. Squirt guns are for losers.
This has been determined to be very fake. It needs to be removed. Do some research before getting excited and posting garbage to the most important research forum ever created. I mean no disrespect op, but this has become a serious problem, more so recently, and has degraded this site. I can’t believe this has been stickied. It has been around and debunked for at least a week now. Embarrassing.
If I hadn’t just re-upped my sub in Oct for ET I’m ready to cancel. Last week print edition front page has some article on voting and has a pic of person wearing mask walking out of voting booth. Why are they pushing that shit in our faces? We know why. I’ll make a post about it soon.
So what if the person had a mask on? Who said they are pushing anything? Perhaps it was to show how stupid some people still are. If that's all you are basing your anger on, you are really thin-skinned.
You are right. Reminds me of the 'mystery drones' seen in our heartland back in Nov. 2019 that were flying back and forth over miles of farmland and ranchland in about five states. The ranchers said the drones were huge, about the size of cars and could stay aloft for hours and could outpace the ranchers' cars traveling 60+ mph on the freeway as they tried to chase them down.
No one seems to know who owns such 'drones' or how they could be so big and be so silent and why many of them flew together in formation over American soil.
There's a lot going on out there we probably would be flabbergasted to learn.
Wouldn't your reaction have been to immediately stop and run back into the house/car/business away where the camera couldn't see you when you saw it was suddenly focusing and filming you? I think that is what most people's reaction would be.
Update: New info - Roman Balmakov from the Epoch Times said this: "According to a US General (Van Herck pictured), the balloon had "... a super, super high definition surveillance camera and had sensors onboard with the ability to intercept communication signals in the area."
So maybe the balloon messed with the guy's camera. I don't know.
Then it wouldn't stop, but, due to the moving of the legs first and the arm second it would still showing pictures from the "flight"/run.
If I would immediately run, my legs and body would move first and then my arm and finger at the "trigger" of the camera. Otherwise I would loose important time/seconds.
But I am no expert in those spy balloon filming things.
Perhaps, but what if the 'intercept ability' from the spy balloon simply shut the device off. Or, the Epoch Times who posted the video cut it off there before posting as the rest of the video was unwatchable.
Regarding panning speed, how can we know what it is looking for? If it is moving quickly there may be a reason for that. Maybe it is looking at things in infrared or another spectrum which would not require slow panning.
Re your linked video - Uh, this video/still image is so blurry, you can't make out anything. Plus it appears to be taken from above the balloon, not stationed right under it. It's also narrated in a foreign language, so I don't know anything about where the video came from. You cannot compare the two images.
This reminds me of the spy -who- shagged me humor-the truth might be there was a camera on the spy balloon aka ufo space ship aka distraction.
I would think this might be a commercial for one of those chynnese zoom cameras on YouTube or Facebook.
The spy balloon could of been launched from North Dakota where 6 top nuclear leaders were just fired and it could also have cellular and satellite comms on it/them.
Both are spy vehicles. But balloons can go much slower and lower and can hover in one spot for a very long time which offers a distinct advantage over those high altitude, high speed vehicles.
I just looked up @hamidebrahimnia. Lots of unrealistic videos. This is most likely NOT real.
FAAAKE!
And GAAAAAY!
GHAAAAAAAAAY even.
Don't be so sure. According to this video below, a top US General said that the balloon "had a super, super, high definition surveillance camera" right there in the middle of the solar panels.
See this: https://youtu.be/r0Nn81wMeVU
You really think the high def surveillance camera would look like the ones you see on buildings? Cmon man.
Remember it's chinese! No knowing WHAT it would look like.
Why wouldn't it?
If I were designing a camera to look sleek and nonchalant, I would harness a gaselle (stuffed, not alive of course!) onto the balloon deck frame. Then I would put the lens sticking out of its butt. Now, the harness is fully controllable like the camera in the above video, so you could position the gaselle however you choose. That way you could point the butt at whatever you want to film and it would it wouldn't look so ambiguous. That's how I pirate movies. I bring a stuffed chihuahua with me to the movie theater and record the movies with my dog's butt. And since it's a chihuahua, I can hold it high over my head to get a better view. Nothing beats a vhs camera for recording movies in my opinion.
I do the same thing but with cats. I like cats more than chihuahuas. I also like them more than AIDS.
In my younger days, my friends and I dressed a fire extinguisher up as a baby to sneak it into the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' for the rain scene. Squirt guns are for losers.
I agree with you, CasuallyObservant.
We must keep an open mind.
It sure FEELS REAL.
This has been determined to be very fake. It needs to be removed. Do some research before getting excited and posting garbage to the most important research forum ever created. I mean no disrespect op, but this has become a serious problem, more so recently, and has degraded this site. I can’t believe this has been stickied. It has been around and debunked for at least a week now. Embarrassing.
Where has it been proven fake? This was posted by the Epoch Times news which is a legitimate source.
They tend to sensationalize at times. I stay way from them and TGP.
They've brought plenty of exceptional news to the public. Don't be so critical. And I have seen no proof that this is not genuine.
If I hadn’t just re-upped my sub in Oct for ET I’m ready to cancel. Last week print edition front page has some article on voting and has a pic of person wearing mask walking out of voting booth. Why are they pushing that shit in our faces? We know why. I’ll make a post about it soon.
So what if the person had a mask on? Who said they are pushing anything? Perhaps it was to show how stupid some people still are. If that's all you are basing your anger on, you are really thin-skinned.
u/#thisisbait
Saddest part about this is so many people believe this video is actual footage. Youtube comments makes being part of the same species embarrassing.
It’s not even to scale. That camera would have to be the size of a Volkswagen to look that big by comparison with the rest of the payload.
You are right. Reminds me of the 'mystery drones' seen in our heartland back in Nov. 2019 that were flying back and forth over miles of farmland and ranchland in about five states. The ranchers said the drones were huge, about the size of cars and could stay aloft for hours and could outpace the ranchers' cars traveling 60+ mph on the freeway as they tried to chase them down.
No one seems to know who owns such 'drones' or how they could be so big and be so silent and why many of them flew together in formation over American soil.
There's a lot going on out there we probably would be flabbergasted to learn.
too short - I don't believe it - video just stopped at the right moment and now it is called "zoomed in"
Wouldn't your reaction have been to immediately stop and run back into the house/car/business away where the camera couldn't see you when you saw it was suddenly focusing and filming you? I think that is what most people's reaction would be.
Update: New info - Roman Balmakov from the Epoch Times said this: "According to a US General (Van Herck pictured), the balloon had "... a super, super high definition surveillance camera and had sensors onboard with the ability to intercept communication signals in the area."
So maybe the balloon messed with the guy's camera. I don't know.
Source: https://youtu.be/r0Nn81wMeVU
Then it wouldn't stop, but, due to the moving of the legs first and the arm second it would still showing pictures from the "flight"/run.
If I would immediately run, my legs and body would move first and then my arm and finger at the "trigger" of the camera. Otherwise I would loose important time/seconds.
But I am no expert in those spy balloon filming things.
Perhaps, but what if the 'intercept ability' from the spy balloon simply shut the device off. Or, the Epoch Times who posted the video cut it off there before posting as the rest of the video was unwatchable.
Is this why Senator John Kennedy said stay in your houses when he received the intel on the spy balloon that he could not share?
He was more than likely making a joke.
Highly unlikely there would be any lights on it.
Yeah that's a dead giveaway.
Oh sticky? Yeah, good job…nice. Smh
Calling it... fake
Do you say this on every video you don't agree with? Provide proof it is not genuine.
Regarding panning speed, how can we know what it is looking for? If it is moving quickly there may be a reason for that. Maybe it is looking at things in infrared or another spectrum which would not require slow panning.
Re your linked video - Uh, this video/still image is so blurry, you can't make out anything. Plus it appears to be taken from above the balloon, not stationed right under it. It's also narrated in a foreign language, so I don't know anything about where the video came from. You cannot compare the two images.
It's clearly cgi. The movement of the camera isn't even close to being realistic, among other obvious issues with the footage.
This video is as fake as potato heads presidency.
It came from the Epoch Times, which is not a fake news source.
Shoot it down
For what it's worth to anybody.
https://twitter.com/CodeMonkeyZ/status/1627349186739081216
This was universally declared fake on the boards last week.
CodeMonkey says this: "While the balloon likely did have cameras on it, this video in particular looks like cgi..."
He is giving his opinion and provides NO PROOF that it is not genuine.
Also no proof that it IS real. That’s why we are here fren, to figure these things out.
To be fair, nowadays, video ‘proof’ is not always proof that something is genuine.
Damn
it's funny how youtube actually KEEPS the fake news up, yet deletes & bans real news & footage.
label fake, real & label real, fake
I've noticed this before too. Works to discredit real footage, and make fools out of people who believe, and share the fake footage.
Guys. Check things more before you post. We do not need any extra help looking like fools.
I did. It came from The Epoch Times. What more do you want me to do??
This reminds me of the spy -who- shagged me humor-the truth might be there was a camera on the spy balloon aka ufo space ship aka distraction.
I would think this might be a commercial for one of those chynnese zoom cameras on YouTube or Facebook.
The spy balloon could of been launched from North Dakota where 6 top nuclear leaders were just fired and it could also have cellular and satellite comms on it/them.
Why do we care about balloons when spy satellites Circle the globe
Both are spy vehicles. But balloons can go much slower and lower and can hover in one spot for a very long time which offers a distinct advantage over those high altitude, high speed vehicles.
Even the Indians in F Troop shot down a balloon
Sounds like some flat earth shit to me ;)