Atmospheric Wake - South Asian Object (Sensor #1)
This video file is part of AARO's Official UAP Imagery release. According to the releasing agency, an MQ-9 forward-looking infrared (FLIR) video sensor captured the footage in South Asia while it was recording another MQ-9. The media is described as a silent video showing three distant unified aerial objects moving steadily across the sky. AARO states that after analysis of the full-motion video, inclusion of additional footage with a longer focal length, and analysis of commercial flight data in the region, it assesses that the object likely is a commercial aircraft and that the trailing cavitation is a sensor artifact resulting from video compression. The item is presented under AARO's 'Atmospheric Wakes Case Resolution.' No extractable text was available from the file itself; this summary is derived from the publisher's page context.
Description
An AARO-released silent forward-looking infrared (FLIR) video captured by an MQ-9 sensor over South Asia showing distant aerial objects with an apparent trailing wake. AARO assesses the object is likely a commercial aircraft and the trailing cavitation a sensor/compression artifact.
Claims
AARO assesses that the object likely is a commercial aircraft.
75%The trailing cavitation (apparent atmospheric wake) is a sensor artifact resulting from video compression.
75%The footage was captured by an MQ-9 forward-looking infrared video sensor in South Asia while recording another MQ-9.
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Events
MQ-9 FLIR capture of South Asian object
An MQ-9 forward-looking infrared sensor recorded footage in South Asia while recording another MQ-9, capturing the object with an apparent atmospheric wake.
AARO case resolution
AARO assessed the object as likely a commercial aircraft and the trailing cavitation as a video-compression sensor artifact.
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