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Breakdown of the Pentagon UFO videos with Mick West

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Mick West's breakdowns of the Pentagon UAP videos was the nail in the coffin of this era of UFO hype for me.”

    Shows the Pentagon UFO videos are sensor glare and perspective

    reso, 2023-02 · Strong recommendation · in “As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)”

  2. “This whole thing has a very boring, very likely answer described in this video”

    Camera and perspective quirks explain the Pentagon UFO videos

    lwansbrough, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “US Navy – Tic Tac UFO – High frequency gravitational wave generator”

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Topics: pentagon ufo videos, mick west, debunking, flir gimbal gofast, parallax and glare

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