Posted on 09/03/2016 12:15:59 PM PDT by XANGEL
Attacked?
Here’s a good frame by frame shot at ATS. It’s definitely in the video too. There’s no way that that’s a bird.
http://files.abovetopsecret.com/files/img/xi57c8f766.jpg
Here is the original video from the youtube channel, USLaunchReport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BgJEXQkjNQ
That “bird” moved incredibly fast if it was a bird. And it moved behind the rocket (from the perspective of the camera.)
I am not suggesting its aliens or a rifle shot or any of that crap. But birds do not move that fast.
The only explanation I could think of is a flying insect very close to the camera, but it appears to move behind the rocket.
I see it. Slow the motion down. It’s a bird, you can see the wing movement.
Bird. There's another a few seconds before that one. The camera is over 2 miles from the site.
Your link is “Forbidden” on my browser, cue Twilight Zone music.
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If the camera is 2 miles from the site, that bird must be superbird to fly that fast through the field of view.
The only explanation I could think of is a flying insect very close to the camera, but it appears to move behind the rocket.
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In the video I’m watching the bird flies off frame to the left.
The camera was over 2 miles away. The zoom factor turns insects and birds close to the camera into warp speed looking missiles.
a bird, the camera and mic are 4 km from the pad
Nothing to this other than SpaceX learning as they get further into the Launch Industry. Musk and his team do not have a Mission Success Culture. They will learn but their Framework for Mission Success will need to become more robust. Especially if he’s going to be flying astronauts at some point. So now we have 2 failures in less than 14 months?
I applaud them for the incredible accomplishments but they have to get Mission Success as a Number 1 Priority culture. That’s the only way it can work.
You can see the bird flying behind the towers. There’s no way a bird flies that fast. If those towers are 4km away, and it goes behind them. Superbird?
It’s a telephoto lens so anything moving in the foreground is going to appear to be moving faster. Here’s the entire video that you can step through or play in slow motion. Other birds or insects can be seen flying around before the explosion.
http://anilyzer.com/?page_id=7&type=youtube&vId=_BgJEXQkjNQ#playbackRate=1&seekTo=0
You can see the bird flying behind the towers.
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I don’t see that. I do see it for two frames after the explosion. It definitely didn’t hit the rocket.
Not at all. If it is closer to the camera then it will appear very fast in relation to the rocket.
I saw birds flying around, and a few fast insects. But nothing like what appears one second before the rocket explodes.
That was a "fast fire", according to Musk.
Whatever it is it didn’t hit the rocket, and for the record it looks the same as the other flying objects to me, at least the ones in the foreground (same size and speed).
Looks like a poor attempt at fakery. Unless the object had a malfunction in its cloaking device and was flying mach 500.
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