Look at the trees in the foreground early in the video. The speed they pass by matches the speed of the the “object.” I would guess an optical illusion as the helicopter is moving in the same direction. Almost appears to be some thing on the lens, though the object does appear to go behind the Empire State building. Hard to tell because the tower is very narrow at the point where the object passes by.
LOL, you might be on to sumpin’.
The CBS locals may have found a new optical trick to keep the masses distracted.
Are they matching its speed and keeping the camera stationary or is the camera panning? It looks like it could go either way to me.
I was wondering if it could be sunlight... it was at sunset. Perhaps,a sunbeam cutting between some buildings just happened to illuminate a lingering contrail??
It could appear to move as the sun moved down. I’ve seem some strange things like that in the mountains...