I want to know what kind of camera captured that image, and whether or not
it was selected for the express purpose of capturing the planned head shot
of the new millennium.
I don’t think my iPhone 15 Pro Max, nor any of my other cameras could have
captured that speeding blood stained bullet. (And I want one for UAP detection!)
Good question. Was it a still image, or a frame from a fairly fast video. Originally, I was thinking like 240 fps, but I’m not an expert at such things. Math below, just me figuring.
Every attempt I’ve ever made to capture a bullet in action has failed.
How far does a bullet fly in 1/240 of a second?
A .223 coming out of an AR-15 leaves the muzzle at around 2600-2800 feet/second. Of course, it loses a little bit of speed as it flies through the air, but it should remain supersonic well past this range.
So, let’s say it’s slowed down to 2000 feet/second. That’s 200 feet in 1/10 of a second, and 20 feet in 1/100 of a second. 10 feet in 1/200 of a second, and a little less than that at 1/240 second.
All that tells me is that either the projectile lost some speed (perhaps when it encountered the ear) or the muzzle velocity was a lot less than what would be typical.
It’ll be good to know just what caliber it was and what kind of gun. Typical AR-15 is .223 (almost the same as 5.56 NATO), but the 300 Blackout is popular too. It’s a 30 caliber that can be chambered in the AR-15. It’s larger, heavier, and slower at under 2000 feet/second. They make sub-sonic 300 blackout ammunition (around 1000-1100 f/sec). Bigger bullet, heavier, and slower. In theory, it can be silenced (or at least suppressed) more easily than most rifles because the bullet doesn’t produce a supersonic boom as it flies through the air.