PR069 - New ATFLIR Footage, Maybe Helpful for Gimbal, etc?
4/10
niche or mildly interesting
UAP Insight significance score
- Author
- Mick West
- Published
- May 30, 2026
- Object type
- balloon
UFO Reports from the US Military and Government
Original excerpt
Your browser is not able to display this video. I'm not sure this will be useful, but good quality ATFLIR footage is very rare. Here the F-18 is maneuvering more dramatically than in the other videos, but we see a similar set of passive track acquisition and lock. I think this one is a balloon.
Key claims
- →High-quality ATFLIR footage is rare
- →F-18 performed dramatic maneuvers during tracking
- →Similar passive track acquisition and lock pattern observed in other videos
- →Object assessed as likely balloon
UAP Insight Analysis— AI generated, not official
A Metabunk contributor analyzed rare ATFLIR infrared footage showing an F-18 maneuvering and suggested the tracked object was likely a balloon.
Alternative explanation
The tracked object was attributed to a balloon rather than an unidentified anomalous phenomenon.
Analysis by Claude · may contain errors
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