PR069 - New ATFLIR Footage, Maybe Helpful for Gimbal, etc?
niche or mildly interesting
UAP Insight significance score
- Author
- Mick West
- Published
- May 30, 2026
- Object type
- balloon
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
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.
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