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Article: DATE / TIME - 23 November 2020 / 11:13 UTC LOCATION - Reconnaissance footage indicates 35°02.91'N, 71°17.86'E [ 35.048500, 71.297667 ] IMAGING TYPE - Thermographic / Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) EVENT DESCRIPTION - Filmed by a platform operating under the direction of the United States Air Force, the object was initially passively tracked and is described in official documentation as…
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A Metabunk analysis examines a thermographic video from November 2020 attributed to Corbell, reportedly showing a large disc captured by U.S. Air Force reconnaissance equipment at coordinates in Afghanistan.
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Analysis of Western US UAP documents from Release 3 suggests 60% of sightings are identified as flares, with 40% remaining indeterminate; the evidence base is primarily eyewitness accounts with nothing conclusively anomalous.
A Metabunk user analyzed a video initially appearing to show a low-flying craft over water and concluded it was actually four birds, with camera parallax creating the illusion of a structured object.
Reddit discussion of imagery analyst Sarah Gamm's skeptical assessment that recent UFO releases likely depict balloons or mundane objects, with inconclusive cases, differing from what she witnessed during UAPTF work.
Audio from NASA's Mercury-Atlas 7 mission (May 1962) captures astronaut Scott Carpenter observing luminous particles during sunrise, which were subsequently identified as ice crystals from the spacecraft.
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Tim Phillips discusses the credibility of reports describing anomalous black triangle UAPs in an interview with Steven Greenstreet.
Avi Loeb announced his appointment to lead a new UAP Science Advisory Council for the White House, citing the need to maintain scientific focus on UAP data despite high public engagement.
The Department of War released the third tranche of UAP files in June 2026, containing 72 new records from multiple agencies including the FBI, CIA, and NASA.
Analysis of Western US UAP documents from Release 3 suggests 60% of sightings are identified as flares, with 40% remaining indeterminate; the evidence base is primarily eyewitness accounts with nothing conclusively anomalous.