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Original excerpt
Your browser is not able to display this video. Initially this looks like a low-flying craft skimming over the water with a shadow. But I think, on zooming in, that it's actually just four birds and parallax. Stabilized Your browser is not able to display this video. Zoomed in: Your browser is not able to display this video. You can practically see them flapping The camera is tracking the boats,…
Key claims
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.
Alternative explanation
The apparent craft was identified as four birds whose apparent motion was distorted by parallax and camera tracking.
Analysis by Claude · may contain errors
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