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The Iraq Jellyfish UAP: Scientific Analysis – What Is This Object? A widely circulated infrared video recorded near Al Taqaddum Air Base in Iraq shows a dark, rounded aerial object with multiple trailing appendages hovering above a U.S. installation. The footage was captured by a forward looking infrared FLIR sensor, which detects thermal contrast rather than visible light, mounted on a tethered aerostat, a balloon based surveillance platform operating at about 1,000 feet. The roughly 17 minute video shows no visible propulsion, and the object appears to maintain altitude despite variable wind conditions. U.S. Marines reported visual contact. One described it as “hovering there, completely silent,” unlike known aircraft. Another said the appendages “didn’t move like a helicopter or drone” and appeared “almost alive,” increasing uncertainty because the object did not match familiar profiles. Analysis centered on sensor physics and atmospheric effects. FLIR systems display temperature differences rather than physical structure, so uneven heating can create apparent appendages or motion. Image stabilization can exaggerate minor drift, making thin or flexible materials appear animated. Wind shear, turbulence, and thermal inversion layers further distort shape and movement. Temperature differences under one degree Celsius can produce pronounced infrared artifacts. The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), reviewed similar Middle East footage and concluded with about 95 percent confidence that the objects were balloon clusters, based on full motion video analysis, pixel tracking, sensor calibration, and wind modeling. As a government entity, AARO’s conclusions also carry inherent plausible deniability regarding an actual UAP government program. With that in mind, do you believe AARO’s conclusion that these were balloons? #UFO #UnexplainedPhenomena #Science #Mystery #Physics #Military #Defense

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Bob Lazar’s Alien Spaceship Story: True or False? In 1989, Bob Lazar told reporter George Knapp that he had worked on alien spaceships at a secret facility called S‑4, located just south of Area 51 near Papoose Dry Lake. He claimed that nine disc-shaped craft were stored in hidden hangars carved into the mountain. According to Lazar, these ships did not use jets or rockets. Instead, they were powered by a small reactor fueled with element 115. When protons were fired at the element, it supposedly produced gravity waves that allowed the craft to hover silently, make right-angle turns, accelerate instantly, and even warp space for interstellar travel. One ship, called the “Sport Model,” allegedly came from the Zeta Reticuli star system, 39 light-years away. Many of Lazar’s claims do not hold up. He said he had physics degrees from MIT and Caltech, but neither university has any record of him. He worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, but only as a low-level technician with a subcontractor, not as a physicist. Lazar even displayed an S‑4 ID badge, but he later admitted it was a replica he had made himself. He also claimed he had stable element 115 in 1989. Scientists didn’t synthesize it until 2003, and only about 100 atoms of the most unstable isotope were produced, each lasting less than a second. Nothing like the orange metallic triangles Lazar described exists. His concept of a reactor using “gravity amplifiers” has no basis in known physics. Despite this, U.S. Navy pilots have recorded unidentified aerial phenomena performing maneuvers similar to those Lazar described: Sudden bursts of speed, sharp turns, no sonic boom, and no heat signature. The Pentagon confirms the videos are real and remain unexplained. Even though most of Lazar’s claims fail scientific scrutiny, he has told the same story for 35 years without profiting significantly. The question remains: what is Bob Lazar’s real motivation? #UFO #Area51 #Science #Physics #USA #Nevada #Debate

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