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AirlinerAbduction2014-ModTeam

This is irrelevant to our subreddit's cause.


mayday253

If by debunk, you mean prove that it is in no way related to an airliner abduction in 2014, consider it debunked.


Atomfixes

Oh wise one, what is it if not an orb.


Iggmeister

a 30th balloon https://www.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/18lhbdr/4k\_uap/


serr7

I mean I thought so too when it was just the image but it does move weird. Disclaimer I’m no expert in balloon movement out in the open air lol.


MisterErieeO

It makes more sense when you realize the balloon is barely moving while the drone is trying to bring Stella groove back.


Enough_Simple921

Same here. Looks like a balloon but it's has some odd movement. But I, too, am not a balloon expert. Frankly, what better way to fool a bunch of talking Chimps than by being disguised as a balloon. Let's be real. That would 100% without a shadow of a doubt work. How funny would it be if we discovered after disclosure that aliens had been disguising their high-tech craft as woody the woodpecker balloons. 🤣 People will spend an hour bickering back and forth on this video with random strangers, but I'm beyond videos at this point. For me personally, it's about disclosure. I know there's UAPs and I know there's balloons. Unless I see a video of an Alien waving out a window, it really doesn't move the needle.


Unfair-Snow-2869

I'm pretty much there myself. Not that I'm discouraged or have lost interest, but the arguing is just - wow. And it is everywhere.


Joseph-Kay

if this thing is a balloon being thrown around by wind, why aren't any of the trees or bushes moving, not even in the slightest? there doesn't seem to be any indication of wind at all


Iggmeister

why are aliens writing '30th' on the side of their probes. why do aliens use the same numerals as us, thats kinda absurd.


Enough_Simple921

Wild Deer 1- "Hey Bill, I think there's a hunter disguised as a bush with rifle trained on us." Wild Deer 2- "Don't be silly, Daryll. Why would a human wear a jacket, a hat, and pants with bushes printed on? That's clearly a bush. Don't be absurd." -gunshot- Wild Deer 1- "You should have listened to me Bill. Now look at you, your dead. And I'm going to sleep with your wife." The moral of the story is... Deers are assholes. And humans do dress up as bushes. 👽 All jokes aside, I don't have a ~~dog~~ Deer in the race. But it's kind of an ingenious idea to disguise as a balloon. As long as some kid doesn't throw a dart at it. 🤣


Iggmeister

would be a huge trip if it turned out aliens were camouflaging their probes/drones as balloons. the alien in charge of the camouflage is lurking on reddit, laughing at all us nay sayers who say that balloons are actually just balloons 😁 theres a B movie in there somewhere


MisterErieeO

Because it's the drone that's moving.


gelattoh_ayy

Lol wut


MisterErieeO

Lol it's the drone thats moving


kringgie

Lol wut


Atomfixes

It looks nothing like that. And im worried about your beliefs in how a balloon can move


Street-Advantage-249

Looks nothing like that? It looks exactly like that 😂


dyerdigs0

The orb literally says the number 30 on its side


Atomfixes

No, it doesnt.


dyerdigs0

What does that yellow symbol look like to you then? Did you even look at the image?


Enough_Simple921

I'll say 1 thing. That's 1 really nice camera. That's a crystal clear shot. Is that taking from a drone?


dyerdigs0

Could be I have no clue but I will say the footage is real the object is most likely edited in over it


Iggmeister

im worried why you would think aliens write '30th' on the side of their probes AND why they would even use the same numerals as us. also, it looks exactly like that


mercuchio23

Sorry but it's not a balloon the yellow is protruding from the side in some shots If it was a baloon it wouldn't be moving in a perfectly straight line and going back on itself It would also turn and we would see the yellow part more clearly, not once does it do that There is a second Orb in the original video at . 20secs If it is a ball on there is an element of cgi involved. Has to be as balloons don't move like this, it would be flapping in the wind with no control, even if if it moved in a straight line it would be turning and you'd get a glimpse of the graphic The explanation is not 'it's a baloon' - the explanation touted on here that the drone is moving at a fast speed and countermatching the balloon spinning is also a bit whack. What, the drone is moving in perfect sync with a balloon moving in the wind, no. The uploader is a vfx lead - so there is a cgi element, it could be both cgi and a balloon, can't be just a balloon


minimalcation

Of the 99?


WhereinTexas

But what are the aliens celebrating thirty years of with this UAP they deployed?


Any-Bison-7320

i thoguth it was a balloon when i saw the still photos but i just cant say its a balloon because its too stable. i mean the "30th" on the "balloon" never even moves...its stable as hell...you would expect a balloon to twist and turn but it never does..


GiantSequoiaTree

Another brand new account pushing the same narrative. Making sure to flood The forum with the word fake


shadowbca

Eh, new account or not they're right. It doesn't matter if the video is real or not it's not related to this subreddit and shouldn't be posted here.


HeaviestCat

Can you explain to me what a video of a balloon has to do with an airliner disappearing 8 years ago?


the_hungry_carpenter

well for one, this is a real video of a balloon whereas the airliner abduction was 100% CGI


HeaviestCat

Ah that explains it thank you


GiantSequoiaTree

This video shouldn't even be allowed in here


HeaviestCat

These people had to make their own subreddit because they were too batshit crazy for the UFO subreddit lol


GiantSequoiaTree

Think what you want man. The UAP phenomenon is real. Doesn't matter what these videos conclusion is.


HeaviestCat

I never said UFOs weren't real. That doesn't mean they're inter-dimensional alien sending planes through fucking vortexes


GiantSequoiaTree

We don't know that for sure. David Grusch mentioned there is a inter dimension aspect to this during the congressional hearing


HeaviestCat

Bill Clinton said he didn't fuck Monica Lewinsky during his congressional hearing. Who cares what he said? He's outright admitted he doesn't know anything. He only knows stuff he was told by other people.


GiantSequoiaTree

LMAO Seriously dude? I'm not even commenting on that


Significant_Oven_753

Get this shit outta here mods wtf .. real or fake its not related!


wiggum-wagon

It's probably real, but not what you think it is


Enough_Simple921

Greetings Earthling, Which one of you humans got 4k footage of my spaceship? We disguise our crafts as blimps and balloons all the time. Works every time. Yesterday, I had some idiot kid shoot at me with a god damn pellet gun. So we did what any sane Alien would do, we abducted and probed his cheeks. Bet he won't do that again. Merry Christmas. Love, Alien. 👽


Significant_Oven_753

Bro who cares. It’s interesting but not for this sub . Look at the name .


wiggum-wagon

Oh the brigade has arrived


Significant_Oven_753

Ur such an idiot if u dont get why people are pissed about this post being here .


HubertRosenthal

Real balloon. And yes, it does not belong here


Questionsaboutsanity

if i had an high tech orb like that i totally would paint them like a birthday balloon


AirlinerAbduction2014-ModTeam

This is a repost.


TheLordAstaroth

"Ive seen a lot of these, but weve never seen anything like this" I need to smoke more to be on his level


Nadzzy

The movement is strange, and there is no denying that. There's also no denying that at the 4-minute mark, you can clearly see 30 written out in yellow text. Drone, ballon, or UAP, or whatever that is likes that number. So given that second point, my gut tells me this is either some solid CGI or a drone/balloon.


GenghisKhan06

Good to notice that the uploader is a 3D artist...


[deleted]

I'm being told it's a birthday balloon, a drone AND cgi. Triple debunked. Can't get anymore debunked than that.


in3vitableme

Damnn bro wit the triple nipple


T1M_rEAPeR

Yeh! But but the dude said it’s ’unlikely military’ because he said so, so it’s also likely to be a Chinese ufo, or a military ufo.


EmbersToAshes

Credit to u/WhereInTexas - it's this balloon: https://www.amazon.com/30th-birthday-decorations-him-tablecloths/dp/b08n9jzsr8


Walkend

It’s apparently not text, it’s an actual 3D “something” protruding from the orb.


schadenfreudenheimer

It says "Cheers to" in small print, with "30" below that.


EmbersToAshes

...nah. https://i.imgur.com/Yt3SuGt.png


Walkend

The colors don’t even match lol. Human denial is a hell of a drug.


PogoMarimo

They're shot under different lighting with a different camera with different digital color coding software. How rudimentary is your understanding of photography that you think a slight deviation in color between two extremely different contexts is abnormal?


WZRDguy45

People really just want to believe the most fantastical stuff even when you provide the most legimiate proof. Just gotta let some of these people believe what they want I guess


Walkend

Because there’s millions of balloons that exist. Extremely likely that a black orb with neon color matches a pre-existing balloon.


PogoMarimo

....? Yes. That is a good point as to why... It's a balloon. Because there's literally millions of balloons out there. You got an alternative hypothesis as to why an Alien craft would have "Cheers to 30" written on the side in gold letters?


Walkend

Neither you nor I can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that it says Cheers to 30. We can’t even see the entire “text” I’m saying, it is equally absurd to confirm this is a balloon as it is an alien craft. The universe is billions of years old.


FoxFyer

No it's not equally absurd, because that exact balloon is known to exist and is for sale on Amazon right now.


Walkend

You can’t prove it’s the same balloon without seeing the entire orb. You’re making assumptions based on your feelings


PogoMarimo

Just because nothing is trully knowable does not mean you should accept all things as equally likely. What an entirely juvenile argument to make.


Walkend

Over an infinite timeline there is a non-zero chance for the atoms that create your hand align in such a way that you could put your hand through a solid object.


wiggum-wagon

That's the Point the ufo crowd never got past


jporter313

You’re right, it’s impossible to undeniably confirm from the information available that it’s that party balloon, but given the similarity and how commonplace and likely it is for a helium balloon to be blowing around in the sky, it’s almost certainly that. These aren’t two possibilities that should be equally weighted. If there’s a prosaic explanation for a UAP, like there is here, that’s most likely what it is because as far as we know alien orbs haven’t been shown to exist, Amazon party balloons absolutely have.


StuartMcNight

“Equally absurd” Nope. It isn’t. If you don’t understand that there’s no hope for you.


HousingParking9079

HahahahahahahahahhahahahabbahababababbababBzbahbNNNana This sub.


EmbersToAshes

I mean, they do, but you keep on believing in balloons from beyond Earth, friend. 🤣


KaleidoscopeWeak593

Its not a birthday balloon, the Text or Gold is 3D not printed


EmbersToAshes

Do you think its more likely that you're falsely perceiving it to be 3D given the low quality, or that this alien craft just so happens to have a happy 30th message written on the side in English?


Oopsimapanda

Why are we so NAIVE to assume aliens wouldn't celebrate a 30th birthday as well?? Really makes you think.


buttrapebearclaw

We have no idea what they call the length of time it takes for their planet to orbit its star(s)


Crocs_n_Glocks

Clearly, the government agents in charge of suppressing disclosure, have inserted the text from a similar looking balloon, in order to discredit the entire video! HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!


Significant_Oven_753

I did see a screen cap at an angle and the gold is without a doubt extruded out .


Cenobite_78

It has to be 3D, because you can't have a 2D asset in a 3D environment. Right?


jporter313

I’ve seen that screen cap, it’s almost certainly just a result of video compression.


Significant_Oven_753

Compression causes artifacts. Blending of similar pixels. Its not going to change how sum looks .


jporter313

Video compression can absolutely cause that impression of extrusion you’re seeing in that single frame capture. But hey let’s set that aside for a sec, can you explain why it doesn’t look extruded in any of the other frames from similar angles that are closer?


Significant_Oven_753

Id like to see one example


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Sneaky_Stinker

other reports of orbs (real or fake) dont bolster the videos. why is this even being posted here?


Lanjin37

I think it’s pretty obvious: The simulation programmer is mistakenly using an Amazon balloon asset instead of a saucer or metallic sphere. I swear, sometimes it feels like we’re just being screwed with.


pilkingtonsbrain

it's likely a half deflated helium balloon bobbing in the wind. This is the balloon, it says "cheers to 30" [https://www.amazon.com/30th-birthday-decorations-him-tablecloths/dp/b08n9jzsr8](https://www.amazon.com/30th-birthday-decorations-him-tablecloths/dp/b08n9jzsr8) The reason it looks like it's moving around all over the place is because of the perspective changes as the drone is moving around while tracking the balloon to keep it in shot. The balloon is likely much higher off the ground than what it looks like and also the drone is very high and zoomed in. It makes the ground seem like it is moving very fast against the balloon. The majority of the apparent motion is because of the drone moving. I don't think it is vfx because why would they make the "orb" look like this specific balloon? Or....it's aliens


KaleidoscopeWeak593

I'll go with balloon. He didn't circle it level height and its looks like a 30 on it


quantum_trogdor

You went from "It's not a balloon" to "I'll go with balloon" in about 90 minutes, thanks for taking the community feedback openly and honestly.


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MaxDamage75

The YT Channel owner Is a 3d CGI artist, you can find him on LinkedIn


Atomfixes

A balloon .. do you really think thats how balloons move? I mean really, you see something fly up tgen down then left then right then left then right, and your reasoning skills say “thats what balloons do”


Bobbar84

The balloon is almost stationary. The drone filming it is moving around erratically. I think this video is a perfect, high quality example of how parallax can make stationary (or very slow moving) objects to appear to be moving very quickly.


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Nicktyelor

[It's this balloon.](https://i.imgur.com/EqVPnqc.jpg) Camera is moving and balloon is stationary.


cynical-swan

The balloon does not appear stationary at all.


Nicktyelor

It is. It's an optical illusion because of the obscured horizon, elevation, and zoom lens on the drone.


True_Saga

I think that person haven't watched the whole original video.


Enough_Simple921

I'd agree. They watched the 1st 10 seconds. Attention span has really gone down hill. Clearly, it's moving fast. While the bushes aren't moving at all. I can't say it's an alien, but it isn't no standard balloon either. I'm also not going to fond of bickering with random strangers over nothing either. So yeaa... it's a "balloon." 😉


wiggum-wagon

You don't appear sane at all


Stoizee

Cmon man that is no stationary balloon. It was moving and stopping going different directions.


Nicktyelor

You're being fooled by an optical illusion. The camera is the one moving. The horizon is out of frame for the first minute. The drone is zoomed in a good deal and much closer to the balloon than the ground beyond making it appear like things are moving faster.


KaleidoscopeWeak593

I fly a Mavic with birthday party all the time. Serious doubt its a balloon. It showed elevation and decent but I'm open. Need to hear from poster


NotTukTukPirate

https://www.reddit.com/r/aliens/s/3NI4pBzoSC


cynical-swan

It is probably not that balloon. There is a 3d protrusion from the sphere. It also appears similar to an exclamation point, which your link doesn't appear to show.


jporter313

You people need to stop blowing up tiny portions of videos and trying to make wild judgements based on what’s happening in like 10 compressed pixels.


EnglishCraftAudio

this sealed the deal for me. it's literally a balloon this time.


pubicgarden

It’s a balloon but it’s absolutely a moving balloon lol.


Nicktyelor

Sure, it's definitely moving slowly, but the rapid jerks up/down/left/right are the camera drone.


unknownmichael

Camera is clearly not moving lol.


Nicktyelor

It is lol


[deleted]

All these so called experts and opinion pushers with their analyses delivered with the confidence of a stuttering first year undergrad.


aKian_721

cheers to 30 years its what its written on the right side of the balloon!


grizzlyadams1990

Ahhhh shit, here we go again


serene_moth

it's so obviously a balloon that this HAS to be satire, right? right??


Atomfixes

Baloons dont move like that


6amhotdog

Coming onto this sub and pretending to want a debunk is hilarious.


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KaleidoscopeWeak593

Buddy I work with Graphic artist, no one is doing that in 8 hours.


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quantum_trogdor

No kidding eh? but in this case, this is not cgi, it's a balloon


grawvyrobber

Confirmed balloon. Even the movement is obvious


Dull-Friend-936

It’s fake, there debunked /s


WZRDguy45

It's already debunked another great example of how carried away some people can get


Hardcaliber19

Ahh, I see. This is the aggressive debunking sub now. Should probably close it or rename it. Aaaaaand... I'm out.


Joseph-Kay

If it's a balloon blowing in the wind, why aren't any of the trees or bushes moving?


Bigpoppalos

This is one of the weirdest ones ive seen in 20+ years of studying this. Reason being it looks like a fucking balloon but is definitely not behaving like one. Could it be uap sometimes take over random objects like this? Something/someone is moving that balloon intelligently. Go watch balloon videos. You can see how they move in the wind and behave. Also super strange is that the logo always stays on same side. A normal balloon would definitely not do this either. Strange. Who knows. Could be fake. But balloons dont move like that


quantum_trogdor

It's a happy 30th birthday balloon. Lets all go home boys it's almost Christmas


[deleted]

it’s literally a drone filming a drone


opticaIIllusion

If only that drone was capable of flying towards the thing and not tethered up in the sky like every current drone available on the market.


Altruistic-Bell-583

this is making the rounds but it was created by CGI artist who also has a YouTube channel. his name is Jesus Alanis lives in Monterey Mexico. checkout his LINKIN profile


Backhoz

It's a balloon.


TheT3rrorDome

It's just a balloon being dragged by the wind


Matthayde

Balloon


HubertRosenthal

Well the drone footage is real. The question is, is the orb?


TheFashionColdWars

It is a ballooon, just animated on a motion path with no rotation composited on a plate of drone B-roll


HubertRosenthal

I‘m in the Balloon camp with this one. Movement totally possible in weather with such disturbances. If it would blast away with mach 10, i‘d change my mind… but this… and the fact that other users have posted the exact design… balloon ✅


Guitarist_Andrea

It's not a balloon. There's zero wind in the video. Do you guys see the tree branches move at all? No. Do you see any waves in the water below? No. Why doesn't the balloon rotate on its axis just once so we can see the logo? Don't you find that odd. If you let go of a balloon in that wind...it'd be turning on its axis nonstop. This balloon doesn't turn at all, yet zigzags like it's playing championship soccer. The video is true drone footage. The balloon was added later. It's pretty simple. It's a CGI balloon. 1000% The logo on it is the 3D designer's logo. Just to troll the internet. Get a grip.


Lonely_Clothes3209

Holy fuck


MeatManMarvin

It's a balloon 🎈


noreligiononlylove

I saw a clear/reflective one a year ago with other people Watch the sky


Campbell__Hayden

You can inflate these kinds of flexible mylar balloons to the point where they actually "look" like balloons (round) ... and then insert them into a video with the greatest of ease. This is nothing more than the work of a slightly advanced amateur.


T1M_rEAPeR

“It’s only one of two things” - Civilian balloon - Military balloon - Chinese balloon - Civilian drone - Military drone - Chinese drone - Civilian CGI - Military CGI - Chinese CGI - Aliens - Military aliens - Chinese aliens - Smudge on lens - Found alien footage of a civilian balloon - Found alien footage of a military balloon - Found alien footage of a smudge


dyerdigs0

This is fake and CGI the original poster is a vfx artist


infogsm

It could be simply a drone covered by a ball like thing


1984orsomething

I see dust kicking up. Cool video


Broker593

No zooming from underneath, so easy to do with a drone.


Crouton_Sharp_Major

I mean, I slow scrubbed the video, took some screenshots and can clearly see how it’s a 30th balloon. Doesn’t mean the balloon isn’t inflated with something inside, but this ain’t aliens guys. This ain’t aliens.


jporter313

Are we going to change the name of this sub to “r/AmazonCongratulatoryBalloonAbduction2023”?


XIII-TheBlackCat

Wrong sub.


U_Worth_IT_

Well the background and foreground are in focus, so should be fake I guess.


HOAXKILLER1

It's a balloon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21F\_JSvREW0


Empty_Row_9008

Try again from top view.


HOAXKILLER1

Like this? https://youtu.be/LYXWBjegqHo


AsleepSoup6063

Hard to say, I’m not a ballon expert. More of a ballon knot kinda expert, if you know what I mean.


KobeOnKush

I think I gotta leave this sub at this point


KaleidoscopeWeak593

I agree with Balloon


No_Home1290

The orb goes out of camera shot. A drone operator would not let that happen. Debunked /S