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Explained: "Go Fast" UFO Video - Not Low and Not Fast - Like a Balloon!

Mick West · explainer · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Mick West analyzes the Navy "Go Fast" UFO footage and shows with simple trigonometry and the data overlay that the object is slow and high up, consistent with a balloon. He explains how parallax makes it look fast and argues the original TV claims were wrong.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters repeatedly cite it as a checkable, math-based debunking of the famous UFO clips whenever UAP stories come up.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “See for yourself. This is the most clear case of misidentification.”

    Step-by-step instrument reading shows misidentification; checkable with middle school geometry.

    simonh, 2023-02 · Strong recommendation · in “As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)”

  2. “It’s literally just trigonometry using numbers displayed in the video itself.”

    Computes object speed from numbers displayed in the video itself.

    jonathankoren, 2019-09 · Recommendation · in “Tom Delonge’s UFO Research Center Is Making Politicians Demand Answers”

  3. “I don't see any wiggle room around what he lays out”

    Explains the object is balloon-sized, moving at wind speed; parallax creates fast look.

    catalogia, 2020-04 · Recommendation · in “Pentagon officially releases UFO videos [video]”

  4. “here's an in-depth explanation by someone who actually did the math”

    In-depth math showing the object is a balloon drifting in wind.

    CydeWeys, 2020-05 · Recommendation · in “The US Navy Admits UFO Videos Are Real”

  5. “the appearance of the "fast movement" is actually due to the plane speed, not the speed of the object observed”

    Shows apparent fast movement comes from plane speed, not the object.

    acqq, 2020-05 · Recommendation · in “Japan to Draw Up UFO Encounter Protocols After U.S. Footage”

  6. “an object flying at roughly wind-speed at about 12000 feet.”

    Shows Go Fast object flying near wind speed at about 12000 feet.

    herbstein, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “Pentagon Downed Object over Alaska, Officials Say”

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Topics: go fast, parallax, trigonometry, uap, skepticism

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