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UFO. Iraq

ID #1674642604
Added Wed, 25/01/2023
Author July N.
Sources
Phenomena
Status
Investigation

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
16.04.2016
Location: 
Мосул
Iraq

This photo of a strange flying object was taken over the Iraqi city of Mosul back in 2016 by an American reconnaissance aircraft.

Just the other day, this picture fell into the hands of the famous ufologist Jeremy Corbell and was published in his video podcast on Youtube. Corbell has repeatedly published "merged" UFO videos made by the US military.

As they say in the video podcast, this is a photo frame from a short video (only a few seconds). The video was shot on April 16, 2016. The object looks like a sphere with a metallic sheen, and it's definitely not some kind of drone, a Chinese flashlight or a balloon that flew away from a child - typical assumptions of skeptics.

Original news

This photo of a strange flying object was taken over the Iraqi city of Mosul back in 2016 by a US reconnaissance aircraft.

Only the other day, this picture fell into the hands of the famous ufologist Jeremy Corbell and was published in his video podcast on Youtube. Corbell has repeatedly published “leaked” UFO videos by the US military.

As stated in the video podcast, this photo is a snapshot from a short video (only a few seconds). The video was filmed on April 16, 2016. The object looks like a sphere with a metallic sheen, and it’s definitely not some kind of drone, a Chinese lantern, or a balloon that has flown away from a child – typical assumptions of skeptics.

Journalists write that a UFO flying around where the US military operates has raised US Department of Defense safety concerns, and military officials are concerned that it could endanger their pilots and ground troops.

Although the frame from the video itself was not classified, this video was part of a secret briefing prepared by the Pentagon Unidentified Air Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF), so that is probably why the video was not released by Corbell.

At the briefing, it was said that the metal ball was moving over the city from south to north and was going smoothly, not assuming a decrease. At the same time, the ball flew very close to the spy plane.

An intelligence source with operational knowledge of the footage said it was filmed using “FMV [full motion video] DGS-1”, implying that the aircraft’s sensors were picking up infrared and other data when the UFO was filmed.

Also, the officials who collected the video of the briefing believe that this “sphere” was under reasonable control.

An intelligence source said the footage was sent to Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia, USA, where imaging and signal intelligence experts reviewed it for United States Central Command (CENTCOM).

Despite the fact that these experts analyzed and studied the video for more than six years, the incident remained unexplained.

Recently, the US Director of National Intelligence published a report , according to which they reviewed 510 UFO reports in the past 2022, which is three times more than in 2021. Moreover, most of these reports came from the military.

Hypotheses

List of versions containing features matching the eyewitness descriptions or material evidence

Balloons and balls

Balloon — aircraft (balloon), which is used for the flight gas, which is lighter than air.

Balloons - different sizes and shapes size toy, often made of latex. Is inflated with air or other gas. If the gas is lighter than air, the ball gains the ability to fly. The photo looks like a small dot. The colors and the opacity depends on the texture and color of the ball.

Капля (или загрязнение) на объективе или стекле

Often it's a small point on the photos, like hovering metal ball. At least - this is quite a big blur. Color, brightness and the presence of a highlight depends on the color of the reflected light source, background shooting and drop form.

Shape, color and density of pollution may vary depending on the source of the contamination and its nature. This can be as a desired pattern on the glass, and random.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»

Investigation

Versions testing, their confirmation or refutation. Additional information, notes during the study of materials

Based on the defocusing of the object, it is not very far from the camera, so it is not very large. We can assume that this is, for example, a balloon.

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