Chilean officials can’t identify a strange IR signal seen by its Navy

Re:Chilean officials can’t identify a strange IR signal seen... by lobster_johnson on Saturday January 07, 2017 @05:57PM (#13347175)

All this discussion about it being another aircraft ignores the fact that this was by all reports an experienced crew who must have seen plenty of airplanes at a distance before and know whether they would be looking at one. Conversely, if this were a green crew with little experience with the FLIR infrared equipment who wouldn't necessarily recognize another plane, why would the Chilean military consider this to be a mystery at all?

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Re:Chilean officials can’t identify a strange IR signal seen... by drawnwren on Saturday January 07, 2017 @09:12PM (#13347849)

I happen to be a very experienced FLIR analyst, and I've looked at this video: all you can tell at this range and resolution is that there is a hot thing there moving at a constant speed. There really isn't much magic to analyzing these videos, they're either black or white hot and usually don't provide as much information as we would like to think they do.

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