LA jet pack guy captured on video (opens in new tab)

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33 pointscaballeto5y ago10 comments

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Red Alert called it! https://cnc.fandom.com/wiki/Rocketeer

Can we get some snoops to do super-resolution? I'm sure there's some clever way to combine multiple frames and de-convolve the blur...

sandworm1015y ago

Difficult from a moving camera. The perspective on the target changes too rapidly for each subsiquent frame to contribute much to the last.

benguild5y ago

Yeah this is super easy to do in After Effects

alexpc2015y ago

Swamp gas.

sys_647385y ago

A weather balloon?

nopriorarrests5y ago

Maybe my mind playing tricks on me, but it seems to me this object is human-shaped with something attached on his back (jet-pack?)

mannykannot5y ago

I imagine you could dummy-up a person with a jetpack by starting with balloons stuffed into a tyvek suit.

This was on 21/21, and surface winds at LAX were from the East until noon - though a balloon/drone combination would not be at the mercy of light winds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nNBRShBVVM

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rurban5y ago

Didn't you recognize Elon? Now you only have to catch him in South Texas and it's obvious

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