LA jet pack guy captured on video

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Post by caballeto » Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 2:16 PM UTC

LA jet pack guy captured on video
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Re: LA jet pack guy captured on video

#2

Post by raptortech » Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 2:56 PM UTC

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...

Re: LA jet pack guy captured on video

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Post by benguild » Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 3:24 PM UTC

raptortech wrote: post #2

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...

Yeah this is super easy to do in After Effects

Re: LA jet pack guy captured on video

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Post by sys_64738 » Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 3:26 PM UTC

A weather balloon?

Re: LA jet pack guy captured on video

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Post by nopriorarrests » Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 3:49 PM UTC

sys_64738 wrote: post #4

A weather balloon?

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?)

Re: LA jet pack guy captured on video

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 3:55 PM UTC

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Re: LA jet pack guy captured on video

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Post by sandworm101 » Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 4:02 PM UTC

raptortech wrote: post #2

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...

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

Re: LA jet pack guy captured on video

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Post by rguzman » Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 4:03 PM UTC

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

Re: LA jet pack guy captured on video

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Post by mannykannot » Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 4:22 PM UTC

nopriorarrests wrote: post #5

sys_64738 wrote: post #4

A weather balloon?

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?)

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

Re: LA jet pack guy captured on video

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Post by klyrs » Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 7:51 PM UTC

mannykannot wrote: post #9

nopriorarrests wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?)

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

Yeah, that's what it looks like to me. The posture looks pretty unnatural and the "pack" is ridiculously small given the altitude it's been spotted at.