Another debunk Mick West got wrong.
lol did you even read the report???
AARO could not determine the object’s size due to the video’s low resolution and the range from
the sensor to the object. However, pixel analysis (a method of measuring an object’s size based
on pixels relative to an object known dimensions) by AARO’s Intelligence Community partner
suggested the object was one meter or less in size - comparable to a small drone or bird.
It's also nice to be proven right:
Considerations of Parallax Effect
When the F/A-18 is flying into a headwind as shown in Figure 16, it and the UAP would be
moving in opposite directions. In the case with no wind, the UAP is moving in the same
direction as the F/A-18 albeit much slower. This situation is illustrated in Figure 20. On the left
of Figure 20 shows a side view of the event with no wind and on the right the event considering a
headwind. For each, the dashed arrows show the UAP starting and stopping points projected to
the surface. The distance between these two points (red arrows) is the perceived distance the
UAP traveled due to parallax. The longer the projected distance (red arrow) compared to the
actual distance traveled (black arrow) at 3,962 m causes the perceived high speed of the UAP in
the video. With a headwind and the UAP going in the opposite direction of the F/A-18, this
affect is amplified and the UAP speed appears much faster leading to higher likelihood of
misinterpretation.
And to finish:
AARO has high confidence that the
UAP did not exhibit anomalous or even exceptional behavior.
Whole thing was a total non-event, blown out of all proportions.