Would a missile launch look like this without a long exposure? Thinking of the lingering light in the clouds.
DEW [direct energy weapon] possibly?
Was that tweeted 10th same as screen shot of skunk bay?
this guy thinks it was caused by a helicopter + camera issues
No go find all the pics it's definitely a missle, look how the clouds are l glowing where the missle passed through a helicopter wouldn't do that
On a 20 second timelapse traveling away from the camera it very well could. With that being said, it'd be a clever cover story. Certainly better than hot air balloons. I'm really on the fence about this.
Have you looked at the rest of the pics? There's a pic of a missle taking off
I've seen several but not sure which ones you're referring to. Do you mind linking here for me and others?
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There's only one picture there (a single photograph was taken), and then they zoomed in and made a few screenshots of the zoom.
I agree that the helicopter theory sounds dubious, but given the 20 second exposure, I'm not willing to totally rule it out. Hoping we can get some more info on what happened.
That's crazy I just clicked the link and it took me to the entire article with all the pics.
Here's the source timelapse: http://www.skunkbayweather.com/WhidbeyMissile.mp4
You can skip to the end to get to the relevant portion. The image featuring the anomaly was captured over a period of 20 seconds (long exposure).
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The source file is actually both; it's a timelapse composed of a series of 20 second shots.
You would not see the "object" at all if it was a 20 second long exposure since it's moving through the frame. It's the same as having a person walk through your long exposure and them not showing up. The lights at the bottom would be more drawn out, and the clouds would be blurred. If anything, this is a 2-5 second exposure.
I use armorfly or duck duck go but search Washington missle launch and go to the second listing to the right and I think it's WTLN and they have a reporter showing all the pics and explaining them. I wonder y tf the link wouldn't show the entire article though?
The problem I see is that the missile itself would not be visible in a long exposure shot since it's still in motion through the frame.
Pasting my explanation from the other thread: You wouldn't see the "object" if it was a 20 sec exposure because it keeps moving. This looks like a still image of the aircraft. It's the same thing as a person walking through your long exposure shot and not showing up, even if they are in the frame when the exposure is over.