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[Reposted with a better pic & updated links]

I took a trip to the Seattle area two weekends ago and took some pics of Mt. Rainier while I was stopped at a red light. I took 4 burst photos on my iPhone 15 and put my phone back down. But when I finally sat down to look at them I noticed an object on the left hand side of my last picture. Luckily, the pic was a Live Photo. I was able to zoom in and put some basic filters on it to enhance the object (attached photo)

In the 2 sec video you can see something fly at a very high speed from the left side of the mountain range to the middle of the screen before I put my phone down.

Original Video: https://imgur.com/a/X3H2AiF

I slowed the video down to 1/8x play speed, you can clearly see it barely make it over the left side of the mountain range and rise up to the left shoulder of the peak until I put my phone down.

Slo Mo Video: https://imgur.com/a/ycfBpP5

In general, it seems too large and too far to be a bug, too fast to be a plane or bird, and clearly moves across the screen so it doesn’t seem like a camera artifact. I’m open to any and all analysis. Initial feedback from my first post said it’s a bird. I know some Falcons in the area can descend at ~190mph but I haven’t come across any that can glide at that speed. Also keep in mind, I was filming this from Kent, WA which is 66 miles from the mountain.