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I have seen many discussions about the camera mount on this predator drone and why it can see both the front of the drone and the underside of the wing. I don't think we are seeing the front of a predator drone as the camera is obviously not moving forward in these shots. The camera is looking directly right in relation to the motion of its mount.

I know nothing about planes so I don't know if the mounts I drew are realistic. I just wanted to see if I could use two identical shapes to recreate what we were perceiving as a nose cone, and I could. I do believe FLIR would make two shapes appear as one considering it does not capture any shadows, but only heat signatures.

After I drew these shapes, I realized we may be looking from the left wing of the drone, across the underside of the drone, and the shape we see on the left of our video is actually the back of something mounted beneath the right wing. Would love to hear everyone's thoughts.

Edit: I should have specified in the gif that these are the backs of the mounts, not the fronts