Description

Analysis of the recently released Antioquia footage

I imported the video into After Effects and stabilized it as much as I could, a task that is made quite difficult by the fact that the picture repeatedly jumps and blurs as the person zooms in and out.

A couple of observations:

1. The first several times I watched the video, I completely failed to note that at the very beginning of the video, the object can be seen traveling right-to-left across the screen. It is wayyyyy in the distance and very small, but it's definitely there.
2. The object appears to STOP its movement abruptly at the end of this right-to-left passage (though unfortunately, this happens just before the picture goes blurry again and the object is completely lost). There is also a possible indication of brief *reverse* motion for a couple of frames following the stop. However, both the abrupt stop and apparent reversal may simply be artifacts of video compression. Difficult to say.
3. The camera goes blurry and the object is not visible for a brief period. It soon re-emerges, now traveling toward the plane (no longer moving right-to-left).
4. Shortly after the object flies past the cockpit and out of the frame, another dark object can be seen briefly speeding away. I completely missed this until I had the video in the editor. Curious what people make of this. Could the object have turned abruptly and sped off and away? Is it a bird? Something else? I am not knowledgeable enough about what kind of things might be zipping around up there at the altitude and speed this plane was traveling.

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Takeaway: At first glance, it looks like the object changes direction to fly toward the plane. However, it may be that the object was flying in a straight line the whole time and the apparent change was simply due to the plane altering its position. I simply don't know enough to make that call.

Thought the observations were worth sharing. Curious what conclusions others draw.