Description

I grabbed the four shaky cell‑cam clips from the NAFO Twitter thread and ran them through basic stabilization so we can actually see what’s going on. This is said to be a Russian Mi‑8/17‑type helicopter? Multiple OSINT outlets are now saying: air‑defence gunners near Naro‑Fominsk almost nailed their *own* ride during a 48‑drone alert. Links below—rip them apart and tell me what I missed.

Links (in the order you’ll probably want them)

* Original r/UFOs discussion – the post that kicked this off https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1jwgs8v/terrified\_russian\_tr… (https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1jwgs8v/terrified_russian_troo…)
* Source tweet with the 4 raw clips (all pulled from Telegram mirrors) https://x.com/Bricktop\_NAFO/status/1910104860755656728 (https://x.com/Bricktop_NAFO/status/1910104860755656728)
* My stabilized versions (same order as the tweet)*I used yt-dlp &*`Adobe Premiere/After Effects` *with default smoothing, no motion crop.*
* Tabloid take (The Sun) — mostly useful for screenshots https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/34397368/russian-ufo-moscow/ (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/34397368/russian-ufo-moscow/)
* Mainstream/OSINT coverage
* Newsweek — “Russian Air Defense Fires At Mystery Object, May Have Been Own Helicopter” newsweek (https://www.newsweek.com/russia-moscow-drone-helicopter-attack-205786…)
* Euromaidan Press — “Russians fire at their own helicopter near Moscow but miss during Ukrainian air attack” euromaidanpress (https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/10/russians-fire-at-their-own-hel…)
* Defense‑UA — “Mistaken for a drone, Russian helicopter goes down to friendly fire in Moscow” en.defence-ua (https://en.defence-ua.com/news/mistaken_for_a_drone_russian_helicopte…)
* Wikipedia war timeline entry for 9 Apr 2025 (cites several Russian & Ukrainian MoD releases) en.wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukr…)