LA jet pack guy captured on video

33 points by caballeto 5 years ago · 11 comments

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rguzman 5 years ago

Can we get some snoops to do super-resolution? I'm sure there's some clever way to combine multiple frames and de-convolve the blur...

sandworm101 5 years ago

Difficult from a moving camera. The perspective on the target changes too rapidly for each subsiquent frame to contribute much to the last.
benguild 5 years ago

Yeah this is super easy to do in After Effects

alexpc201 5 years ago

Swamp gas.

sys_64738 5 years ago

A weather balloon?

nopriorarrests 5 years ago

Maybe my mind playing tricks on me, but it seems to me this object is human-shaped with something attached on his back (jet-pack?)
- mannykannot 5 years ago
  
  I imagine you could dummy-up a person with a jetpack by starting with balloons stuffed into a tyvek suit.
  This was on 21/21, and surface winds at LAX were from the East until noon - though a balloon/drone combination would not be at the mercy of light winds.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nNBRShBVVM
  - klyrs 5 years ago
    
    Yeah, that's what it looks like to me. The posture looks pretty unnatural and the "pack" is ridiculously small given the altitude it's been spotted at.
rurban 5 years ago

Didn't you recognize Elon? Now you only have to catch him in South Texas and it's obvious

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