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Originally Posted by DownInFlames
Flares are bright white. Jets are grey to blend in with the clouds. You know, camouflage.
You’re assuming the camera is close enough to see jets. As I mentioned the lights could be magnified by a small aperture, making them look closer than they are.
Flares are the only thing I’ve seen any evidence for, good or bad as it may be. They might be UAVs flying in formation but I don’t see any proof. I’m open to any facts people want to bring to the discussion.
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Jets are grey to blend into their environment, but once they do something, like dropping a flare, they are very easy to see and track, especially on a background like the one in the video. Like the other posters have stated, these are trained observers and they are very likely to know how to pick out aircraft, especially those dropping flares. Once the flare is released they stand out like a sore thumb because of their brightness and the smoke trail they leave behind.
I fail to see how a small aperture would impact the magnification of the flares or objects around them? The aperture is a mechanism for controlling light and affecting the depth of field. Any zoom capability would be from the lens, and would then affect everything in the image. If it made the flare larger it would also make the jet that much larger. If the aperture were more open to make the lights more visible the same condition would apply to the plane.
Occam's Razor provides the most simple answer to questions, but is also easily crushed b follow up questions. Why would multiple planes, not visible to the camera or the trained observers, be dropping flares at 25,000+ feet? Why would those flares all behave in the exact same way when they are very susceptible to wind currents and jet wash turbulence?