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Wednesday, 10 February 2021

Unknown object captured by Helicopter FLIR "heat" camera over San Clemente Island, California, 8 Feb 2021

This video was recorded from a phone of a sailor on a H60 Romeo Helicopters' Forward Looking Infra-Red camera, known as a FLIR. FLIR cameras are typically used on military and civilian aircraft, use a thermographic camera that senses infrared heat radiation. 


 

The helicopter was grounded off of San Clemente Island, California on a 2 week training event. They were doing routine maintenance after shutdown for all flights when they saw the lights. There seems to be 2 balls of light in the distance, and when the FLIR locks on it speeds away so fast the FLIR can't keep up with it apparently.


 


Over the years, many eyewitnesses from the Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard have reported strange UFO activity off the California's southern coast, especially the area around the islands San Clemente and Catalina and now once again UFO activity has been recorded and this time over Clemente Island.

Analysis

The video shows 2 bright round "heat" objects. The image is similar to that obtained from looking at the rear of an aircraft, with the 2 bright objects being the result of heat from engine exhausts. It is slightly odd however that we cannot make out any other aircraft features or the exhaust plume, but this could be due to the range of the object with only the most extreme heat signature observable. 

If the video was taken by a ground technician and not a trained FLIR operator, then they may easily mistake the mundane for unusual. They may also be unfamiliar with all the FLIR systems controls and so were unable to obtain a clearer image.

Conclusion - probably a jet aircraft.

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