UAP Sensor Analysis
The PURSUE clips cannot establish extraordinary speed
A technical review of all 112 released sensor videos finds that missing range, aircraft-motion, and camera-geometry data block reliable velocity estimates.
Briefed September 1, 2026 · Aliens in the Clouds
Preprint · Quantitative Limits Confirmed · Objects Unidentified
Jacob Haqq-Misra and Ravi Kopparapu reviewed all 112 airborne sensor videos released through PURSUE and cataloged what each clip makes measurable. Pixels can show image motion, but converting that motion into physical speed also requires the object's range, the observing aircraft's velocity, the viewing angle, and the camera's angular scale. No released clip contains that complete set.
The ambiguity cuts both ways. In DOW-UAP-PR113, the visible markings permit a field-of-view estimate, but an unknown range leaves the object compatible with a nearby bird or a much larger, faster craft. In DOW-UAP-PR149, a ship provides scale and supports an upper bound near Mach 0.4 if the object is no farther away than the vessel. The paper cannot identify either object and remains an unreviewed preprint; it shows why unredacted telemetry or correlated radar is essential.
Why it matters
It replaces arguments from apparent screen speed with a transparent accounting of which variables are present, absent, or only assumed—and gives agencies a precise list of data needed for independent analysis.
What the source establishes
Confirmed current v2 preprint and 112-video review. The analysis finds that the public clips neither demonstrate nor exclude anomalous kinematics; peer review remains pending.
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