6/ The public footage is not the original sensor recording. At least some of what has been released consists of a cellphone recording of the AC-130J’s infrared display. That means blur, flicker, apparent shape and motion can all be affected by the secondary recording process, so precise conclusions about size, temperature or acceleration should therefore come from the underlying sensor data and the intelligence report, not from eyeballing the compressed public clip.

4/ The intelligence report says the crew observed around 25 instances of UAP during the flight. The objects were reportedly seen moving at estimated speeds between roughly 250 and 1,300 mph, sometimes in coordinated formations, and in some cases maneuvering aggressively. The report also says they appeared to react to the AC-130J firing its main cannon. When you hear it like that it doesn't just seem like another grainy dot on a screen.

2/ The encounter took place on September 8, 2021. According to the released account, the AC-130J crew dropped a water activated flare into the Gulf of Oman to use as a target, then later slewed the infrared sensor back toward the area. That is when two unidentified objects were reportedly observed hovering roughly 0-20 ft above the water near the flare. They were described as approximately four feet in diameter and as "cold orbs."

🧵THE 'COLD ORBS' OF THE GULF OF OMAN The latest https://t.co/P1ZBOmOHhb UAP release contains a 2021 encounter over the Gulf of Oman involving a U.S. Special Operations Forces AC-130J gunship and objects described in the accompanying intelligence report as "cold orbs." These objects were observed through military EO/IR sensors during an active live fire exercise, but what is a cold orb?👇

The 2021 Gulf of Oman AC-130J UAP Encounter An Open-Ended Examination of the Reported Behavior and the Questions the Released Evidence Cannot Yet Answer