
Mick West
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Mick West
PersonResearcherMick West is a software developer and skeptical investigator known for geometric and sensor-based analyses of prominent military UAP videos.
Mick West is a software developer and skeptical investigator known for geometric and sensor-based analyses of prominent military UAP videos.
Mick West is a British-American software developer and former video-game programmer who co-founded the company behind the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series. After retiring from game development, he focused on explaining conspiracy theories, contrails, unusual imagery, and UFO reports through the website Metabunk and the book Escaping the Rabbit Hole.
West’s first major career was in software and video games, where he co-founded Neversoft and worked on technically demanding, visually complex projects. After retiring, he turned sustained attention to online misinformation, aircraft trails, and unusual videos, eventually creating Metabunk as a public forum for collaborative analysis. His background in graphics and programming informed tools that model camera angles, motion, glare, and perspective, allowing arguments about famous clips to be demonstrated rather than left as competing verbal descriptions.
West has produced detailed analyses of military UAP videos including Gimbal, GoFast, and FLIR1. He uses camera geometry, parallax, glare, wind, platform motion, and known sensor behavior to propose conventional interpretations. Pilots and other analysts dispute some assumptions, particularly where range or classified context is unavailable. West’s work is most useful as a set of testable alternatives rather than as an official final determination.
West is a central skeptical voice in sensor evidence and military video. He does not deny that military personnel observed something; he questions what the available footage can establish about motion and origin. His analyses force UAP claims to engage with viewing geometry and instrumentation, making him an important counterweight in a field where dramatic appearance can outrun measurable data.
[Retweeted] @MickWest @kevinconrad222 @TheUfoJoe Simply refusing to engage with the data and evidence is not “disagreeing.” -The downward tilt of the camera falsifies the distant jet *and* the slight upward tilt at the end confirms the close path -UAP doesn’t rotate with bank in stabilized footage (falsifies “rotating glare”) https://t.co/W1krytUu2Y

Another great example of a pilot being convinced he's not seeing Starlink when he's actually seeing Starlink. Northwest of Brussels in October is exactly wher [Quoted] Pilot claims he spotted UFOs moving across sky during ‘seven flights’ https://t.co/mezEWi07ei #ufo #ufos #ufology #ufosightings #ufosighting #ufologist #paranormal #UAP #UAPs #supernatural #ufotwitter #unexplained #uaptwitter #ufoX

[Retweeted] @MickWest @TheUfoJoe Pure nonsense from @MickWest, who refuses to engage when the evidence unambiguously points to an anomaly. For example, his “explanations” for “Gimbal” have been flatly falsified by *data* and *evidence.* (Ditto for, e.g., Omaha, Nellis, Tic Tac, Jackson, White Sands, etc.) https://t.co/Kg7QYhunDR

[Retweeted] ALIEN PHOTOS AND YANKEE BLUE In July 2026, I submitted a number of written questions to former AARO Director Sean Kirkpatrick, as part of my research for an article that I haven't published yet. One of my questions (#1) pertained to photos that a number of people claim to have seen, purportedly depicting recovered non-human vehicles and/or bodies. As an example, I quoted this statement by David Grusch: "I did get access to crash retrieval photos and everything. So I’ve seen the re...

[Retweeted] The Jersey "drone" looks to me like yet another misidentification of a plane. This London-bound easyJet flight appeared to be hovering almost motionless above the airport around 8.15pm on Friday. The first plane diverted about two to three minutes later. https://t.co/Lf3S9FKx3X https://t.co/gHJ5lerKWO
[Retweeted] @MickWest Your “explanations” for the “Gimbal” UAP (your signature debunk) have been irrefutably falsified and there are now countless highly credible reports of black triangles and fiery spheres flying in profoundly perplexing ways, but *THIS* is what you’re spinning out about, @MickWest? https://t.co/Kg7QYhunDR
If Jay Stratton's chapter on the FAA "not using radar" wasn't clear enough, here's him saying "the Federal Aviation Administration stopped using radar to track [Quoted] Jay Stratton has repeatedly made the bizarre claim that the FAA has stopped using radar, and so UAP are invisible to air traffic controllers and hence would pose a navigation hazard if a UAP were to enter controlled airspace. He stated: “The FAA stopped using radar. So the only way they can actually hear UAPs is if they’re squ...
Jay Stratton has repeatedly made the bizarre claim that the FAA has stopped using radar, and so UAP are invisible to air traffic controllers and hence would pose a navigation hazard if a UAP were to enter controlled airspace. He stated: “The FAA stopped using radar. So the only way they can actually hear UAPs is if they’re squawking or only if the pilots see something and say something.” He repeated the claim in more detail in his book, saying that the FAA told him this after he briefed them...

Skepticism means following the evidence. @michaelshermer and @MickWest pick the answer first and work backward. This latest case proves it. They are not trusted [Quoted] Federal agents encountered a large, triangular aircraft earlier this year that zoomed through the sky from a standstill while making no noise or giving off any exhaust, according to new documents released by the Pentagon. https://t.co/tBXZmpoe7C https://t.co/kKSqnGpntx

This is an blatant unfair summation. As I continue to prove many times over, information (including videos) are still withheld due to national security. If it [Quoted] I guess we ran out of UFO videos? Maybe this is all there is. Stuff in the LIZ. https://t.co/ofwRFdK4Gy





