Closer look at a witness submitted video: Case 21-021 AN 1

A new witness submitted video has us scratching our heads. This was shot on an ordinary cell phone: an LG G7 Thinq, and was shot in full HD. It was roughly an hour after sunset on 13 May 2021. The 60 fps clip is just under 30 seconds long (1786 frames). The camera was oriented toward the southeast. We have interviewed the first witness, who shot the video. The total duration of the event he describes was about 5 hours.

We still don’t know how to interpret what we are seeing here, and haven’t completely ruled out sensor defects, or possibly a strong magnetic field. Some more tests are required with the camera in question. We are also hoping to speak to a second witness.

If you were in or around Pueblo, Colorado on the night of 13th of May, and saw anything unusual in the sky, please contact us as soon as possible: https://reportaufo.org.

Case 20-030: looking for a smoke trail.

Is the video submitted for Case 20-030 an atmosphere-skimming fireball? If it is, we could reasonably expect to see a smoke trail. The great daylight fireball of 1972 left a smoke trail hundreds of miles long that lingered in the air for several minutes.

However, this video was shot on a moonless night, and it might be hard to see a smoke trail. This video explains how we went looking a sign of it. Nothing conclusive was found.