A citizen of Mikhailovka settlement, Primorye Territory, Russian Far East, claims he filmed a UFO which was hovering for about two hours there. What do you think? Have you seen anything similar? Is it real or fake?

Thor said:What I find most difficult to explain is the fact that the object is perfectly circular. For something to appear so circular when filmed from a distance, it would almost have to be "on its side". The edges seem quite pronounced. To be honest, my first thought was that it looks like some kind of golden coin dangling from a thread. However, that doesn't explain how the light is being shone on it![]()
mkrnhr said:There is nothing that shows that the object was moving in any unusual way. The movement comes from the camera. As for the "object", it's a slightly unfocused star with high magnification. The concentric patterns are due to the camera objective and the variations in intensity are due to atmospheric refraction.
mkrnhr said:There is nothing that shows that the object was moving in any unusual way. The movement comes from the camera. As for the "object", it's a slightly unfocused star with high magnification. The concentric patterns are due to the camera objective and the variations in intensity are due to atmospheric refraction.

Only when they are poorly focused, and eventually with non-adapted optics in extreme magnifications.Siberia said:Thank you, mkrnhr! I didn't know that stars look like this when on camera.![]()
You can verify which stars are in your sky with a free, and very simple to use called stellarium _http://www.stellarium.org . Sirius is very bright (in fact it's the brightest star in the sky) but others can be bright as well. Actually Venus in the evening sky is brights, as well as Jupiter.Seaniebawn said:Yeah there is a bright star I can see here in the summer, that's fairly low on the horizon at night, I think it might be sirius that shines like the object in the video it look's very similar.
mkrnhr said:You can verify which stars are in your sky with a free, and very simple to use called stellarium _http://www.stellarium.org . Sirius is very bright (in fact it's the brightest star in the sky) but others can be bright as well. Actually Venus in the evening sky is brights, as well as Jupiter.Seaniebawn said:Yeah there is a bright star I can see here in the summer, that's fairly low on the horizon at night, I think it might be sirius that shines like the object in the video it look's very similar.