For your consideration: Small white speck UFO in St Louis, MO area

Someone I know posted this on Facebook this morning, then decided to put it on YouTube to get some more eyes on it. A small white dot near the crane appears, hovers around, then zips off screen. I have no reason to believe this person even has the capability of faking this footage. What say you, ATS? He speculated it may have been a police drone, but I'm not certain.

a reply to: AshOnMyTomatoes

Looky here Ash, look like we got ourself what we call uh genuine, bonafide aerial vehicle of unknown origin!

S n F

That is hard to see. After whatever it was takes a dive, I lose sight of it. Not sure what that is....

originally posted by: data5091
That is hard to see. After whatever it was takes a dive, I lose sight of it. Not sure what that is....

...but it is definitely interesting. I suppose it could end up being a bird or a bug, scale is pretty hard to ascertain.

With something apparently that small you can't do anything with it. On the Hynek Scale it would be classified as a "Daylight Disk" and the "disk" part is questionable. I've looked at the vid twice, once at full screen, and I can''t even see it.

a reply to: schuyler

Its gone by the end of the vid, but its a small white blob near the middle of the screen when the crane is in view.

originally posted by: schuyler
With something apparently that small you can't do anything with it. On the Hynek Scale it would be classified as a "Daylight Disk" and the "disk" part is questionable. I've looked at the vid twice, once at full screen, and I can''t even see it.

Its quite hard to discern, appears to almost "phase" in and out of the optical, and at one point darts in a direction at an incredibly high rate after having been stationary.

a reply to: CreationBro

yes. The "dart" is interesting.

Hard to get any information on these little critters.

originally posted by: Blue Shift
Hard to get any information on these little critters.

Oh....


Mein....


GOTT!

a reply to: CreationBro

Stuff falls out of space.
I have seen UFO's perform bizarre maneuvers, but there isn't much to go by here.

a reply to: AshOnMyTomatoes

First of all I dont think it's anywhere near the crane it's line of sight nothing more, and is more likely a bird.

originally posted by: CreationBro

originally posted by: schuyler
With something apparently that small you can't do anything with it. On the Hynek Scale it would be classified as a "Daylight Disk" and the "disk" part is questionable. I've looked at the vid twice, once at full screen, and I can''t even see it.

Its quite hard to discern, appears to almost "phase" in and out of the optical, and at one point darts in a direction at an incredibly high rate after having been stationary.

Light & contrast limited by the camera phone judging by the vertical video.

originally posted by: wmd_2008
First of all I dont think it's anywhere near the crane it's line of sight nothing more, and is more likely a bird.

Probably. Gliding up a thermal and then zipping away. No wing flap noticeable because those gliding birds don't need to flap much. Missouri is a little far from the ocean, so it's probably not a seagull. But it is spring. Lots of migrating birds heading back north.

Falling objects can take irregular trajectories. Unknown, yes. Anything to be concerned about? Nah.