The “Baghdad Phantom UAP” - Published by Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp

Yesterday Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp dropped 6 images of a suspected UAP filmed from a US Reaper drone over Baghdad, Iraq last year.

Corbell and Knapp released the images on their podcast stating the imags are from a 7 second video , John Greenewald has helpfully stitched them together so we kinda get impression of the object's movement.

DATE / TIME – 14 May 2022

LOCATION – These 6 images (and footage) were taken north of the city of Baghdad, Iraq.

DURATION – The video is 7 seconds long. The “cylindrical” UAP labeled THE BAGHDAD PHANTOM UAP is seen in transit “under intelligent control – in controlled flight” moving in a stable lateral direction across the video (from left to right from the viewers perspective).

IMAGING TYPE – Thermographic / Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR)

RECONNAISSANCE CRAFT – US Air Force / Reaper Drone

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

The filming of THE BAGHDAD PHANTOM UAP was NOT an isolated UAP event in the area during this 24 hour period.

UAP consisting of various shapes were filmed during this UAP event series.

Corroborative data from multiple types of sensor data were used to document these UAP events – including THERMAL & RADAR.
www.theblackvault.com...

Have to say it looks like a rocket to me.

I have a hard time accepting any information from the TTSA people, especially Lonzo and DeLonge.

a reply to: gortex

Cylindrical in shape…….rounded ends?


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Wouldn’t be a first.

originally posted by: Ophiuchus1
a reply to: gortex

Cylindrical in shape…….rounded ends?

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As an aerospace engineer, I should add that the object is flying in a stable orientation, with its long axis parallel to the direction of flight. A cylinder with rounded ends is not aerodynamically stable in that orientation. It can and will turn sideways, rotate, and tumble. That’s why bullets are spin stabilized and why rockets have pointy noses and tail fins—to keep them pointed forward.

This object had some kind of internal stabilization system

a reply to: gortex

If it hasn't been said yet.
It is suggested it may be a Tomahawk Cruise Missile, this being a warzone.

a reply to: gortex

Does anyone else think that there is an attitude change with that object? In the next to last frame the angle seems to change. I know the background shifts, but there seems to be a shift in the object that doesn’t match the background shift.

a reply to: Bigburgh
Were we launching cruise missiles in Iraq in May of 2022? I don’t know, but I am not aware of the US using those weapons at that date.

a reply to: Bigburgh

That makes too much sense.

a reply to: butcherguy

Good point, good point... Not to my knowledge.

But you never know with Iran, Syria and Israel around.

a reply to: gortex

Here's another thing to think about. If you look at the images on the Black Vault site, you can read the data off the Reaper's image screen. The slant range to the target is 12.8 miles, which equals about 67,500 ft. The normal operational altitude of the reaper is 25,000 ft. That means that the Reaper is looking down at the target at a depression angle of about 68 degrees from the horizontal. Cruise missiles have to have wings in order to fly long distances. The wing span of the Tomahawk is 2.67 meters. If the Tomahawk was flying wings level--which it would have to do in order to fly a straight course--the apparent wing span would appear to be about 1 meter because of the depression angle. The Tomahawk body diameter is about .5 meters, so the wings would be visible sticking out from the body. The only way this could be an image of a Tomahawk missile is if it just happened to be banked 68 degrees so that the wing span of the missile was pointed straight at the camera. In that case it would be turning very sharply and not flying a straight course.

a reply to: 1947boomer
Sounds logical. I am glad you looked at the site. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

a reply to: 1947boomer

Great observations and I'm glad someone went out and did the math! Although I have a quick correction to make. The Reaper is flying at 20,086 HAT (Height Above Terrain, top right corner of screen) and the SLR (slant range) is 12.82 KM, not M (so, 42,060 ft). This results in a viewing angle of about 61 degrees. Still fairly steep of course, and a Tomahawk's wings would probably still be visible. That said, the image is pretty fuzzy.

ETA: it does look like it's turning a little at the end (right turn) but it's hard to say. I'd still call it a fairly straight path from what I can see.

I'm skeptical.

There are artifacts in the image where you can see the outline of the object trailing behind it several times in each shot.

that footage looks like it was filmed in "slow video" mode at a very low frame rate (like 9fps) which would produce artifacts like that maybe to save onboard memory of the camera the drone was using. Especially if it was transferred and edited incorrectly after the fact to a higher frame rate setting.

The object likely is not long and cylindrical but appears stretched out due to the way the drone was recording.

Its probably a munition streaking its way to a target the drone is filming briefly or coincidentally.

Just a Bassplyr theory.

a reply to: 1947boomer

As an aerospace engineer, I should add that the object is flying in a stable orientation, with its long axis parallel to the direction of flight.

I appreciate your expertise. However, how can you deduce this from only six frames of footage?

I think BigBurg has got this one wrapped.

originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: Bigburgh
Were we launching cruise missiles in Iraq in May of 2022? I don’t know, but I am not aware of the US using those weapons at that date.

Didn’t you hear? Afghanistan and god only knows who else, has had US military equipment since August of 2021.

originally posted by: wavelength
a reply to: 1947boomer

Great observations and I'm glad someone went out and did the math! Although I have a quick correction to make. The Reaper is flying at 20,086 HAT (Height Above Terrain, top right corner of screen) and the SLR (slant range) is 12.82 KM, not M (so, 42,060 ft). This results in a viewing angle of about 61 degrees. Still fairly steep of course, and a Tomahawk's wings would probably still be visible. That said, the image is pretty fuzzy.

ETA: it does look like it's turning a little at the end (right turn) but it's hard to say. I'd still call it a fairly straight path from what I can see.

You’re right. I didn’t see that HAT part of the frame and misread the KM as Miles, for some reason. Always good to have someone check the math.

a reply to: gortex

These "submarine" "cigar" shaped UAPs are becoming more and more frequent as time goes on. Wonder if they are ours or someone else's....?

-SAP-

Why don’t we just name it a Flying Pretzel Stick (FPS)…….and call it a day?



Damn…..I’m hungry now…..

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