Okay but even if I'm off by 10K feet, it still can't be a Mylar party balloon like everyone is saying. It's physically impossible for a Mylar balloon of this type to rise that high.We don't know the altitude at which the photo was taken. 35k ft is only an estimate that could be off by +/- 10k ft.
You've confused latex balloons with Mylar balloons. Latex balloons can rise to 35K feet because a latex balloon expands as it rises, lowering the density and allowing it to climb higher.But here is some info about the maximum altitude helium balloons can reach:
How High Can a Helium Balloon Go Before it Pops?
From the above article maximum altitude for helium balloons is 30k ft, which is inside the estimate error.
I guess if we do not see a photo of a UFO at 20 feet away clear and in focus, the rest will always be a balloon or a seagull...Think of how difficult it would of been for the pilot to capture that photo on his cell phone whilst travelling at about 500 mph...
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Okay I'm seeing quotes like these in the rag/press media, but they're not providing any verifiable source information:
"As per sources, the photo was captured by a military pilot from her mobile phone’s camera when it was hovering 30,000-35,000 feet above the ocean."
Leaked Pentagon Photo Seems to Capture a UFO. Is it Real This Time?
"The photo was previously described as depicting an 'unidentified silver 'cube-shaped' object' hovering over the ocean at an altitude of roughly 30,000 to 35,000."
Leaked photo from Pentagon UFO task force shows silver cube hovering over the Atlantic | Daily Mail Online
"The three officials told The Debrief that based on the picture the mystery 'cube' appeared to be flying at 30,000 to 35,000 feet and was roughly 1,000 feet from the fighter jet." [Note: there's no altitude information in The Debrief article about this photo]
Leaked Pentagon UFO reports reveal photo of mystery 'silver cube' over Atlantic
That seems to be the futility in Ufology, and ive long since come to accept that its not really here to prove this, at best we can have is potential hints or prescience of thing to come. The chase for proof is not possible with what we have, lacking most of the support and funding. Because the burden of proof is set so high, the only proof will come when or if the potential visitors decide to initiate contact, or government spills what it has(unlikely). Pics or video will always be explained away whether deservedly or undeservedly, especially if they continue to be at this quality.
Hi Nivek, I hear what you are saying and what Thomas is saying about the altitude being far too high for a mylar balloon, and wouldn't argue with either of your qualms against the 'mylar balloon identification' , which as you know has also always been a personal bugbear of mine also, but in this particular incident, and it may just be an unreasonable-failing of my own... but something at the back of my mind was telling me that there was just something a little 'off' about this whole story. ... it's not just the usual tediously-oblique nature of this 'new-smuggled-revelation', but also it didn't take long to find Jason Gleaves' response to the picture, ... and not to put too fine a point on it, this picture immediately sealed the deal for me to say that I was [and am] pretty certain that what I was looking at was in fact the Mylar balloon of no other than Batman himself....If we had a clear in focus photo of a UFO it would be explained away as cgi by many too...Some people won't be satisfied until a UFO lands in Times Square and aliens come out of it for all to see...If that ever happens I would be more worried than satisfied...
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edit here because I ran out of time .. just add that I forgot to mention that this picture isn't even new is it.... it was posted on twitter back on May 12th by Blake S Taylor ... Blake S. Taylor Investigations on Twitter: "#ufotwitter #paranormaltwitter https://t.co/LlIFEk3wVf" / TwitterHi Nivek, I hear what you are saying and what Thomas is saying about the altitude being far too high for a mylar balloon, and wouldn't argue with either of your qualms against the 'mylar balloon identification' , which as you know has also always been a personal bugbear of mine also, but in this particular incident, and it may just be an unreasonable-failing of my own... but something at the back of my mind was telling me that there was just something a little 'off' about this whole story. ... it's not just the usual tediously-oblique nature of this 'new-smuggled-revelation', but also it didn't take long to find Jason Gleaves' response to the picture, ... and not to put too fine a point on it, this picture immediately sealed the deal for me to say that I was [and am] pretty certain that what I was looking at was in fact the Mylar balloon of no other than Batman himself....
... and as Thomas and yourself pointed out that mylar balloons cannot ascend to such lofty heights, I did a little checking and found this Test of Toy Balloons Performed For Federal Department of Aviation
Balloon Study (balloonhq.com)
...which seems to validate your claims that it could not be a naturally occurring 'toy balloon event' at that height! ... though this test paper comes from 28 years ago... and I suppose that manufacturing of these things could have vastly improved in that time and the limit 'could possibly have tripled?.. enough to allow the balloon identity ... I really don't know mate? ... but as I say, even if not.. the feasibility of the 'Batman Balloon' judging solely by the picture above is too great for me to deny, and I suspect that this whole saga has been intentionally created to cause a bit of a stir in the UFO community with the intention to demonstrate just how gullible folk like us are! ... Of course that's just my present opinion and could well be wrong! ... who knows? perhaps i'm just being overly obtuse and cynical!
Cheers Buddy.
edit here because I ran out of time .. just add that I forgot to mention that this picture isn't even new is it.... it was posted on twitter back on May 12th by Blake S Taylor ... Blake S. Taylor Investigations on Twitter: "#ufotwitter #paranormaltwitter https://t.co/LlIFEk3wVf" / Twitter
... so what's going on ??
Cheers Buddy.