FLIR1 = distant-jet / IR-glare analysis (Mick West).

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Skeptical reading that the FLIR1 Tic-Tac IR signature is consistent with a distant aircraft; absent slant range, the apparent extreme motion is unconstrained and not necessarily anomalous.

West argues FLIR1 alone proves little: the IR blob is consistent with a far-off jet, and because the clip lacks laser/radar range the implied velocities and accelerations are not pinned down - small changes in assumed distance swing the derived kinematics enormously. This is the weakest-resolved skeptical claim (it is a plausibility argument, not a closed solution), and it does not address Fravor's separate visual account or the radar tracks.

Connected entities

FLIR1 / Nimitz video (2004).Mick West / Metabunk skeptical analysis.