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LOL No retard. No dimming of sunlight to make it invisible. The sunlight would still be visible in the whole scene if was there. It isn't. No shadows from anything. And there are lights from buildings seen in the distance. Nobody turns lights on in sunlight.

The trees in the foreground are casting a shadow.

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(Aug 5, 2025 12:47 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: [ -> ]

Quote:It's crap video, dipshit. That supposed "disc-shaped" is wing to wing
Many of the birds in that region have darker wingtips and tails.

Nope..wings of birds are very distinctive even from distance. In no way do they look like elongated discs. And show me one large white bird that glides in forested canyon regions on thermals. An albino condor perhaps? lol

Not on crap quality video.
Every large bird utilizes thermals and updrafts to soar, as flapping uses too much energy for a large bird to maintain over long durations.

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Quote:Birds can fly level in updrafts.

"Birds use thermals for energy-efficient flight, but they don't fly horizontally on the thermals themselves. Instead, birds circle within the rising thermal to gain altitude without flapping. After gaining height in the thermal, they then glide or soar horizontally to their destination, descending as they travel."

I said updraft, as it's near a cliff face where updrafts are most common.
You're changing it to thermals, which tend to be more localized, but there's no indication of thermals in that locale.
Just more of your intellectual dishonesty.

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Quote:We do still see the shadowed object moving

No we do not. The uap just disappears into the cliff at high speed. Notice how the shaded trees below it don't disappear either. 9_9

You do not. I believe you. You're eyes are crap.
I see the dark motion after it goes behind shadow.

Quote:Every large bird utilizes thermals and updrafts to soar, as flapping uses too much energy for a large bird to maintain over long durations.

There are no large white birds in this sort of terrain. Only dark colored raptors like eagles and hawks and falcons and vultures and condors. And certainly none that fly at full speed into cliff faces..

Quote:I said updraft, as it's near a cliff face where updrafts are most common.
You're changing it to thermals, which tend to be more localized, but there's no indication of thermals in that locale.

It's the same thing dumbass:

"Updrafts often manifest as thermal columns or thermals, providing natural lift that birds and gliders can utilize to gain altitude without expending energy."--- https://www.globeair.com/g/updraft

Quote:The trees in the foreground are casting a shadow.

If there were sunlight on the trees there would be no shadow for the UAP to "disappear" into. The whole area at tree level would be sunlit, which is well below the altitude the UAP is flying. Hence no suddenly becoming invisible in the shade. 9_9

No one said it was a white bird. Sun reflecting off of feathers can look white.

Sunlight interacting with the structure of a feather, rather than pigments within it, is what makes feathers appear white to us. The feather's microscopic structure scatters all colors of light equally, causing the feather to look white.
In essence, when the sun's rays hit these dark feathers just right, their intricate structure can reflect and refract the light in a way that creates a dazzling, sometimes seemingly white, effect, even though the underlying feathers are still dark- Google AI

Mr. Dunning-Kruger called people dumbass when he doesn't know shit.

In the context of aviation and meteorology, an updraft is a general term for any upward current of air, while a thermal specifically refers to a type of updraft caused by the uneven heating of the ground by the sun. - Google AI

A thermal is an updraft created by warming on the surface. While thermals are a type of updraft, updrafts are also caused by wind hitting a vertical surface, causing the wind to be deflected upwards. This is also called ridge lift.

Again, LEARN TO READ. I didn't say the bird flew behind the shadow of the trees. That's the voices in your head making up bullshit again... they have to work so hard to fill in the gaps left by your illiteracy. There could be a cloud, another ridge off camera to the right, or something else obstructing the sun.

Since your first video already demonstrates a clear shadow cast over the object, it's obviously a reasonable assumption that the same principle will apply to another bird.

Quote:No one said it was a white bird. Sun reflecting off of feathers can look white.

LOL Oh so now it is only an illusion that it is white. I've never seen a brown bird look white in all my life. Ofcourse you have no more argument to make so that's now your absurd claim. I pity you..

Quote:A thermal is an updraft

Thanks for confirming that.

Quote:I didn't say the bird flew behind the shadow of the trees. That's the voices in your head making up bullshit again... they have to work so hard to fill in the gaps left by your illiteracy. There could be a cloud, another ridge off camera to the right, or something else obstructing the sun.

If there were a cloud/ridge/something else blocking the sun it would be shading the trees as well which you claim are sunlit. Can't have both the trees sunlit AND a shade covering the space the UAP is flying. Try again.

Wow, your willful ignorance on full display. You're so desperate to maintain your loopy beliefs that you're denying basic facts.

You don't even seem to understand that clouds can float above the horizon. What a gullible moron.

Quote:You don't even seem to understand that clouds can float above the horizon. What a gullible moron.

And you should realize that positing speculative things that aren't seen just to explain away the obvious makes you look like a desperate denialist. Occam's razor applies here. No illusory white birds becoming invisible in shade. And no weird-shaped clouds off camera.

LOL! You don't even understand Occam's razor. Dunning-Kruger on full display. Priceless!

Reintroduced in 1999 they say. I’ve heard the Verdon area has plenty of large birds flying around.

https://www.verdontourisme.com/en/bienve...-vautours/

(Aug 5, 2025 10:46 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: [ -> ]Reintroduced in 1999 they say. I’ve heard the Verdon area has plenty of large birds flying around.

https://www.verdontourisme.com/en/bienve...-vautours/

Yep, exactly what I was thinking of.