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Jetpack Guy

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Yazata Offline
A man in some sort of real life Iron Man suit has been sighted off and on for months around Los Angeles International Airport. He's become something of an urban legend in the Los Angeles aviation community.

On July 28, a Boeing 747 commercial aircraft spotted Jetpack Guy at about 5,000 feet about 15 miles east of LAX. Air traffic controllers radioed pilots in the area to use caution, "Jetpack Guy is back". They asked a pilot near where he was sighted if he has seen a UFO, and the pilot responded "We were looking, but didn't see Iron Man". When pilots on approach to LAX are told to be on the lookout for Jetpack Guy, the response is "Only in LA..."

It's really kind of astounding since he's been seen out over the ocean (see video below) and cruising happily along thousands of feet high. While jetpacks definitely exist, the small amount of fuel they carry severely limit their range, flight duration and altitude. Whoever 'Jetpack Guy' is, he seems to have new technology that has stretched those limits. (Is that you, Elon?)

Here's a video of him flying at about 3000 feet between the Palos Verdes Peninsula and Catalina Island taken from a small general aviation aircraft.


https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/jKOFriZfJgw

More

https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-los-angel...y-sighting

https://www.latimes.com/california/story...ol-reports

https://abc7.com/jetpack-lax-report-flying/6398152/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/air...t-n1239027

And many more news stories. Jetpack Guy has become a thing in LA.
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Zinjanthropos Offline
I’m sure this was faked. Didn’t some guy on YouTube claim the honour of hoaxer? Looks like those UFO videos with a toy dangling off some fishing line.
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C C Offline
(Aug 9, 2021 05:48 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: I’m sure this was faked. Didn’t some guy on YouTube claim the honour of hoaxer? Looks like those UFO videos with a toy dangling off some fishing line.

They can make drones look like anything now. And then there are the choreographed swarms of them that arrange into any large shape in the sky, and continuously morph as if they were nanobots.

Not necessarily what this is, but it could very much be physically where it seems to be thanks to eccentric drone designs.
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Yazata Offline
Here's what the FAA turned over in response to a FOIA request.

They obviously aren't sure what Jetpack Guy really is. (So technically a UFO/UAP) But given that radar didn't pick him up and given that existing jetpacks aren't able to perform as well as Jetpack Guy, the FAA seems to be leaning towards the theory that Jetpack Guy is a more conventional drone with an inflatable dummy attached to it.

Page 16 in particular says this:

"I spoke with David Mayman, Chief Test Pilot, Jetpack Aviation, out of Van nuys, last night. He confirmed that they have not flown for months. He stated that he does not believe there are any "Jetpack" operators who could get to 3000' and sustain it."

https://documents2.theblackvault.com/doc...dacted.pdf
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(Aug 9, 2021 09:26 PM)Yazata Wrote: [...] the FAA seems to be leaning towards the theory that Jetpack Guy is a more conventional drone with an inflatable dummy attached to it...

Once a flying T-Rex is sighted, the inflatable hypothesis will be clinched.

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Originally submitted by MR: https://www.scivillage.com/thread-7059-p...l#pid44399

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJcjCb6hs_g

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Involves dummies of a sort, but not kind we're looking for:

‘Up’ Your Game This Year With An Inflatable Jetpack Costume
https://www.awesomeinventions.com/inflat...k-costume/
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