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Vent: infrared camera apps are fooling half the folks here
I checked three separate "UFO" videos from last week in Phoenix and every single one was just a drone with a hot battery pack showing up on a phone IR app, so has anyone else noticed these cheap sensors are creating more false sightings than real ones lately?
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john_fisher4d ago
...and the funny part is half those people are pointing their phones at the sky like it's a tricorder from Star Trek. I ran one of those IR apps on my dog last week and it told me he was a glowing alien with a warm tail. The sensors are just too cheap and too sensitive, so every DJI Phantom with a fresh battery looks like the mothership. Phoenix is a drone testing ground anyway, we've got more hobbyists per square mile than actual coyotes. Call me when someone posts a video that doesn't look like a glowing blob with a flashing red light in the corner.
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