My favorite youtube skeptic, LEMMiNO, has a great video (1) on this topic. To spoil the fun, it turns out a specific shaped lens on a specific type of camera can produce artifacts (2) incredibly similar to what is being reported here. These "metallic spheres" tend to appear most prominently in footage captured by FLIR cameras mounted in pods on military aircraft. That the footage is recorded by military aircraft tends to bolster the credibility, and is then overlooked as a common variable.

> Occam’s Razor tells us that the simplest, most elegant explanation is usually the one closest to the truth.

Optical illusion also checks all the boxes listed on this blog. Certainly don't want to poop on anyones parade of speculation, but it certainly is the simpler explanation.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpeSpA3e56A

2. https://www.armadainternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/...

I went to Imperial College reading Physics with Nicky Fox in London. She's a really intelligent scientist, and if the quotes attributed to her are real, I very much doubt she's being fooled by lens artifacts or false-flag media reports.

Just saying.

Because it's nonsense intended to distract, and for some reason this time, the media wasn't distracted by it.