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Paradi / Optical imaging
Visible-light footage is intuitively persuasive and often analytically thin
Evidence Methods / method
Optical imaging
Optical imagery appeals to intuition because viewers think they can 'just see it.' In practice, lack of scale, frame context, and metadata often makes interpretation fragile.
Evidence MethodsMethod
Visible-light footage is intuitively persuasive and often analytically thin
Many viral clips are visually clear enough to persuade but not clear enough to classify.
Key points
Scale and range are usually the missing variables.
Compression artifacts and zoom can distort motion impressions.
Optical footage is strongest when paired with other data.
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Eyewitness testimony
Method
Useful as a lead, weak as a standalone proof layer
Witness reports matter because they trigger collection and investigation. They do not, by themselves, settle origin, physics, or intent.
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Radar tracks
Method
Better than anecdotes, still not self-explaining
Radar can provide stronger kinematic evidence than visual testimony alone, but calibration, mode, and contextual interpretation still matter.
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Infrared video
Method
IR imagery is powerful but routinely overinterpreted
Infrared footage is one of the most common public UAP media types, and AARO’s case pages show how often it supports only narrow claims.
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