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Help identify this UFO from my walk today (photos attached)?

40 replies

WhatIsThisThingg · 16/01/2024 17:02

Lovely weather here today so went for a walk at lunchtime. Took a few photos which I’ve just had a look at now and noticed a UFO.

My first thought was a kite but there was no wind and I didn’t see anyone with anything like that. It looks sort of bird-y but why does it have long legs?

What is it? 😳

Help identify this UFO from my walk today (photos attached)?
Help identify this UFO from my walk today (photos attached)?
OP posts:
lifeturnsonadime · 16/01/2024 17:02

A drone.

ImCamembertTheBigCheese · 16/01/2024 17:03

Drone?

MaggieNextDoor · 16/01/2024 17:04

That's a drone, probably taking photos of something - traffic maybe?

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PubicZirconia · 16/01/2024 17:04

First thought was drone,but is an odd-looking one.Thought they were usually a bit more spider shaped

Justhereforthechristmasthreads · 16/01/2024 17:08

It looks like a pigeon. The 'odd' longer bits are probably motion blur from it flying as you took the photo

PubicZirconia · 16/01/2024 17:09

Justhereforthechristmasthreads · 16/01/2024 17:08

It looks like a pigeon. The 'odd' longer bits are probably motion blur from it flying as you took the photo

Ooh yes,this

WhatIsThisThingg · 16/01/2024 17:13

Justhereforthechristmasthreads · 16/01/2024 17:08

It looks like a pigeon. The 'odd' longer bits are probably motion blur from it flying as you took the photo

If true, this is very disappointing

OP posts:
youdontneedtopoo · 16/01/2024 17:13

Google "Jeremy Corbell jellyfish"

Justhereforthechristmasthreads · 16/01/2024 17:14

WhatIsThisThingg · 16/01/2024 17:13

If true, this is very disappointing

Sorry @WhatIsThisThingg but I have zoomed in and it is very pigeon shaped and pigeon coloured.

I'd love to say it is something more exciting. Just my guess

JustWhatWeDontNeed · 16/01/2024 17:16

Agree it just looks like motion blur of whatever bird it is.

DrSpartacularsScathingTinsel · 16/01/2024 17:16

Another vote for pigeon.

Singingasong · 16/01/2024 17:18

Bird of some sort. Bigger than a pigeon?

Timeforkarma · 16/01/2024 17:19

Drone, remote control bird, helium balloon, a real bird

LauderSyme · 16/01/2024 17:22

It looks more mechanical than biological to me. My vote is for drone rather than pigeon.

mawbroon · 16/01/2024 17:35

Maybe a heron? Their long legs dangle when they fly

ManchesterBea · 16/01/2024 17:37

Drone

thelittlefox · 16/01/2024 17:47

Size, colour and legs, also the wetlands type area you were walking in fits with it being a heron.

WhatIsThisThingg · 16/01/2024 17:49

A heron would be fantastic but the neck doesn’t look right to me. It looks more like a wood pigeon shape but the wings are perhaps a bit long?

OP posts:
c3pu · 16/01/2024 17:50

It's a pigeon, probably your phone has done some kind of post-processing on the photo with dual exposures (HDR?) and thus you've ended up with a slight distortion on the fast moving bit

unsync · 16/01/2024 18:16

I would say with pigeon too.

Mochudubh · 16/01/2024 18:18

It's one of those robot pigeons that had the batteries changed during Covid so they could continue to spy on the population.

Uglyducklingswan · 16/01/2024 18:19

Agree on pigeon, that was my first thought. It was just flapping at high speed so your phone has captured the wings in a blur of movement.
sorry 😣 I was really hoping for something more exciting too 😆

WolfFoxHare · 16/01/2024 18:20

It could definitely be a non-standard shaped drone. DS got a drone that looks like an eagle for Xmas. What a time to be alive!

GasPanic · 16/01/2024 18:26

Pigeon.

Looks like it has two sets of wings from motion blur.

The shape of the tail is a dead give away and the colour of the chest.

I had a real UFO photo with an alien looking out the window but I lost it.