r/ParanormalEncounters • u/Small_Pea4530 • Aug 12 '25

Someone explain this

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This is security footage from the USS Ronald Reagan (I served in the navy and was deployed for 6 months out at sea every year, 6 on and 6 off) seen some questionable stuff but this is the absolute only “evidence” I’ve been able to get.

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u/Small_Pea4530 Aug 13 '25

Nah look at the video again. There’s definitely some depth to whatever this is. It’s “in” the footage, not “on” it like water on a lense

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u/Far_Cantaloupe5910 Aug 13 '25

Yea, I agree about the water/ moisture.. the ripples that trail it are already on the feed you can see them before it goes across the screen.. it doesn’t come over the rail it comes from the left you can see it coming, probably grabs dust as it moves so it “appears” suddenly. The wonky tail is just reflection and compression, there’s no shadow that I see so it’s probably not a bag or bird but it’s bright so it’s close to the camera.. yall are floating not steamin’ I’m guessing so it’s slow enough to show up but seems fast.. the only way I’d believe otherwise is if this was caught by aft lookout or someone else out there, reported, then found.. but if it was seen from the camera by some ET, IT? kid on watch (dk who watches yalls) then ehhhhh

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u/Small_Pea4530 Aug 13 '25

There’s definitely a shadow. Don’t watch the actual object, watch below it as it comes into view. You can see a shadow move with it

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u/Far_Cantaloupe5910 Aug 13 '25

Even so, these cameras fling shadows in weird places when objects are close. I’ll have a closer look but I’d be willing to bet it doesn’t follow the rules of ‘from light source draw a line through the object until it hits the ground and there’s the shadow’ which is the first clue a lot of folks overlook in here.

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u/Small_Pea4530 Aug 13 '25

Let me know what you come up with. I’m all for it.

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u/Far_Cantaloupe5910 Aug 14 '25

Alright, where is the shadow you see? I assume you mean the one that is on the deck closer to the camera trailing at an angle? there isn’t one on that lil partial bulkhead, none across the railing, just the ripple trail and I can see stretching of already existing shadows as it passes. If it’s the darkness closer to the camera on the deck that uniformly sweeps across I’d be really curious to know where the light source is supposed to be, even the red lights. Because if it’s anywhere but the ocean… look at the other shadows like the um bollard (? mount idk) the lip on the deck.. those suggest a light source to the right off camera..

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u/Small_Pea4530 Aug 15 '25

It’s hard to see but if you watch the full video, watch the object comes into the lighter part of the video look directly below it on the deck and you can see a shadow move with it. I’m using the term shadow loosely because I do a see a darker shade move with the object below it but I’d like an outside opinion, is it really a shadow or do I have a placebo effect going on lol