A study by Ukraine’s Main Astronomical Observatory his shed new licht on strange, fast-muivin aerial objects. Uisin heich-tech imagin methods, scientists observed UAPs—unidentified aerial phenomena—in three verra different settins. Da wark pynts oot objects dat trot ower wir skies wi speeds abuin 2.5 Mach an seem as dark as a bare black clout.

In ane set o tests, astronomers set up twa camera stations in Kyiv an in da village o Vinarivka. Daylicht shots recorded bricht an dark objects wi lairge, spinnin an structured shapes. Ane object wis seen by baith cameras at near da same moment. A sma shift in view, measured wi simple trigonometry, fixed da object’s distance at aboot 1,130 kilometre. Wi an estimated size o aroond 3 kilometre, it blurt da line atween a fleetin licht an a vast, muivin mass. Da object, dat muivit at a speed o 78 km per second, shaws little reflection o da sun. Its albedo comes in at aroond three percent—features o a verra dark body in da sky.

A second case comes frae da realm o da Moon. A French astronomer ance shared a video capturin three objects dat raised abuin da lunar edge. Ane object crossed da Moon’s face an even cast a clear shadow on da great Endymion crater. Measurements suggest it stretches near 8 kilometre lang an is a few kilometre wide. Da research team’s ain colour studies, made on da Moon’s licht an dat o da object, back up dese size estimates. Da lunar scenes confirm dat dese fast objects appear stark an dark whan lit by da Sun.

Da third case arose in a war zone. On a nicht patrol, a DJI Mavic 3T drone recorded a dark, disk-shaped object ower Ukraine’s troubled grund. Its shape wis vast an its edge blurred. Video frames, taen in infrared licht, shaw dat da object wis spotted near da horizon at an altitude o aboot 8 kilometre. Ower a brief 17-second watch, it sped 14 kilometre at rochly 2.5 times da speed o soond. Its measured width is near 6 kilometre, wi a heicht o aboot 1.5 kilometre. Despite laa contrast an a near pure-black look, da study team made carefu note o da body’s distance an speed wi fine-tuned, millisecond-accurate camera shots.

Ivvery set o observations pents a similar picture. Da objects—dubbed “Cosmics” if bricht an “Phantoms” if dark—run at tremendous speeds an are vast in size. Dey bide in da skies abuin wir cities, near da Moon an in combat zones alike. Altho dey echo da looks o great, fleetin islands in da sky, da study yields anely firm data. Advanced camera wark, synchronized at da ae millisecond level, an carefu colour tests back da claims.

Da study shaws dat dese dark bodies, wi deir laa sunlit gleam an great pace, are real objects whase mystery endures. Observers in varied settings—from city skies an lunar edges tae active battlefields—share da same impressin traits: heich speed, lairge mass, an a stark, awmaist black look. Da search for answers aboot dese wandrin giants will nae doot spur mair wark an mair carefu watch ower da firmament.