Anyone recognise this UFO?

[AlanF]

This was flying across the sky of Cambridge UK this afternoon. R5 and 100-400mm II nailed it, but I haven't a clue of what it is. Any ideas?

 

[Joules]

Looks like somebody with an 'L' in their name has lost a letter on some celebration? As in, this looks like one of those letter shaped balloons to me.

 

[AlanF]

Looks like somebody with an 'L' in their name has lost a letter on some celebration? As in, this looks like one of those letter shaped balloons to me.

It was big, the size of a small plane and moving fast.

 

[Joules]

It was big, the size of a small plane and moving fast.

Well, the size is impossible to judge from the image with nothing but the sky as context. So too large for a balloon?

Which direction was it going in? Not just up?

 

[AlanF]

Well, the size is impossible to judge from the image with nothing but the sky as context. So too large for a balloon?

Which direction was it going in? Not just up?

North, parallel to the ground.

 

[docsmith]

It actually looks like a fly strip sticking off of it, and then stuck to a balloon.

 

[Viggo]

it’s an L, my son has the same exact one in the numbers 11 after his birthday.

 

[AlanF]

it’s an L, my son has the same exact one in the numbers 11 after his birthday.

You may well be right on looking at images on the net.

 

[zim]

I think a UFO thread is well overdue!

Again no frame of reference other than it was taken at 300mm on a 7d and it was very small by the time this was taken

 

[Joules]

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I think a UFO thread is well overdue!

Again no frame of reference other than it was taken at 300mm on a 7d and it was very small by the time this was taken

Seems like you're at least following proper UFO photography guidelines, with that nice blur you've got going on

 

[SteveC]

Seems like you're at least following proper UFO photography guidelines, with that nice blur you've got going on

But was his ISO cranked up into six figures?

Or maybe that's only Bigfoot and Nessie.

 

[zim]

Seems like you're at least following proper UFO photography guidelines, with that nice blur you've got going on

And there was me thinking I'd over sharpened it!
In fairness i should work out how much this is cropped, the subject was tiny.
I reckon they were balloons tied together but it's easy to see how things can be misinterpreted

 

[snappy604]

seems like a balloon 7 for someone's 7th birthday.

 

[Del Paso]

seems like a balloon 7 for someone's 7th birthday.

In a fly-infested area...

 

[zim]

Bunch of rotters

 

[Click]

Mulder and Scully are on their way.

 

[stevelee]

I frequently see UFOs. I'm really bad at identifying flying objects.