First things first:
I noticed my spreadsheet had a simple error at the end in the speed calculations, I had probably just left some of my earlier testing equations there (that I was using to perform some sanity checks) and didn't notice. So the real speeds seem to be a bit larger, from 17m/s to 21m/s, but the picture and tracks and nothing else changes.
So the speed should be:
21 m/s = 77 km/h = 48 mph
What assumptions? He and Maccabee are the ones making assumptions, I and several others are actually making calculations based on actual numbers.
Sure, they both have proven that.
Where does he get that idea? I guess he has never used a superzoom camera for instance. Just look at this video from Nikon P900 for example, which has similar zoom capabilities to the ATFLIR:
Just look how the scenes are more or less in focus from different distances at the same time.
Here are some explanations and comparison shots that show that effect:
Focusing Basics | Aperture and Depth of Field
https://petapixel.com/2016/05/18/depth-field-explained/
Furthermore, how can he claim the target and the background would be in focus at the same time, as while the target is not yet tracked and the waves are more clear, it actually disappears entirely from the view at some frames. It's not in proper focus. When it's tracked, the waves are very blurry, both due to motion and not being in focus.
No, it's not. He should learn some math, and some photography.
So the TTSA is lying to us then?
2015 GO FAST FOOTAGE
Isn't it funny that the TTSA agrees with us what those numbers indicate, yet their advisor doesn't?
Also, if the numbers we are using as angles are not angles, why do they have degree marks in the ATFLIR display?
So where does that information come from, and if it is classified, who leaked that to him? I'm calling bs on that whole claim unless he can answer such basic questions.
True, due to the low quality of the video, it could have been a balloon as well. One with a diameter of 1-2 meters, flying at 4 kilometers.
Oh great, more "unreported claims".
Isn't it funny how he feels the need to both try to deny the basic math that shows he is wrong, and invoke some secret information nobody can check how it could still be low and fast at some other time, even if the math shows it wasn't?
Yes it has been proven. He actually proved that pretty well by himself already on how much his results have changed in a few days.
Obviously he isn't. He doesn't even seem to understand how much small changes in his initial values change the overall results over those distances, as instead of using the best available values, he is basically just guessing his own.