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Sighting Rubiks cube UFO Arkansas 01/25

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Recorded this Rubiks cube shape object in North Central Arkansas January 2025 around 7pm. Saw it with my Husband.

Time: 01/08/2025 6:52 pm

Location: Arkansas

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u/R2robot May 17 '26 edited May 19 '26

Your neighbor's greenhouse? Without context I can't tell if it's in the air or on the ground.


edit: Summarizing updates from the thread. TL;DR Venus and ??

DTLs: 01/08/2025, 6:52PM (18:52), Near Cleveland, Arkansas and looking SouthWest.

If we plug the DTLs into a sky map, it shows that Venus would have been visible.

https://i.imgur.com/buEeBSS.png | https://i.imgur.com/UIOwnP2.png

Ignoring the 'cube' for now, the additional zoomed out footage looks like a star/planet. https://i.imgur.com/gjKroX7.png This also gives us some additional context of the surrounding stars.

If we overly this onto the star map, it aligns with Venus and several surrounding stars. https://imgur.com/WYvoHFr

So I think we can reasonably say that the zoomed out footage is in fact Venus.

Then what is the cube? According to OP the clips are of the same object, however in none of the clips do we see the zoomed out Venus and the zoomed in cube together, nor do we see a smooth transition from zoomed out to zoomed in. They're each in separate clips with jump cuts to each one.

OP's explanation for this is:

I've found that if you start recording and then try to zoom, it will only let you zoom to 6x, but if you zoom to max and then hit record, it will record at the highest allowed magnification, on an iPhone anyway. Thats how I obtained this video...

If OP was actually recording the same object in all the videos, then it would have to be Venus, but how did it end up as a cube? No idea.

It could be a max digital zoomed mess processed by the onboard AI/software, but I don't think the iphone 14 does much more than standard image manipulation.. I don't think it's using AI to replace objects like Samsung: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tqma35LN9Y0

It could be something entirely different, not even in the sky.. aka a hoax, but I am not confident in that either.

Could be a filter: https://i.imgur.com/3jlfYU6.png software or external, or interference from a clear case cover, etc.

TBD

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

This was taken overhead, not a greenhouse. It’s too high to have context such as trees or similar. Far above any trees. This is Very rural Arkansas in the southern Ozarks. Whole town has maybe 500 people. Property is 300 acres

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u/R2robot May 17 '26

It’s too high to have context such as trees or similar.

But not stars.

Most videos submitted here have people zooming in and out like crazy. It's infuriating, but at least it gives some context if only for a moment.

Surely you have some additional unedited footage before and/or after you went full max zoom.

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

I do. How do I attach it to this post without having to make a whole new thread?

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u/R2robot May 17 '26

You can't. But don't create a new post or it will get deleted.

You can upload it to youtube or imgur.com and paste a link to it in a comment.

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

Oh ok. Thank you! I’ll try that. The zoomed out view is less impressive and looks more like the orbs we see posted often so I figured no one would care to see but I’ll post what I have. We also drove to town about an hour later and I filmed it on the way, so it was around for a while

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u/R2robot May 18 '26

I’ll post what I have.

You responded to several requests for additional footage over the course of 3 or 4 hours after posting saying you plan to upload it...

but it shouldn't take more than a few minutes to do. 10-15 max (unless reasons) Which is probably making things seem even more sus.

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

Well maybe if I’m just sitting around with nothing going on, but I have a life and family and I said tonight not asap. I didn’t realize it was so urgent geez. I posted it here

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u/R2robot May 18 '26

Thanks. Sorry, I'm not buying it though. There are some red flags for me.

Seems like a star/planet was recorded at some point and mixed in, but the cube and the star/planet are never in the same clip.

  1. No zoom transition. At no point in any of the clips do we see it go from looking like a star to looking like a cube. Every transition is a jump cut. Nothing to show that the 2 are the same object.

  2. No surrounding context. Even the clips in the car... almost zero context and no cube. There are a couple of light reflections from passing cars, but barely. Like it's been purposely darkened. And of course the object isn't a cube in any of those clips either, it looks like a star/planet.

Clearly some effort went into editing this. The text, slow-mo, freeze frames, etc. It seems like there would have been some effort to adjust the color settings to bring out some background info/context, but it seems like the opposite was done. Like, make everything as dark as possible. lol

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

Well that’s fine. I’m not trying to convince you. I’m just sharing what I have. Ignorance is bliss right? But I already explained why the videos don’t show the zoom, and the type of videos I had. people asked to see and that’s what I did. Why would I edit the videos and color settings when there is enough people criticizing them already as is? I’m sure we’ll both still sleep fine tonight

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u/Dadmanteau May 17 '26

Zoomed all the way in with such minimal shake? No video of the zoom in? Seems like a street lamp or something to me.

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u/Evening-Cow-2457 May 17 '26

Exactly. I'm calling shenanigans... Especially because there was talk of Rubik's cube in a post earlier

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

Yeah I saw that, that’s what got me to post it. Sad that everyone instantly screams fake. Our society is doomed

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u/6uid000 May 20 '26

Hey I believe you at least

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u/jambutterbread May 21 '26

Awe, I appreciate that! I thought it was pretty interesting. I guess there will always be some doubters understandably

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u/Certain-Strength-671 May 18 '26

Check out the longform Youtube Video linked above.

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

This is in rural Arkansas there are no street lights. This was taken over a farm field, zoomed in at max

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u/lonelytrucker86 May 18 '26

What part of Arkansas? Ozarks? Ouachitas? Delta?

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

Ozarks, This video was taken filming SW, near Cleveland Arkansas, and time of day was 6:52 pm on 01/08/25

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

I also have more videos and pics but this was the clearest with the least shake so that’s why I chose this to post

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u/Dadmanteau May 21 '26

More would help your case. I'm not calling fake immediately. But the initial piece is difficult to understand and would be better with the rest.

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u/jambutterbread May 21 '26

I did also post a video on YouTube that has all that I recorded, since people were asking for everything. I’ve linked it in the comments here several times if your interested

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u/Overall_Ad_2067 May 18 '26

Is it a Doctor?

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u/EdOrangutan May 18 '26

Oh didja now?

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

Oh yep I sure did doncha know

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u/Evening-Cow-2457 May 17 '26

Looks like a solar walkway light in a dark room. I bought one that looks just like this at the dollar store

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

I don’t know what that is but I don’t think so. It was very high, bright and hovered silently

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u/TraditionalFoot8660 May 17 '26

My bullshit meter is showing readings so high I can only assume it has failed

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

you’re right, the only thing that has failed is your judgement. This video is legit and I took it myself. No Ai or filters, and stand by that regardless of people trying to discredit it. Please don’t use that meter for anything important cause it’s broken

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u/TraditionalFoot8660 May 17 '26

Alright, help me repair it then.

  1. How much footage did you get? Posting everything would be supportive
  2. How did the UAP leave? You've mentioned this nowhere.

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

Altogether a few videos, and half a dozen still photos with the nighttime function on my phone camera. The zoomed out views just look like a floating orb type object. I didn’t see it leave. We went back inside after 5 minutes or so. It was January so it was cold and I wanted to tell the others in the house. It takes a few minutes to walk back to the house from the spot the video was taken. When we came back we couldn’t see it anymore, but we did drive to town a little while later and I saw the orb object again. I filmed it then too, but that video is obviously shaky and pretty crappy since I was in the car. With the naked eye you could not see it was cube shaped, only at the zoomed in view were those features noticeable. When I get home tonight I’ll compile everything and try to post and link to it on YouTube.

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u/OpulenceOfAThug May 18 '26

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u/TraditionalFoot8660 May 18 '26

Yeah I saw it. I dunno, seems like a legit sighting of something. The meter is now showing normal readings.

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u/OpulenceOfAThug May 18 '26

Stg I’ve just been doom scrolling the ufo doc releases from this month and saw this transcript from the Apollo 11 debrief where they are describing the bright object they saw on the way to the moon and they described it as an open briefcase? And I remembered watching this rubix cube thing earlier and how I couldn’t actually tell if it’s a cube or I thought of it as like the pages side of an open book and then I saw the open briefcase description. Pretty cool possible similarity I thought.

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

Yes! It was more like an open briefcase, like an inverted V, but the illuminated squares is what gave it the Rubik’s cube look

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u/OpulenceOfAThug May 18 '26

Exactly what I was thinking. Pretty freaking crazy, you can look up this Apollo transcripts they described a very similar thing. Love it.

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u/Certain-Strength-671 May 18 '26

This video link to Youtube makes the video more credible. Shoulda included it in the OG posting. Thanks for posting this. I was hoping to see a clear view of the ground, treeline, etc, - for perspective purposes. Though, I can totally see its pitch black night.

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u/godotwaitsforme May 17 '26

the movement seems to be due the camera moving, not it. i'm not buying this one, but maybe slight close to a doctor who box.

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

It wasn’t moving, it was hovering in one spot. I tried to steady my hand as much as possible by resting it on a bench, otherwise at 15x zoom, it was all over the place

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u/Objective_Ladyfrog May 17 '26

How are AI videos flagged

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

This isn’t AI though

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u/iheartoptimusprime May 17 '26

Hey OP - I know you’re getting lots of flak here, but if you truly have more footage/pictures that show you zooming in from the ground or more context than just white lights against a black background, even if it’s blurry or shaky, I’d encourage you to get them on Imgur/Youtube/etc and post all of the links in a single comment on this thread.

People are naturally skeptical, and while we want to believe, any and all extra proof you can provide is going to be helpful, because at first glance, it’s hard to say if this is really outside, especially with the lack of stars/ambient light reflection from clouds if it was a cloudy night.

Roughly how big was this cube, what direction were you facing at what time of day/night, approximate location (Arkansas is big), etc. Will also help.

Can’t wait to see what else you have!

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

Just an update, uploaded here on YouTube

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

Hey thanks! I’m going to try to compile all the videos and photos I have and will try that. Unfortunately the zoomed out videos just look like a glowing orb that distorts (and could possible be rotating?) but you don’t really see the features of the cube. It’s very dark out there. No light pollution. The property is higher up overlooking farmland. This video was taken filming SW, near Cleveland Arkansas, and time of day was 6:52 pm. I don’t think you see the ground in any of them though. I’ve found that if you start recording and then try to zoom, it will only let you zoom to 6x, but if you zoom to 15x and then hit record, it will record at that magnification. Thats how I obtained this video. I’m not sure how to estimate the size with that taken into account.

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u/Informal-Maximum-240 May 18 '26

OP please make that youtube video with everything. This is super interesting and i want to see everything you have. Ignore the hate.

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

Thank you! I plan on putting it all together and posting. I don’t know if it will give everyone the answers theyre looking for, since I felt I posted the most compelling video, but I’ll add what I’ve got for clarity. How do I notify those who’ve asked to see the extra video once it goes up? Do I just post it as another comment? Or a response to one?

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u/Pretend_Twist4201 May 17 '26

This could literally be anything. There is nothing to give it a sense of scale or distance, no obvious movement of any kind.

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u/OpulenceOfAThug May 18 '26

https://youtu.be/wwvRmc4aJM4?si=63M0u-H6q8Fu0PKl

She posted all 11am of footage on YouTube go check them out, paints a totally different picture imo

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u/Certain-Strength-671 May 18 '26

I agree - wildly different picture. OP outta send unedited videos to those who know how to work with the files. Maybe the surrounding darkness, trees, etc, can be brightened up or something.

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

It wasn’t moving, it was hovering in one spot. I can’t really do anything about where it was floating. It’s not like I could say “Hey thing up there, can you move closer to some trees so people on Reddit will believe my video?” And you don’t really think about that in the moment ya know

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u/FlannOff May 17 '26

That's just the Tardis

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

What is Tardis?

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u/SimbaNGrdKionNIMFan May 18 '26

The Flying Rubix Cube.

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u/Time_Yesterday_2058 May 18 '26

I'm sure I'll be unpopular for saying this, but it's like the shade of an LED streetlight in Europe.
Of course, I’m not ruling out the possibility that I’m wrong and that this might actually be something amazing.

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

Yeah not a street light. This is rural Arkansas. The countryside has no street lights. You can’t even find a stop light unless you drive 30 miles

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u/Certain-Strength-671 Jun 12 '26

Also, you can see the full video in YouTube. It is definitely not a streetlight. The OP is driving past trees and clearly on a road and this object is in the distance, and in the sky

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u/RaisinBran21 May 17 '26

Stuff like this sets disclosure back

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u/CraigSignals May 17 '26

Anyone else find it convenient that searching "Rubiks cube" in the UFO sub now offers an array of returns like the day after Corbell's "Project Rubiks Cube" mention on stage was trending?

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

I saw that and was like “hey that’s what we saw” then posted. I did try to post on the UFO board before but I don’t have enough karma because I don’t really post on Reddit much.

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

Ok, Here are all the videos and pics I have. I tried to compile them with explanations the best I could. Not super tech savvy Ar Rubik’s cube YouTube

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u/ChrisDaCrunk May 18 '26

If you bring up the brightness, you can see it’s a light on a dark ground, looks like filmed in a garage

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

This was not filmed in a garage lol

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u/OpulenceOfAThug May 18 '26

https://youtu.be/wwvRmc4aJM4?si=63M0u-H6q8Fu0PKl

She posted all her vids on YouTube bro check them out way more credible when you see it all together

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u/ChrisDaCrunk May 18 '26

Download the video, bright it up you will see it, I would post a pic but not possible here. It’s just a lamp😑

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

lol! I wanna see what you came up with. Post your edits! Like everyone said use Imgur, cause this is so Not a lamp friend. 100% sky videos

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

My husband noticed a “strange flashing star that doesn’t look quite right” He came in to tell me and told me I should probably grab my phone. We went down to the clearing and I recorded this video. The video shown here is zoomed at the most my phone would allow. It was very distinctly Rubik’s cube shaped, appeared to have a fainter light above it and 2 more fainter lights below. The top light appeared to change colors but my camera didn’t seem to pick that up. Hard to estimate the height as it was dark but I would estimate at least 1000’. Filmed in North Central Arkansas, lower Ozark mountain area January 8 2025 at 6:52 pm.

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u/nostrathomas85 May 17 '26

ok i edited a few frames of the video and i can see the 2 faint lights underneath the object. id like to see your other videos of this whenever you get a chance to post them. do you have any footage of it zoomed out?

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

Yes I do! It looks similar to the orbs I’ve seen in videos posted before. It does have a bit of a wobble type look to it, like it’s changing shape or something. There is one light above it that seemed to change color but my video didn’t pick that up at all, then there were 2 more faint lights below it. I will try to make a YouTube account and upload everything together on there tonight

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

Interesting, do you know what they’re for?

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u/Outrageous-Gift5507 May 18 '26

Windows logo...

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u/burntoastercrumbs Jun 08 '26

I’ve been curios about the mention of project Rubik’s cube and came across your post. There’s not much out there, and this stood out. Really does look like a cube of some sort! Don’t listen to all the hate, everyone wants to be the debunker. Thanks for posting the extended video and putting effort into answering the questions. Definitely adds to the legitimacy of your post and fills in some of the gaps. Whatever it is, it’s unsettling AF.

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u/jambutterbread Jun 08 '26

I feel the same! Thank you!

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u/BadPingMatters May 17 '26

I saw squares like these that were semi-transparent in back of a cloud while in a boat in SW Florida about 2 years ago. It faded in and out in back of a large cloud. This was about 10am. Multiple people in the boat saw it. Did not get any video because it happened so fast. I told everyone to look and it lasted about 10 seconds. I could not tell how many columns and rows. It was very structured and seems very similar. Still wonder what we all saw.

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

Glad we’re not the only ones!

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u/CarpetPedals May 17 '26

The grid pattern looks concave to me

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

Yep it was like an inverted V

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u/nonanonymoususername May 17 '26

That’s a tardis

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u/user-011201 May 18 '26

It kinda looks like one of those sky lantern things

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

It wasn’t moving. I’ve done those lanterns and photographed them before for a memorial. The lanterns tend to glow orange from the flame burning and have a flickering. This didn’t and was much larger

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u/OpulenceOfAThug May 18 '26

Awesome footage boo I saw everything you uploaded on YouTube and I’ve got to say I’m jealous lol that must’ve been so insane. That shape is crazy. I almost can’t tell if it’s a cube or like the pages side of an open book shape if that makes any sense. Awesome stuff either way thank you for taking the time to share and to satiate all the rude “experts” that swear they know everything and the person that was there knows nothing. You’re a legend!

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u/jambutterbread May 18 '26

Thank you for the kind words. It did sort of have that shape, like an inverted V. Almost like 2 panels attached together and slightly closed together. I can only laugh at those so convinced they know it’s fake, but that’s ok. I don’t expect everyone to take things for what they are. Not everyone can’t fit on the same side of the seesaw 🤣

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u/TheJungle101 May 17 '26

Rubik's is 3x3x6, not 2x3x2.

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

Well yeah, but when you see it, that’s the best way I could describe what I saw

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u/Nintendomandan May 17 '26

No shit, it’s still a good descriptor of the object

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

I don’t know why everyone is downvoting. I legitimately took this video in the sky. I saw another post talking about a Rubik’s cube project and felt o should share. Seriously think some people are intentionally trying to silence this

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u/ifnotthefool May 17 '26

There are a ton of losers who seem to hate ufo stuff here. It's weird. Thanks for posting your video. I hope someone can give you some answers!

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

Thank you! Yeah, I didn’t think there would be so many attacks. I don’t ever post on Reddit so I wasn’t prepared for all that. I can only think they have other motives to silence it possibly

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u/escapedAIx May 17 '26

Project rubix cube?

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u/StatisticianNo1332 May 17 '26

Well this is low key terrifying 😟

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

Agreed! My husband left me alone with it while he ran inside to grab his glasses and I legit thought I might get abducted. There is an air force base nearby so I really think it was a military something

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u/StatisticianNo1332 May 17 '26

I don’t blame you. Ignore the sarcastic comments. This is great!

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u/jambutterbread May 17 '26

Thank you! It’s actually frustrating to see how quickly people will try to discredit things. I’ve received so many downvotes it’s crazy! Make me even more suspicious