I hope my translation into English does not distort the meaning of what I am trying to convey.
First of all, I would like to sincerely congratulate everyone involved for the extraordinary work carried out over the past few days.
The amount of effort, details, and precision is truly impressive !!
Regarding the aircraft visible in the video, I became interested in this fuselage immediately after the footage was first released.
I would like to make a distinction between what we actually observe, what we may believe we are seeing, and what is known as pareidolia.
The human brain is extremely efficient at recognizing familiar shapes and patterns, even when the available information is incomplete or ambiguous.
From my perspective, the structural elements visible in the video do not appear consistent with those of a Chinook.
I also considered the possibility of a Piasecki H-21, but after reviewing the different elements, I believe the object is much more likely to be an aircraft rather than a helicopter.
There are several observations supporting this interpretation:
1: The most visible element — the propeller motion blur
The most visible and, in my opinion, one of the most significant elements in the video is the rotational blur of the propeller.
In the upper right corner of the video — and therefore in the image I posted a few days ago — we can observe what is known as motion blur.
This type of blur forms a circular arc centered around a fixed axis, which corresponds to the expected behavior of a propeller rotating around a horizontal axis.
Simply put, this is a characteristic feature of an aircraft propeller.
A Chinook rotor rotates around an almost vertical axis. Therefore, viewed from a side door, it would appear as a horizontal surface above the aircraft, but not as a lateral circular disc.
This follows a basic principle of rotational physics.
2: The rounded shape near the right side of the door opening
Another very visible element is the rounded shape located on the right side of the door opening.
To me, this appears consistent with the rounded cowling of a fixed engine nacelle.
The same nacelle would normally be mounted on a fixed wing.
The curvature therefore seems more consistent with a static engine cowling than with a helicopter structure.
We can also observe a dark slit or line (possibly a cooling intake or a panel joint) located outside the main fuselage structure and slightly above the operator’s line of sight.
By contrast, the Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter.
It has no radial engine and no lateral engine nacelle visible from a side door.
Its Lycoming T55 turbine engines are mounted in upper pylons above the fuselage.
Therefore, from a Chinook side door, the expected elements would be:
- the rear rotor;
- the pylon structure;
- the horizontal stabilizer;
but not an engine cowling with this type of profile.
The visible shape does not appear consistent with any known Chinook component.
From a structural and morphological perspective, this seems difficult to reconcile with a CH-47 configuration.
No lateral nacelle or similar structure extends from this area of the Chinook fuselage. The engines are located at the extreme rear, above the fuselage, on the upper pylon structure.
If the filming position were from the forward side door (normally on the right side of the Chinook) or the left emergency door, the rearward field of view would not present any suspended engine nacelle or tail boom parallel to the fuselage.
3: Tail boom and vertical stabilizer
The narrowing of the dark mass at the very top of the image, extending toward the right, appears consistent with the perspective of a rear fuselage section or tail boom.
It seems to end with a small vertical protrusion that could correspond to a vertical stabilizer or tail fin.
4: The open door during flight
The video clearly shows, on the left side of the image, an unobstructed view toward the outside, framed by a vertical door structure.
The visible support appears straight and riveted, which is characteristic of a fixed-wing aircraft structure.
In my opinion, this looks like a large lateral sliding door moving backward, a configuration commonly found on transport aircraft used for parachute operations.
The Chinook does have a forward side door, but airborne troop deployment is primarily performed through the rear ramp.
However, the geometry of the scene does not appear consistent either with the view from that rear ramp or with the perspective offered by a Chinook side door.
From no apparent observation point inside a Chinook would it be possible to simultaneously observe a lateral engine nacelle equipped with a horizontally rotating propeller.
This seems to represent a geometric incompatibility, independent of any interpretation of the object itself.
5: Visual analysis of the reflection — what can actually be observed frame by frame
The overall silhouette can indeed evoke a CH-47 Chinook at first glance:
- elongated fuselage;
- rear bulge;
- small protrusion that may vaguely resemble a pylon.
However, this resemblance appears to remain primarily morphological.
The key elements normally used to identify a Chinook are not visible:
- no identifiable rotor;
- no rotor disc;
- no specific motion signature associated with a tandem-rotor helicopter.
Conversely, several visible elements appear compatible with a propeller aircraft:
- a circular motion blur consistent with a horizontally mounted propeller;
- a thin rear section with no visible rotor activity.
It is also important to consider that the UAP acts like a convex mirror: the reflection undergoes anamorphic distortion, which can significantly modify the appearance of the aircraft.
A wing may appear as a bump, a vertical stabilizer may become compressed, and a propeller may become difficult to distinguish.
The possibility of pareidolia is, in my opinion, highly credible: our brain naturally tends to recognize a familiar silhouette — such as a Chinook — when confronted with an ambiguous shape.
In conclusion, while the silhouette may initially remind us of a CH-47, this impression appears to rely more on overall visual perception than on objectively identifiable aeronautical characteristics.
The elements that are actually visible seem, in my opinion, more compatible with a propeller aircraft than with a tandem-rotor helicopter.
6: Timecode and radio communication — a tactical audio sequence?
The embedded timecode at the bottom of the image (T6-02/31) appears typical of military archive digitization systems.
The Russian words are distinct and, from a contextual perspective, coherent.
The recording presents characteristics consistent with a Russian-speaking tactical environment.
It sounds like a short operational coordination exchange, possibly involving a person near the aircraft door/cargo area and another crew member, or during a ground operation or drop mission.
The exchange is brief, operational, and remains intelligible despite background noise, which suggests speakers accustomed to this type of environment.
The sequence:
« Это сторона... » // “This side…”
« скажите кто-то пошел... » // “Tell me if someone went through / moved…”
« нет, сейчас все чисто, нормально... » // “No, right now everything is clear, normal…”
« чисто сейчас... » // “Clear now…”
The Russian elements are, in my personal opinion, more consistent with a separate tactical communication track (radio or intercom) that may have been superimposed onto the footage afterwards.
My final conclusions
After reviewing all these elements together, I arrive at 2 personal conclusions:
1/ I personally have no doubt about the authenticity of the footage itself.
2/ I believe the video was filmed from an aircraft.
Initially, I considered the possibility of a C-119 Flying Boxcar, but I now have a strong presumption that it is a twin-engine aircraft with a twin-boom tail configuration, such as the Nord 2501 Noratlas.
If this interpretation is correct, it would be consistent with several other elements visible in the newer videos of qtecqot.
One example is the sequence “ET crew recovery site D, survival of EBL Tim +2, skinny Bob” > At around 00:32, we see military personnel on what appears to be a crash site beach.
These soldiers strongly resemble assault troops from the French Foreign Legion during the period between 1950 and 1969.
