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That's what I thought; but then someone said this video was from 2020...?

Right. Venus is an inferior planet and cannot be in the eastern sky at sunset. But someone please double check my compass directions. I'd just like to eliminate the chance that I've made an error. We're talking about Airplane Number Two, not the Mystery Object.

I'm going a different way. Airplane One and Airplane Two are very likely distant aircraft. Airplane Two especially moves very consistently with the motion of the car. The only other thing it might be is a bright astronomical body. I think Jupiter would be the only viable candidate, I think...

Okay the first thing I can say for sure is that what I'm calling Airplane Number Two is the Airplane visible from 0:15 to 0:20. It becomes visible again after it clears the tree, and remains visible as Airplane Number Two. What may be happening with the Mystery Object/Airplane Number Three: A...

Okay, I'll take another look at the raw footage from both rear-view cameras. I'm working this out in real time, so it's not a settled question A test will be if what I'm calling Airplane Number Two and Airplane Number Three have the same apparent motion.

So the narrative seems to be that the Mystery Object was following the car, passed over the car, and became visible in the front windshield. It then stopped and reversed direction and passed over the car in the opposite direction it had been traveling. I think: -These are two different...

I see... It's becoming clear that this sighting involved multiple distant planes. They were probably following the same air corridor; a designated region of airspace that an aircraft must remain in during its transit through a given region. We'll call them: -Plane in front-view camera -...

0:15 0:17 0:20 Its apparent motion across the frame is due to the car turning.

My YouTube video has less resolution than the raw video, so it might be best to download the the file hear: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19Q9DIk1Kssa-KkMykM7-9fpp6NFrL-Fd Anyway... Visible from 0:15 to 0:20 And again at 0:30

Let's talk about the rear view camera view only. It's important to note that these "enhanced" views are cropped. Which both takes the rear view camera scene out of context and exagerates the speed of the apparent motion. This raw video should clarify the situation. It is both full frame...

Looking at the above video, I can see that I haven't taken something into account. A car turning through a corner like this is not a smooth motion like a merry-go-round. The car is turning left in general, but it's turning more or less left throughout the left turn. The front of the car is...

I've been looking for some fixed camera footage on mountain roads. The complication is that most driving videos have the camera on the driver's head. This is a camera fixed to the car. This is sped up so I recommend playing it at 0.5 speed. Watch the clouds. This will give us some practice...

Moving on to the rear-view camera scene.... This is complex. Is the apparent movement of that dot real, or is it caused by the car turning? Is it a close small object, or a distant larger object? The car isn't just passing by things on the side of the road... it's also turning. View from...

Maybe the front and rear cameras caught two separate airliners following the same flight path?

You're right. The proper motion of the plane has to be accounted for. I'm going to guess it was about 8:00 p.m. PDT.

First frame the object is visible versus last frame in which the object and the pole are both visible. The dot has moved to the left of the pole. If this is due to parallax rather than proper motion, the dot is farther away from the car than the pole. The apparent "drop" of the object could...

Testing my idea First Frame in which the object is visible versus last frame. This test makes it clear that as far as the trees go, perspective is more important than parallax. The trees are getting "bigger" as they come closer, therefore the edges of the trees are moving laterally across our...

I don't know what the object in the rear facing cameras is but - if my notion is correct - could it be unrelated to the first?

Or is the tree much closer to the car than the distant dot?

My first impression: The first object is a distant aricraft, possibly with a short contrail -It appears bright because it's reflecting the sunlight in the distant sky, while the car is in the shadow of the mountains. -It first comes into view because the car is turning and going up hill. The...