My thought exactly. I've seen some pretty remarkable things built out of a garage. But the fuel limit and altitude is a bit more difficult to overcome for someone building a jetpack in their garage. I still think it's a mannequin-like shell packed with either lipo batteries or liquid fuel.
No shit man, I built a twin rocket powered go kart for science class in 7th grade it's not like it's rocket science or something, it's jet science! way less explosive!
Exactly, the engines are available off shelf, now get to running them on an alternative fuel, something else, highly concentrated where you gain 5 ×. The flight time. Turbofans can burn lots of different fuels, it's like a diesel, set the parameters and keep the mechanical side cool and your in the air. Long time Charlie Brown
@@RonCobb-co6dr funny you say "Like a diesel". Jet A fuel is closely related to diesel fuel lol doesn't set on fire easily, its oily, thick. Very energy dense.
The pilots seem to love this guy .😂😂 . It's funny that all the sightings are at like 6:30 p.m. most people get home from work, eat some dinner, watch a little TV. This guy takes his jetpack for a ride. Gotta love it 😁
@@BrianRay-y7lthey joke around all the time... You speak with such confidence for someone who has no idea what they're talking about! Simply typing into the search bar from this very site "funny atc" or "atc prank" will give you about 2 million examples of you being incorrect 🫡
The altitutude is the amazing thing. And flying out over the ocean at 6000 ft is crazy. You'd have to have so much faith in your equiptment to feel safe at those altitudes.
@@future5889 ---- or, there are some people who suspect it to be a large drone with some kind of mannequin strapped in. I know for faxt that there are large heavy lift drones that are able to pick up around 40 or 50 lbs dead weight off the ground and be stable in flight, at speed around 20 mph with a range of around 5-6 miles out of sight of the operator. If the drone gets out of range from the operator, the mission has already been plotted into the onboard guidance system and the drone will continue to its target, take whatever action it has been programmed to do then turn around and return home. Without assistance. But will lock back into the signal when in range and notifies the remote control device and will go "home" and even land itself. I'd imagine an R/C jetpack of pretty good size could carry a dummy that looks basically like a person. They've been using one of those dummies as Biden for the last four years. LOL
Makes no difference to me if he flys over land or ocean. You heard fuel consumption is an issue and that thing is heavy, he's not carrying a parachute.
I think if movies have taught us anything the only reasonable course of action of whoever is perpetuating this is to hold a press conference and state unequivocally that they are Ironman.
actually the engines used by all the shown jetpacks are commercialy available jet engines for RC planes. so if this is a jetpack then it could be home build.
@@haileybalmer9722 well if its indeed jet powered then i would actually guess that its a very large drone where most of the ''body'' is a large fuel tank. the tech for that is quite old actually. and yes it was already possible to get RC vehicles to such hights duirng the early 2000.
The casual way they use his nickname over the radio made me giggle. Thanks for including the audio snips of those! You always delve into tangential information concisely and YES I didn’t know I wanted the history of jetpack tech but I DID👍🏻
@borislugosi54 no, it hasn't at all. They habe just dine some defence contract jobs, just like basically every other aviation company. It's not slang for anything. The dude is just completely wrong and didn't do his research. Clearly thought he knew something and atates it as fact but was mistaken.
@@soggybiscotti8425 Indeed it has become a slang term and not just specific to Lockheed Martin program. That's how language works. Guarantee you use words that are specific to one thing that have become a generalized term. Q tip being an easy one to reference. Q tip is a brand name that has become synonymous with a style of cotton swab
FYI as a guy who used to work LITERALLY across the runway tunnel from LAX on Sepulveda...There is a TON of Aerospace down there. Boeing/ Northrup Grumman/ NASA/ the LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE no one talks about lol ...its probably one of the egg heads side projects
Yes most aerospace have huge properties in Redondo Beach. At night huge covered convoys travel up PCH to the huge buildings offloaded from Long Beach ships (probably.)
I grew up in the neighborhood that LAX is located, Westchester, and the whole area since WWII has been aerospace from Santa Monica, Culver City, Westchester, Inglewood Hawthorne, El Segundo, Redondo, Gardena, Torrance, everything from fighter planes, helicopters, missiles, rockets, satellites, bombs all manufactured and designed.
Note: i haven't seen anyone mention how one of the pilots actually said he heard the engines, if i heard correctly then that rules out the drone theory.
Eh, every group you named would never test this kind of tech in such public areas. Lol It just brings unnecessary eyeballs and potential legal ramifications. Plus flying pass military jets is basically gambling one doesn’t shoot you out of the sky. 😂 I’m surprised none ever tried to follow him.
@@virginiaviola5097 Agreed. I know that back in the day, pilots were afraid of reporting U.F.O's due to being grounded e.t.c. but I don't know if that's the same case for nowadays or not. Do you know at all??
If they are selling units for 300,000 US, I wouldn’t put it past someone in LA to put a million plus on their own jet pack. Lot of retired engineers and air and space guys out there
Yep I remember seeing a video of a US soldier using a jet pack but the design was different. Lol The fact that they released the video to the public tells me it’s definitely years old. 😂
@@shaun5047 It’s a military version made by a private company called “Gravity Industries”. It’s not old, the first suit was shown in 2017. Search up Gravity Industries, there are multiple youtubers and videos by them showing training and flights. They’ve even been demoed for mountain rescue for areas that are hard to get to with helicopters as well as on foot
Hey, just wanted to let you know that I LOVE the inclusion of exact source videos in your own project. It's so clear to read, great for context and doesn't get in the way.
I think it’s entirely possible for a guy to build his own jet pack. Yes, he’d have to be smart and have a few quid, but he wouldn’t need to be Tony Stark rich. I’m sure some of those guys that build their own radio controlled jet fighters would have the knowledge and kit to do it
I was thinking along the same lines; more handy and more time you have available, less money is acquired. He couldve bought second hand RC mini-jets, refurbished them or repurposed them from something else, something discarded. Humans have always wanted to fly like birds, I totally get why someone would do this.
That's exactly how gravity industries started, with a guy combining multiple rc jet engines. It's a lot of work but not in the realm of the ultra rich.
I've known a few guys like this and they're usually as responsible as they are intelligent and wouldn't be testing their idea anywhere near an active airspace. Maybe a one time mistake but not repeatedly pressing their luck playing chicken with 747s. The fact that it's been seen multiple times at a high profile airport tells me that maybe it's testing our ability or willingness to react to it.
I think the jet pack man and the jellyfish UFO are the same phenomenon. Pretty sure it has nothing to do with a jet pack man it just resembles one from a distance.
It is the guy from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics that stunned the world during the opening ceremony, when many people all over the world saw this technology for the very first time in their lives and looked in sheer awe as he flew into the LA Memorial Coliseum and landed with pinpoint accuracy. He is just staying in shape and practicing for 2028, when the Olympics return to Los Angeles 🇺🇸😎👍🏻
A drone 6 miles off the ocean? I guess if they flew it from a boat. But why if they had no idea that a plane would even see them? IDK. Maybe someone built a drone that they can fly in/on, make more sense.
Love all of your videos. I have a different theory regarding jetpack man that matches up to his altitude, speed, and the Dynasty pilot's description of him being shiney. I believe he's actually a balloon, specifically a life-sized Buzz Lightyear balloon like the one seen in this video: ua-cam.com/video/hh5mpHtlAO4/v-deo.html Depending on air currents, he could be hovering in place or caught in a jet stream moving several hundred miles per hour.
I have a few pics of a jetpack man, flying very high over the New Jersey shore during the dawn hour, August, 2018. I was taking pics with a long tele lens, I heard the craft, noting the unusual sound of the engine source, and directed my 400mm lens skyward. I know what I saw wasn't an electric drone or a small engine as you'd find on an RC plane; the sound was too distinctly different to be some hobbyist prank. The pilot had on an oversized suit, and there was a big pack on his back. He was also flying for a while. I saw him heading north, and a few minutes later saw him flying south. Totally unexplainable to me.
So, there could be two jet dudes? Or he moved from NJ to CA at some point, since yours was before these ones. Was your sighting also near an airport? Or flightpath? Im not familiar enough with US geography.. Can you guesstimate the length of your sighting and how high he was? Hella weird anyway, I say this as a hobby photographer and astronomer myself. Im somewhat familiar on what goes on in the sky, but jetpack people are new to me!
@rprince418 why would you care if he gets himself killed? He knows the risks. Id assume the risk and rush is the major draw instead of just building your own fixed wing kit plane.
If I weighed less, and had the money, I am 100% certain that I could build a similar craft. Three off-the-shelf turbines for RC aircraft, generating about 367 Ibs of thrust, mounted on individual swiveling aluminum frames around the shoulders, and a main aluminum frame with harness, fuel tanks, and supporting electronics and gear. Basically anyone who knows how to weld, and has an idea of how thrust and gravity works could build one, the only constraint is money.
Occam's Razor indicates that this will turn-out to be an inflatable helium-filled drone in the shape of a man. The simplest explaniations are always the most likely. 6,000' is WAY to high for a manned version.
6000 ft is too high for a human? Are you forgetting about the guy who skydived from 145,000 feet? With a breathing apparatus and protective suit there's no reason they couldn't go to 6000 ft.
6000 feet is surprisingly doable. There are mountains around LA taller than that, and people go camping at that elevation for fun. I did it as a child. As long as you try to set a world record in the 100-meter dash while you're up there, it's fine.
I don't know, if the manni quin only has an 8 minute runtime, it may theoretically be capable of flying up to 6000 ft agl, but I'm pretty sure it would take much longer for it to climb to that altitude than 8 minutes. Remember, it not only has to have enough battery capacity to reach these altitudes, but enough to bring it back down also. If someone managed to get a done up there and it were to run out of battery, it would fall to earth. Being that it was sighted over LA, a densely populated urban area, it would have been found quickly. That is if it didn't injure someone, or damage property upon crashing to the ground. The latter of which is more probable than not, which would only lead to it being found quicker.
There are scores of known hobbyist inventors that have publicly designed their own jetpacks. I'm sure there are probably 100s,if not 1000s,of undocumented hobbyists with working models of jetpacks. We can almost be 100% sure it wasn't a big tech company that was responsible for this because they would surely test in secret, because that's what those people do: everything secretly. This is almost undoubtedly a hobby maker. I hope he keeps doing it. The government is just disgusting in recent times with 100s of new "rules" for citizens each year. We are rapidly approaching Orwell's vision of 1984 in terms of government
There has been a ufo sighting in Mexico in 2006 and 2020, and the shape of that so called "bruha" ufo looks exactly like a jetpack man. Also the ufo photographed by the team of geologists in India looks the same. Elongated shape with a bent leg at the bottom.
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Probably true. 3k feet is not that high and jet packs have evolved in to viable modes of flight. So, some dumbass flew a jet pack into a major airports flight paths.
No, you are wrong. It is actually a common slang word used within many engineering companies, especially those companies in the aerospace, military aviation, and military technology. It describes a department of specialists that develop new technology without having to report through the normal “chain of command”. Meaning they can continue to work on their projects without having to report to the bosses every step of the way and can get the project done much quicker. And these groups are comprised of the best and brightest of the companies and tend to work on classified technology. And there is no company called Skunk Works either. There is a division of Lockheed Martin that is called the Skunk Works, but it isn’t a separate company all,of it’s own. The division was first called Lockheed Advanced Project Development Division and was formed during WW2 and was before Lockheed merged with Martin Aviation. The name was “changed” to Skunk Works when they were working on the P-80 Shooting Star and had a large circus tent set up near a plastic company in which they did most of their work in. The tent was close enough to the plastic manufacturer that the smell from the various chemicals would waft into the tent and stay resulting in the tent having a really horrible smell inside. The terrible smell made the R&D workers think about the Skonk Works factory that was in the Lil Abner comic strip and soon they began to refer to that tent as the Skunk Works. And the name stuck and eventually Lockheed started using that name in place of the advance development department. Although I believe the official name of the department is still Lockheed Martins Advance Development Department, Skunk Works is just easier to say. Now the term Skunk Works is used to describe any small and dedicated team of R&D engineers/scientists that works on special or secret projects without direct oversight of the higher ups.
This documentary left out the important info concerning the fact that so-called "flying humanoids" have been reported and caught on video for many decades. Some reports go VERY far back
I think there's a few commercial drones for sale that can reach a mile up. If someone made their own, it would only be limited to what they used to build it with.
or just a baloon. its definatley a man in a jetpack flying 3k feet while going to and from a airport,,,, they cant go that high or that far. they can fly for a few minutes at most. if DARPA and these entertainment companies cant do this its definitely not a guy working out of his garage like some gullible ppl think.....its not a "board engineer" its a drone with a baloon or just a baloon like that haloween display that looked just like it. the fbi already pretty much said it was a baloon with 99% certainty
It is the nickname for Lockheed Martin's R&D division but in the context that Mayman used it, Mayman intended it to mean a secret aviation project by reference to Lockheed Martin.
This is awesome. Shows us, idea's, inventions, ingenuity, problems solving still exists here in the US. Ppl are not saying this, but, he came up with his/her/their own fuel source without a worry in the world of running out. 3k-6k flying like a bird in the skies without a worry. Not surprised they don't want to share this tech with the rest of us. So they, them too, would be threatened for their tech, have them or their families killed for their fuel and tech blueprints. Wished we could have the ability to come up with marvel inventions without the fear of being stolen and losing ones life for it like others have in our past.
Your videos keep getting better and better. I love love love the into with the original sightings. You know just when to add in outside footage or audio. Your editing is so clean. I love it all
If the suite is heated and the pilot has a lengthy O2 supply they could fly as long as the O2 lasts... With a miniaturized O2 Generator they could fly until the fatigue limits of the pilot...
I think you are grossly overestimated how hard it is to build a jetpack. 'Gravity' was just some smart bankers messing around with model gas turbines, they got flying pretty quick. I'm an aviation engineer and could definitely make one in my garage. Theres lots of people with my level of knowledge and finances.
Yeah each of those model engines makes like 60+ lbs of thrust. Fuel usage is high, but you can certainly do it, and that's exactly what "gravity" used with their jet suit.
Having some lone inventor designing and building an advanced jetpack makes a nice story, but the only way I see that happening is: 1) engineer who quit or retired from aeronautical firm - best would be if he had worked for one of the two jetpack companies. 2) he is independently wealthy - which means he had a lot of stock options at his former employer, or he inherited it, OR he's working for someone wealthy 3) has a hidden place in the hills to launch and land at . Problems with this: 1) Flying around LA has got him noticed. IF he bought six turbojet engines at one time any time in the recent past, someone should remember them being ordered by an entity that is not a recognized aircraft research firm. 2) Hard to find a place anywhere near LA you could land and take off without being noticed even if you made the jetpack completely silent 3) Since he has not been noticed flying elsewhere in LA, his base is probably close to KLAX. Which leads to: 1) It's more likely a drone/mannequin combination. 2) best way to hide takeoff/landing location is roof of high building 3) It has to be near KLAX due to range issues I'd look for a high building near KLAX, probably a residential building with insecure roof access, where the perpetrator could be a resident or the building manager; OR an office building where they could be a tenant or building maintenance worker.
@@Spektator The trouble with finding him is the long interval between appearances. Otherwise I'd suggest pointing cameras at the tops of a few tall buildings and waiting.
Launching from a high rooftop would definitely lessen the chance of being heard or seen. Even still, those turbines have got to be pretty loud. Then again, maybe this is the reason for the flights being in the vicinity of LAX ? If you think about it, being near to a busy airport would be the least likely place anyone would notice, or pay attention to the noise generated by a jet engine. Around an airport like LAX the sounds of jet engines are near constant, to a point we don't even pay attention to them when near. It would be much easier to takeoff without being noticed near LAX. By people on the ground anyway.
That was the first thing I thought too was it’s no way somebody could have a hidden jetpack in LA. Maybe if it was a more rural area. The pack is too loud those are actual jet engines there’s no being low key about that. It would sound like an airplane right outside somebody’s window. And 5000ft is really high for a jetpack. Ion think it’s a jetpack. Although, it’s people who have made their own rockets so I bet there are engineers out there with functioning jetpacks. Not in LA tho
i bet it's the pet project of some retired military engineer or something lmao also, there's no reason that a "jetpack" has to be built like a jet engine. There are plenty of other ways to do it, like compressed air, chemical engines, rockets (i suppose rockets would be a bit too lethal to strap on yourself, though), etc.
It could be fake, like a uav or a balloon. But it could also just be some rich tech dude who had a sweet jetpack built. Jetpack technology is pretty advanced. To the people saying that 5000 ft is too high for.l a human I guess didn't see the guy who parachuted to earth from outer space. With the right breathing equipment and protective clothing 5000 ft is definitely possible.
It is just the amount of fuel you would need to get up there that doesn't seem possible, and you would use twice as much to descend, because you would want a slow controlled descent, not a near free fall. The jet would be running far longer on descent than it would on ascent.
@@gutz323not too sure about that, using terminal velocity maybe even with additional drag systems you could idle the jets until much lower and spool up much lower to land. It would take a breathtakingly large disregard for personal safety and very good underwear
So this design - judging by the grainy video - is a "hanging jetpack" not a flying wing with 4 small jet engines ala the "Fly Dubai" Type 'Jetman' (well known Swiss engineer Yves Rossy) ? I'm taking guesses !
Definitely A Dummy ,with the weight of a Man, I don't think it was a Real Man, cus that Version, we would never hear off..That budget is Governmental..
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It should be noted that corporate knowledge and individual research far exceeds that of academic. And that's why Military will sponsor independent research scientists. So ruling out the backyard inventor..... maybe tough love?
I bet it’s Elon. Probably built one for shits and giggles. Next time he’s spotted maybe he’ll have a flame thrower. Or something fun like a fart gun haha.
well known piece of hardware. might even be possible that the chinese word sounds near identical to the english word. or that the chinese just adopted the word into their own language.
I think people are severely underestimating what a bored and talented hobbyist engineer is capable of in their spare time.
most are smart enough to keep on the down low, this is taking it a bit too high
@@samiirai Good one!
My thought exactly. I've seen some pretty remarkable things built out of a garage. But the fuel limit and altitude is a bit more difficult to overcome for someone building a jetpack in their garage. I still think it's a mannequin-like shell packed with either lipo batteries or liquid fuel.
Yup, ask lawn chair weather balloon guy, or Marvin heemeyer.
No shit man, I built a twin rocket powered go kart for science class in 7th grade it's not like it's rocket science or something, it's jet science! way less explosive!
The "anti-DB Cooper" trying to get back on a plane.
Is he giving money away? If so where?
@@brandonhoffman4712
Well, he’s giving it to the plane. Where? In the air, man. In the air.
He just got lost flying around up there for like 40 years lolo
Bizarro DB Cooper
Lol
> $300k military grade jetpack
> Actually $30k worth of R/C jet engines ganged together on a frame.
Exactly, the engines are available off shelf, now get to running them on an alternative fuel, something else, highly concentrated where you gain 5 ×. The flight time. Turbofans can burn lots of different fuels, it's like a diesel, set the parameters and keep the mechanical side cool and your in the air. Long time Charlie Brown
All over-paid for by the taxpayers…military industrial complex in full force
@@RonCobb-co6dr funny you say "Like a diesel". Jet A fuel is closely related to diesel fuel lol doesn't set on fire easily, its oily, thick. Very energy dense.
The pilots seem to love this guy .😂😂 . It's funny that all the sightings are at like 6:30 p.m. most people get home from work, eat some dinner, watch a little TV. This guy takes his jetpack for a ride. Gotta love it 😁
They act like they hate him, and I get it's a safety risk. But they love the interesting story
I think people severely underestimate how bad people don't want to deal with downtown LA traffic
The 405, the 110, 101, 210 and 5 are terrible
Love how the pilots sounded like they were just getting tired of this jetpack shit 🤣
lmao yeah when he gets on and is like "we just passed a guy on a jetpack" he sounded like he was at the end of his rope with this aviation bullshit
@@InfiniteRhombus "Lads, I just passed one of them airplanes again."
Yeah because he has dibs on the entire sky.. right. I will fly my way. Ya'lll can bicker. GOV doesn't give me permission. I give it to them.
Well no pilot wants their plane to go down on approach to lax with passengers because of a moron on a jetpack.
looks left. OH SONOFABITCH really?.. uggh TOWER 1. friggen jetpack man. A GAIN. i just can't anymore. crashes. 😂
I like how ATC didn't even question the first pilot's assessment, just took him seriously 100%.
It isn't a podcast full of clowns, it's a real job
they dont joke around at all
@@BrianRay-y7lthey joke around all the time... You speak with such confidence for someone who has no idea what they're talking about! Simply typing into the search bar from this very site "funny atc" or "atc prank" will give you about 2 million examples of you being incorrect 🫡
@@thatdude3977spoken like a true clown 🤡
There's tons of clips of ATC cracking jokes and shit, what are you two talking about?
He's just a regular guy that wanted to buy one his whole life but wasn't allowed...
So he built his own
It’s the goddamn… Tachyon Express
Leave this person alone, and just let her or him live their dream!
@@MarcillaSmith NEVER!
@@MarcillaSmith it's not a woman there's a reason they live longer than men
Is Elon Musk the Batman?
COVID lockdown, rc parts, tons of spare time, boredom, sounds like a fun project to pass the time.
If you have money for a jetpack, you have money for a boat to land on in secret.
and take off from
He should of known going over the airport would be 5 stars immediately
Should of? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
WHERE DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Get your shit together. 😂😂😂
@@slappy8941 Your reaction isn't very sophisticated either.
@@slappy8941, the surgeon general of grammar, using emoji’s as a substitute for words. 👍🏻
* Should HAVE
@@johnwhitaker545 I know, right? It's like being laughed at by a tabloid newspaper.
The altitutude is the amazing thing. And flying out over the ocean at 6000 ft is crazy.
You'd have to have so much faith in your equiptment to feel safe at those altitudes.
the fact he hasn’t done it since makes me think that he fell to his death in the ocean and they won’t find his body
@@future5889 ---- or, there are some people who suspect it to be a large drone with some kind of mannequin strapped in.
I know for faxt that there are large heavy lift drones that are able to pick up around 40 or 50 lbs dead weight off the ground and be stable in flight, at speed around 20 mph with a range of around 5-6 miles out of sight of the operator. If the drone gets out of range from the operator, the mission has already been plotted into the onboard guidance system and the drone will continue to its target, take whatever action it has been programmed to do then turn around and return home. Without assistance. But will lock back into the signal when in range and notifies the remote control device and will go "home" and even land itself.
I'd imagine an R/C jetpack of pretty good size could carry a dummy that looks basically like a person. They've been using one of those dummies as Biden for the last four years. LOL
I think it's a large quadcopter with a lightweight shell shaped like a mannequin. Not actually manned, so no danger other than the great expense.
Makes no difference to me if he flys over land or ocean. You heard fuel consumption is an issue and that thing is heavy, he's not carrying a parachute.
@@future5889 Nah if it was a DIY project then his throttle got stuck and he flew to the moon
I think if movies have taught us anything the only reasonable course of action of whoever is perpetuating this is to hold a press conference and state unequivocally that they are Ironman.
Elon Musk would have them killed. There can only be one Tony Stark. Highlander rules! Boy.. Elon Musk is the king of idiots.
And defeat an insane boss in a copycat iron man suit
...And they built it in a Man cave. 😂
@@Fruitcupper OUT OF A BOX OF SCRAPS
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
What a Story!! Perhaps he (or she) stays close to LAX because the noise of taking off would be drowned out by Jet Aircraft.
Love how the pilots casually like "Okay we're looking for Iron Man 😂"
😂
I can think of only one man wealthy and stupid enough to do this: Tom Cruise.
I'd say it was Harrison Ford...but he didn't crash. : )
Gold🤣
think he stores it at the house of Scientology
Musk
Tony Stark
actually the engines used by all the shown jetpacks are commercialy available jet engines for RC planes. so if this is a jetpack then it could be home build.
Several DIY'ers have
Not enough flight time. It's a drone.
Cool cool. And how do they account for wind chill, extreme low temps, and a lack of oxygen?
@@haileybalmer9722 well if its indeed jet powered then i would actually guess that its a very large drone where most of the ''body'' is a large fuel tank. the tech for that is quite old actually. and yes it was already possible to get RC vehicles to such hights duirng the early 2000.
Really? How u know.? Sounds like someting the JPM might know. Not really.
The casual way they use his nickname over the radio made me giggle. Thanks for including the audio snips of those! You always delve into tangential information concisely and YES I didn’t know I wanted the history of jetpack tech but I DID👍🏻
"Skunkworks, meaning a slang term for a secret project" i mean it could literally be Lockheed Martin Skunkworks
So THAT'S why we couldn't find the jetpack in GTA V!? This guy stole it!
We are stuck in the matrix. .
Sleaford mods made a song about this .😂
It was actually CJ flying with the dual wield usi following the damn train
You just solve the whole mystery
Skunk Works isn't slang, it's a division of Lockheed
True, but the term has evolved into slang to describe similar type projects/research.
Yeah I dunno where he got that idea. It's nothing to do with any sort of slang.
@borislugosi54 no, it hasn't at all. They habe just dine some defence contract jobs, just like basically every other aviation company. It's not slang for anything. The dude is just completely wrong and didn't do his research.
Clearly thought he knew something and atates it as fact but was mistaken.
@@soggybiscotti8425
Indeed it has become a slang term and not just specific to Lockheed Martin program. That's how language works. Guarantee you use words that are specific to one thing that have become a generalized term. Q tip being an easy one to reference. Q tip is a brand name that has become synonymous with a style of cotton swab
@@borislugosi54 or "weed eater", another example
FYI as a guy who used to work LITERALLY across the runway tunnel from LAX on Sepulveda...There is a TON of Aerospace down there. Boeing/ Northrup Grumman/ NASA/ the LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE no one talks about lol ...its probably one of the egg heads side projects
Yes most aerospace have huge properties in Redondo Beach. At night huge covered convoys travel up PCH to the huge buildings offloaded from Long Beach ships (probably.)
I grew up in the neighborhood that LAX is located, Westchester, and the whole area since WWII has been aerospace from Santa Monica, Culver City, Westchester, Inglewood Hawthorne, El Segundo, Redondo, Gardena, Torrance, everything from fighter planes, helicopters, missiles, rockets, satellites, bombs all manufactured and designed.
Note: i haven't seen anyone mention how one of the pilots actually said he heard the engines, if i heard correctly then that rules out the drone theory.
Eh, every group you named would never test this kind of tech in such public areas. Lol It just brings unnecessary eyeballs and potential legal ramifications. Plus flying pass military jets is basically gambling one doesn’t shoot you out of the sky. 😂 I’m surprised none ever tried to follow him.
This is one of the most fascinating stories I’ve come across… how the pilot said he’s just seen a jetpack and it didn’t seem to faze him one bit :’)
Got to be calm
Pilots see some weird sh*t up there. Another day at the office.
Makes me think he probably thought it was a drone trick or something.
Yeah, that made me chuckle 😂
@@virginiaviola5097
Agreed. I know that back in the day, pilots were afraid of reporting U.F.O's due to being grounded e.t.c. but I don't know if that's the same case for nowadays or not. Do you know at all??
If they are selling units for 300,000 US, I wouldn’t put it past someone in LA to put a million plus on their own jet pack. Lot of retired engineers and air and space guys out there
the jet packs they are showing to the public are probably so old school, they keep the new “cool” stuff hidden
Yep I remember seeing a video of a US soldier using a jet pack but the design was different. Lol The fact that they released the video to the public tells me it’s definitely years old. 😂
@@shaun5047 It’s a military version made by a private company called “Gravity Industries”. It’s not old, the first suit was shown in 2017. Search up Gravity Industries, there are multiple youtubers and videos by them showing training and flights. They’ve even been demoed for mountain rescue for areas that are hard to get to with helicopters as well as on foot
with something this incredibly badass, safety is more of a convenience than a requirement
I need that on a t shirt.
I probably bet bro had trained himself before he took it for a spin buddy, this guy could be a low-key genius under our noses
Hey, just wanted to let you know that I LOVE the inclusion of exact source videos in your own project. It's so clear to read, great for context and doesn't get in the way.
I think it’s entirely possible for a guy to build his own jet pack. Yes, he’d have to be smart and have a few quid, but he wouldn’t need to be Tony Stark rich. I’m sure some of those guys that build their own radio controlled jet fighters would have the knowledge and kit to do it
I was thinking along the same lines; more handy and more time you have available, less money is acquired. He couldve bought second hand RC mini-jets, refurbished them or repurposed them from something else, something discarded. Humans have always wanted to fly like birds, I totally get why someone would do this.
Have to look at timing also. This was NFT/Crypto time.
Lots of people had money to burn
True
That's exactly how gravity industries started, with a guy combining multiple rc jet engines. It's a lot of work but not in the realm of the ultra rich.
I've known a few guys like this and they're usually as responsible as they are intelligent and wouldn't be testing their idea anywhere near an active airspace. Maybe a one time mistake but not repeatedly pressing their luck playing chicken with 747s.
The fact that it's been seen multiple times at a high profile airport tells me that maybe it's testing our ability or willingness to react to it.
I think the jet pack man and the jellyfish UFO are the same phenomenon. Pretty sure it has nothing to do with a jet pack man it just resembles one from a distance.
It is the guy from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics that stunned the world during the opening ceremony, when many people all over the world saw this technology for the very first time in their lives and looked in sheer awe as he flew into the LA Memorial Coliseum and landed with pinpoint accuracy.
He is just staying in shape and practicing for 2028, when the Olympics return to Los Angeles 🇺🇸😎👍🏻
In 2028 he’d better be a trans black man if he wants to be in the Olympics
That was a chemical jetpack, it has a floght time of about 30 seconds.
A drone 6 miles off the ocean?
I guess if they flew it from a boat. But why if they had no idea that a plane would even see them? IDK. Maybe someone built a drone that they can fly in/on, make more sense.
Or it has cameras and GPS. 😅😅
RC gear on the HAM frequencies allow a range of around 23 miles, or to the line of sight range.
ROCKETMAN. Burning out his fuse out here alone~
Could be Major Tom
Could be a starman
It's a song
Rocket. Man. Burning out. His fuel. Out there. Alone!
Buck Roger's lol
Love all of your videos. I have a different theory regarding jetpack man that matches up to his altitude, speed, and the Dynasty pilot's description of him being shiney. I believe he's actually a balloon, specifically a life-sized Buzz Lightyear balloon like the one seen in this video: ua-cam.com/video/hh5mpHtlAO4/v-deo.html
Depending on air currents, he could be hovering in place or caught in a jet stream moving several hundred miles per hour.
"I don't know why he flys so close to the airport."
"Nobody has reported hearing it"🤣🤣🤣
Don't forget 'Lawnchair Larry' Walters who went airborne in July, 1982 for 45 minutes.
Remember that dude a couple years ago built a whole ass rocket and rode it up to prove the earth was flat? Rip
Thank you!
Espousing some of the history of LAX and its magnetic draw for harebrained flying contraptions and their individual human pilots.
I have a few pics of a jetpack man, flying very high over the New Jersey shore during the dawn hour, August, 2018. I was taking pics with a long tele lens, I heard the craft, noting the unusual sound of the engine source, and directed my 400mm lens skyward. I know what I saw wasn't an electric drone or a small engine as you'd find on an RC plane; the sound was too distinctly different to be some hobbyist prank. The pilot had on an oversized suit, and there was a big pack on his back. He was also flying for a while. I saw him heading north, and a few minutes later saw him flying south. Totally unexplainable to me.
That’s amazing - would you be able to share them? Feel free to send over via email if you wish - spektatorchannel@gmail.com
@@Spektator Sent, and thanks.
So, there could be two jet dudes? Or he moved from NJ to CA at some point, since yours was before these ones. Was your sighting also near an airport? Or flightpath? Im not familiar enough with US geography.. Can you guesstimate the length of your sighting and how high he was? Hella weird anyway, I say this as a hobby photographer and astronomer myself. Im somewhat familiar on what goes on in the sky, but jetpack people are new to me!
@@janemiettinen5176Could just be road tripping to not do it in one area too long
New military tech?
I like to think this is what Santa does in the off season.
😄
He must be testing new gear he received from the government.
We all cheer for you jetpack man, fulfill your dreams
Not if he gets himself or someone else killed.
@@rprince418 relax man
I hope that mad lad is living well
@rprince418 why would you care if he gets himself killed? He knows the risks. Id assume the risk and rush is the major draw instead of just building your own fixed wing kit plane.
If I weighed less, and had the money, I am 100% certain that I could build a similar craft. Three off-the-shelf turbines for RC aircraft, generating about 367 Ibs of thrust, mounted on individual swiveling aluminum frames around the shoulders, and a main aluminum frame with harness, fuel tanks, and supporting electronics and gear.
Basically anyone who knows how to weld, and has an idea of how thrust and gravity works could build one, the only constraint is money.
One word for you: Ozempick!
This is what extremely intelligent, talented people do when they’re very bored I don’t blame them to be honest
Occam's Razor indicates that this will turn-out to be an inflatable helium-filled drone in the shape of a man. The simplest explaniations are always the most likely. 6,000' is WAY to high for a manned version.
ua-cam.com/video/jv-DW_xLMrk/v-deo.html
6000 ft is too high for a human? Are you forgetting about the guy who skydived from 145,000 feet? With a breathing apparatus and protective suit there's no reason they couldn't go to 6000 ft.
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6000 feet is surprisingly doable. There are mountains around LA taller than that, and people go camping at that elevation for fun. I did it as a child. As long as you try to set a world record in the 100-meter dash while you're up there, it's fine.
@onbearfeet surely flying thru the freezing air would have a different affect on the body then static at that altitude
I don't know, if the manni quin only has an 8 minute runtime, it may theoretically be capable of flying up to 6000 ft agl, but I'm pretty sure it would take much longer for it to climb to that altitude than 8 minutes. Remember, it not only has to have enough battery capacity to reach these altitudes, but enough to bring it back down also. If someone managed to get a done up there and it were to run out of battery, it would fall to earth. Being that it was sighted over LA, a densely populated urban area, it would have been found quickly. That is if it didn't injure someone, or damage property upon crashing to the ground. The latter of which is more probable than not, which would only lead to it being found quicker.
3:33 I heard law enforcement aircraft and immediately thought of police jets with sirens pulling over planes😂.
There are scores of known hobbyist inventors that have publicly designed their own jetpacks. I'm sure there are probably 100s,if not 1000s,of undocumented hobbyists with working models of jetpacks. We can almost be 100% sure it wasn't a big tech company that was responsible for this because they would surely test in secret, because that's what those people do: everything secretly. This is almost undoubtedly a hobby maker. I hope he keeps doing it. The government is just disgusting in recent times with 100s of new "rules" for citizens each year. We are rapidly approaching Orwell's vision of 1984 in terms of government
There has been a ufo sighting in Mexico in 2006 and 2020, and the shape of that so called "bruha" ufo looks exactly like a jetpack man. Also the ufo photographed by the team of geologists in India looks the same. Elongated shape with a bent leg at the bottom.
It's not a jet pack.
It's the jellyfish UAP.
Man you have one of the best narration, presentation and animation I have seen here. Loved the video and the black theme colors you used. I also loved that it is well timed video. I am already a subscriber and i hope to see you grow more and more. Best of luck to you :)
Casually chilling in a homemade jet pack at 5000 feet is absolutely absurd
Probably true. 3k feet is not that high and jet packs have evolved in to viable modes of flight. So, some dumbass flew a jet pack into a major airports flight paths.
Thoroughly enjoyable video. Branching out to covering weird stuff is a good idea. Algorithm requirements fulfilled :)
13:55 Skunk Works isn't a slang term, it's an actual company that develops military aircraft.
No, you are wrong. It is actually a common slang word used within many engineering companies, especially those companies in the aerospace, military aviation, and military technology. It describes a department of specialists that develop new technology without having to report through the normal “chain of command”. Meaning they can continue to work on their projects without having to report to the bosses every step of the way and can get the project done much quicker. And these groups are comprised of the best and brightest of the companies and tend to work on classified technology.
And there is no company called Skunk Works either. There is a division of Lockheed Martin that is called the Skunk Works, but it isn’t a separate company all,of it’s own. The division was first called Lockheed Advanced Project Development Division and was formed during WW2 and was before Lockheed merged with Martin Aviation. The name was “changed” to Skunk Works when they were working on the P-80 Shooting Star and had a large circus tent set up near a plastic company in which they did most of their work in. The tent was close enough to the plastic manufacturer that the smell from the various chemicals would waft into the tent and stay resulting in the tent having a really horrible smell inside. The terrible smell made the R&D workers think about the Skonk Works factory that was in the Lil Abner comic strip and soon they began to refer to that tent as the Skunk Works. And the name stuck and eventually Lockheed started using that name in place of the advance development department. Although I believe the official name of the department is still Lockheed Martins Advance Development Department, Skunk Works is just easier to say.
Now the term Skunk Works is used to describe any small and dedicated team of R&D engineers/scientists that works on special or secret projects without direct oversight of the higher ups.
Whats the problem with a man flying around in a jetpack?
Nothing, as long as he stays out of controlled airspace.
I want one
Dammit Elon! Was the meeting THAT important? 😂
This documentary left out the important info concerning the fact that so-called "flying humanoids" have been reported and caught on video for many decades. Some reports go VERY far back
It always left out the best footage of "jet pack man" captured by lapd too.
Tf
lol I wonder why he left that out…
Could be a manaquin attached to a drone
Crazy that you not only have to deal with bugs on the windshield, birds and now jet pack men.
Lol😂
Drone theory sound plausible
It was CJ
Just not that junk they showed. That wouldn't climb 500'.😅
@@cawcreator cj has traveled through a black hole and managed to spawn Into our world
I think there's a few commercial drones for sale that can reach a mile up. If someone made their own, it would only be limited to what they used to build it with.
or just a baloon. its definatley a man in a jetpack flying 3k feet while going to and from a airport,,,, they cant go that high or that far. they can fly for a few minutes at most. if DARPA and these entertainment companies cant do this its definitely not a guy working out of his garage like some gullible ppl think.....its not a "board engineer" its a drone with a baloon or just a baloon like that haloween display that looked just like it. the fbi already pretty much said it was a baloon with 99% certainty
Skunkworks isn't a slang term for "Secret projects" it's an actual R&D factory for Lockheed Martin.
It is the nickname for Lockheed Martin's R&D division but in the context that Mayman used it, Mayman intended it to mean a secret aviation project by reference to Lockheed Martin.
Skunkworks has come to have the first meaning due to the second: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Works
This is awesome.
Shows us, idea's, inventions, ingenuity, problems solving still exists here in the US.
Ppl are not saying this, but, he came up with his/her/their own fuel source without a worry in the world of running out.
3k-6k flying like a bird in the skies without a worry.
Not surprised they don't want to share this tech with the rest of us.
So they, them too, would be threatened for their tech, have them or their families killed for their fuel and tech blueprints.
Wished we could have the ability to come up with marvel inventions without the fear of being stolen and losing ones life for it like others have in our past.
14:39 stolen secrets
This must be extremely common based on how casual the pilots are
Like, ugh not that guy again.
Your videos keep getting better and better. I love love love the into with the original sightings. You know just when to add in outside footage or audio. Your editing is so clean. I love it all
Jetpack Man could be a remote controlled mannequin by some hipster living in Silver Lake.
If the suite is heated and the pilot has a lengthy O2 supply they could fly as long as the O2 lasts... With a miniaturized O2 Generator they could fly until the fatigue limits of the pilot...
Only players in the game, “wasn’t me”. Cool. Good enough explanation 😅
Anybody know where Jamie Hyneman was during these sightings :-) ?
The guy in the fifth sighting sounded SO annoyed that he saw the thing.
It’s not really that far fetched that someone out there has a homemade jet back(I meant jet pack)
My fav Beatles song.
@@VENZUL0 holy shit! You got me there 🤣🤣🤣
I appreciate the honesty but just correct the typo. You don't leave in a grammatical error for sake of transparency.
How best to say it, intellect is like a key and literally everything is a lock. You've got what? 40 years left maybe? Go play.
I think you are grossly overestimated how hard it is to build a jetpack. 'Gravity' was just some smart bankers messing around with model gas turbines, they got flying pretty quick. I'm an aviation engineer and could definitely make one in my garage. Theres lots of people with my level of knowledge and finances.
Yeah each of those model engines makes like 60+ lbs of thrust. Fuel usage is high, but you can certainly do it, and that's exactly what "gravity" used with their jet suit.
Definitely a Drone with a mannequin.
Having some lone inventor designing and building an advanced jetpack makes a nice story, but the only way I see that happening is:
1) engineer who quit or retired from aeronautical firm - best would be if he had worked for one of the two jetpack companies.
2) he is independently wealthy - which means he had a lot of stock options at his former employer, or he inherited it, OR he's working for someone wealthy
3) has a hidden place in the hills to launch and land at .
Problems with this:
1) Flying around LA has got him noticed. IF he bought six turbojet engines at one time any time in the recent past, someone should remember them being ordered by an entity that is not a recognized aircraft research firm.
2) Hard to find a place anywhere near LA you could land and take off without being noticed even if you made the jetpack completely silent
3) Since he has not been noticed flying elsewhere in LA, his base is probably close to KLAX.
Which leads to:
1) It's more likely a drone/mannequin combination.
2) best way to hide takeoff/landing location is roof of high building
3) It has to be near KLAX due to range issues
I'd look for a high building near KLAX, probably a residential building with insecure roof access, where the perpetrator could be a resident or the building manager; OR an office building where they could be a tenant or building maintenance worker.
Really well thought out! If I ever make it to LA myself I just know I'd have to look for him...
@@Spektator The trouble with finding him is the long interval between appearances. Otherwise I'd suggest pointing cameras at the tops of a few tall buildings and waiting.
a mannequin drone wouldnt need to be releasing pressurized gas as it appears to do so in the video.
@@deluego3603 Yep, that's a person flying that thing for sure with real engines.
Launching from a high rooftop would definitely lessen the chance of being heard or seen. Even still, those turbines have got to be pretty loud. Then again, maybe this is the reason for the flights being in the vicinity of LAX ?
If you think about it, being near to a busy airport would be the least likely place anyone would notice, or pay attention to the noise generated by a jet engine. Around an airport like LAX the sounds of jet engines are near constant, to a point we don't even pay attention to them when near. It would be much easier to takeoff without being noticed near LAX. By people on the ground anyway.
Jetpack man knows what tree to climb, try that over area 51
Sefa3 suspend you before you know it.. or ever know
4:37 bro‘s just living his best life 😂
Tony stark in the flesh
These look much more like UAP than jetpacks. The various "jellyfish" UAP spring to mind.
same thing was spotted in mexico over 15 years ago in mexico...
where was it spotted?
@@dntfrthreapr in mexico
@@BananaPhoPhilly😂😂
Send a helicopter to go looking for a jet pack - brutal
Jetpack Aviation’s website says “price available on request” that sounds like they are for sale to anyone with the funds.
Let FAA get names of all owners and interview them to figure out who is the LAX flyby idiot.
Jetpack person.
Aliens:"let's make our ships look like humans. I found this Ironman documentary. Apparently they are common and will ignore it"
That was the first thing I thought too was it’s no way somebody could have a hidden jetpack in LA. Maybe if it was a more rural area. The pack is too loud those are actual jet engines there’s no being low key about that. It would sound like an airplane right outside somebody’s window. And 5000ft is really high for a jetpack. Ion think it’s a jetpack. Although, it’s people who have made their own rockets so I bet there are engineers out there with functioning jetpacks. Not in LA tho
i bet it's the pet project of some retired military engineer or something lmao
also, there's no reason that a "jetpack" has to be built like a jet engine. There are plenty of other ways to do it, like compressed air, chemical engines, rockets (i suppose rockets would be a bit too lethal to strap on yourself, though), etc.
I’m leaning towards the drone mannequin thing because it’s hilarious and a lot of things are done just for shits n giggles🤷🏻
It's a R/C drone rocket pack shaped like a man. The man is actually the fuel tank.
It could be fake, like a uav or a balloon. But it could also just be some rich tech dude who had a sweet jetpack built. Jetpack technology is pretty advanced. To the people saying that 5000 ft is too high for.l a human I guess didn't see the guy who parachuted to earth from outer space. With the right breathing equipment and protective clothing 5000 ft is definitely possible.
It is just the amount of fuel you would need to get up there that doesn't seem possible, and you would use twice as much to descend, because you would want a slow controlled descent, not a near free fall. The jet would be running far longer on descent than it would on ascent.
@@gutz323not too sure about that, using terminal velocity maybe even with additional drag systems you could idle the jets until much lower and spool up much lower to land.
It would take a breathtakingly large disregard for personal safety and very good underwear
The drone was louder than fucking jet engines 🤣
Shit, I didn't fucking know jetpacks existed outside of potential military hidden projects stuff
This guy after playing Gta San Andreas: Just like the simulations
alexa, play jetpack joyride theme
So this design - judging by the grainy video - is a "hanging jetpack" not a flying wing with 4 small jet engines ala the "Fly Dubai" Type 'Jetman' (well known Swiss engineer Yves Rossy) ?
I'm taking guesses !
Definitely A Dummy ,with the weight of a Man, I don't think it was a Real Man, cus that Version, we would never hear off..That budget is Governmental..
The editing in this video is insane! Can’t believe how no one knows who he is still?!
Your content is great, fantastical presentations executed impeccably. This channel will be extremely successful, I look forward to sharing it with others. Congratulations and good luck on your endeavors.
You just keep getting better and better. I was riveted.
It should be noted that corporate knowledge and individual research far exceeds that of academic. And that's why Military will sponsor independent research scientists. So ruling out the backyard inventor..... maybe tough love?
Just found your channel. Great work. Underappreciated for sure.
Me too, isn’t he great!?
Skunk works is not "slang" it's a division of the Lockheed Martin Corporation
I found lemmino cousin lmao.
I bet it’s Elon. Probably built one for shits and giggles. Next time he’s spotted maybe he’ll have a flame thrower. Or something fun like a fart gun haha.
I was building a car when covid started. This guy was building a mf jetpack😂.
Im impressed the Chinese pilots knew the English word for jetpack!
well known piece of hardware. might even be possible that the chinese word sounds near identical to the english word. or that the chinese just adopted the word into their own language.
@@Irobert1115HD It's not a common word and those guys' english both sounded very poor, thus my surprise.
@@Irobert1115HD I think you're right that they just say "jetpack" in Chinese.
Word travels fast in aviation, when something odd, embarrassing or super cool happens, aircrews seem to know about it in no time :)
@@janemiettinen5176 the jetpack was actually an ofshoot of the bell X1 programm. well the first one.
This channel is criminally underrated.
Just enjoy the find… it’s a Diamond in the rough.