Given the quality of the camera, that item’s shape is “consistent with” a lot of different items, including a rifle. It could’ve been anything from a jacket to a small suitcase, and any features smaller than a couple inches (such as a rifle barrel) would disappear between the pixels.
I wouldn’t expect to see an identifiable rifle in that low-quality footage, so not seeing it isn’t surprising. Album, where I tried to keep the pixelization consistent (18 pixels tall = 4“/pixel in the video, guessing 28” barrel = 7 output pixels per 430 input pixels). My unidentifiable blob is consistent with a rifle because it was made from a rifle. It’s also consistent with a stick.
While the moment right before he jumps might have a blob that’s consistent with a lot of different items, it seems to me like the time he walks, there’s no such blob as far as I (and GPT-5 Pro) seem tobe able to tell.
It’s worth noting that the government document says that him carrying an object consistent with being a rifle is visible while he runs across the roof. The moment where he prepares his jump is not a moment he runs over the roof.
If you haven’t seen it in your investigations, then I doubt if raw timestamps would help.
First, follow the link in the Youtube description to the FBI page, and download the .mp4 file.
Next, open it in VLC (download it first, if needed), activate “Interactive Zoom” mode (Tools → Effects and Filters → Video Effects → Geometry → Interactive Zoom), set it to 800% (small slider below the left corner of the picture-in-picture) and focus on the edge of the small rooftop building.
Last, look at 0:09-0:10. There is clearly an object of some sort on his back, as his torso is larger in that direction than to his front (relative to his head). It’s more consistent with a backpack than a rifle, but that’s unsurprising given the camera. Annotated image here, but it’s much clearer in video form.
(Those aren’t the parts I was mentioning in the previous comment. That was as he was walking across the grass, which (on rereading) wasn’t your point. This is as he is still on the roof.)
Given the quality of the camera, that item’s shape is “consistent with” a lot of different items, including a rifle. It could’ve been anything from a jacket to a small suitcase, and any features smaller than a couple inches (such as a rifle barrel) would disappear between the pixels.
I wouldn’t expect to see an identifiable rifle in that low-quality footage, so not seeing it isn’t surprising. Album, where I tried to keep the pixelization consistent (18 pixels tall = 4“/pixel in the video, guessing 28” barrel = 7 output pixels per 430 input pixels). My unidentifiable blob is consistent with a rifle because it was made from a rifle. It’s also consistent with a stick.
Which blob are you talking about?
While the moment right before he jumps might have a blob that’s consistent with a lot of different items, it seems to me like the time he walks, there’s no such blob as far as I (and GPT-5 Pro) seem tobe able to tell.
It’s worth noting that the government document says that him carrying an object consistent with being a rifle is visible while he runs across the roof. The moment where he prepares his jump is not a moment he runs over the roof.
It’s visible in several frames as he walks away, otherwise it blends in with his legs. It’s also easy to mistake for another leg.
What time stamps do you mean?
If you haven’t seen it in your investigations, then I doubt if raw timestamps would help.
First, follow the link in the Youtube description to the FBI page, and download the .mp4 file.
Next, open it in VLC (download it first, if needed), activate “Interactive Zoom” mode (Tools → Effects and Filters → Video Effects → Geometry → Interactive Zoom), set it to 800% (small slider below the left corner of the picture-in-picture) and focus on the edge of the small rooftop building.
Last, look at 0:09-0:10. There is clearly an object of some sort on his back, as his torso is larger in that direction than to his front (relative to his head). It’s more consistent with a backpack than a rifle, but that’s unsurprising given the camera. Annotated image here, but it’s much clearer in video form.
(Those aren’t the parts I was mentioning in the previous comment. That was as he was walking across the grass, which (on rereading) wasn’t your point. This is as he is still on the roof.)