The video is from data taken around September 8, 2020 05:26:17 UTC.
There doesn't seem to be any way to look at historical satellite data on the website.
The guy in the video seems convinced that the DEW is land based, but what he's looking at is a 2D representation of 3D space. To me it looks like the beam is space based and the satellite picture is taken from another angle in space, which on a 2D surface makes the beam appear to come from a different angle.
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Nosferatjew ago
Let's say that this is a "DEW", because whatever, I doubt it could be coming from a satellite. Unless the satellite is in geosynchronous orbit over that area of Oregon, which it wouldn't be, because all geosynchronous satellites are positioned above the equator, the origin of the beam, and thus the angle of the beam would be constantly changing as the satellite orbitted the Earth.
So, if this is indeed a "DEW" (I hate this acronym), then it would have to be either ground based, or on a stationary aircraft, such as a helicopter. But, to produce an infrared beam of this intensity, and capable of reaching a target hundreds of miles away, it would need a power source that no helicopter on Earth could possibly be equipped with.
So, IF this is a "DEW" (cringe), then I think it only makes sense that it would be ground based.
greydragon ago
And if ground based, the curvature of the Earth would not allow it to go that far.
djaeveloplyse ago
The idea is that they use the upper atmosphere as a mirror. At the right wavelength, it is theoretically possible.
greydragon ago
Could you get something to bounce? Yes. Are you saying one can get a death beam to bounce perfectly down to the same spot consistently?!
I want an answer, if you don't mind.
djaeveloplyse ago
I'm ashamed to admit it, but I've done very little experimentation with massive microwave death beams, so I don't really know if the theoretical translates to the realistic in this case. Apparently some pretty smart dudes in the 80s thought it could be done, and the military did build a base in Alaska that seems to just be a massive field of radio transmitters. Here's a random site searching for "harp death beam" on duckduckgo: http://www.viewzone.com/haarp11.html Here's the supposed original inventor's patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US4686605A/en Take all of that for what you will.
greydragon ago
Thanks! Now my volcano death base will be completed soon. Mmm, one ... million ... dollars! Muhahahhaha.