It’s actually a balloon. It’s a dummy.
The camera pans downwards to reveal that it is being carried along by a medium-sized boat.
TEXT:“1/1 scale Balloon Dummy”
KnightmareX13: During World War two the allies used inflatable tanks to confuse the Nazi's into thinking that the D-day invasion would take place somewhere else in France rather than the beaches of Normandy. And more recently the Russian military has begun to invest in full scale inflatable missile launchers, tanks, transports, and fighter jets. With the idea of confusing satellites and making their forces appear larger than they actually are. And these inflatables are rather life like to. Also note the boat pulling the decoy.
