Yep that sounds like a flying object that no one identified.

a few dozen fake internet points.

Persians https://www.linsfood.com/easy-persian-saffron-rice/

The usage of the yellow rice below the chin like shading screams AI to me. If it was real they probably would be leaning more into a flat cartoon art style and just have the neck just go down as white.

Also, that grain of rice making his right nostril is jank.