Originally posted by coughymachine
I'd be interested in your view on this. I have my own thoghts but
its far from conclusive.
We are not absolutely certain of the surroundings in the video portrayed here (but see below).
We are also not absolutely certain the object upon which we see a reflection is actually a van.
We are also not absolutely certain the artifact he's pointing to as the "fireball reflection" is not a static protrusion of the radio sitting
immediately to the right.
Such are the pitfalls of attempting to analyze heavily-compressed digital video. We cannot and should not draw conclusions from a video in which the
compression process
introduces new and unpredictable artifacts into the scene. And in addition, it appears as though we're looking at a
third-generation compressed video, at best.
Here is one explanation that is plausible --
This supposes the radio is placed on the hood of a car, and the reflection is actually seen in the angled windshield of the car. The man is leaning
his elbows on the vehicle front-left fender while the camera man is crouching near the front bumper for visual effect. When you revisit the scene with
this in mind, it all makes sense.
It behooves "StillDiggin" to keep digging by obtaining a high-quality version of this video and provide a more reliable analysis.