[HOAX] Haiti UFO Video - YouTube

I was under the impression that viral marketing usually referenced a product - or a subject/object that would be familiar to a product's fans - the target audience of the campaign. Two examples that come to mind are Halo's ARG called Iris (search up Halo 3 Iris in Google and you will get relevant results), and the recent campaign for the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie.

In the former, the Society of the Ancients (see their evidence page) reference items that are popular in the Ancient Astronaut crowd; the Antikythera device and Stonehenge, to name two. But at the bottom of the page, their "update: Eastern Africa?" section displays the glyph which is now clearly associated with Halo 3. All subsequent updates to the Halo ARG have involved that glyph, or any number of other objects that are known in the Halo Universe. After the initial surprise, a clear match of the glyph was soon identified in a new image of Master Chief, the main character in the Halo series.

The second viral marketing campaign (Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie) turned out like this:

small electronic devices were misidentified by Boston police as "improvised explosive devices", leading to a false bomb scare that culminated in two arrests. The devices turned out to be LED displays of the Mooninites (image here and here. For more details on it, you're welcome to read the Wikipedia article on it.

Meanwhile, we have these videos - and for a stretch, the CARET issue which seems to keep resurfacing. I am not advocating any of the presented evidence as fact; I will however state that since a clear match has not been made to any products - and since the discussed videos (Dominican Republic and Haiti) only feature the same craft, and no clear link to anything else, it would be ridiculous to settle on the thought that they are a viral marketing campaign. Both videos have been presented as UFO evidence - and no one is trying to sell the planet UFOs, so that rules out the "viral marketing" thing for now. Sure, the videos have received a lot of attention. The 9/11 incident did, too. Anyone want to call that a viral marketing campaign?

I say we move ahead with this discussion. The viral marketing angle is -- was -- a viable one. But until a product or additional factor has been identified, I suggest we drop it and proceed with others. We must analyze the video for other clues - and watch the web, and ATS forums to see if anything else pops up. Until then, we're flogging a dead horse.

And it died about three months back.

The same with the palm tree argument. I saw what 11 11 pointed out; however, I can understand that it may not be convincing enough for most others. A picture of a speck of light to you might be incontrovertible proof of intelligent alien life to me; what you think doesn't change what I saw. It is up to me to convince you with something other than the poor image.

Apologies in advance if I have upset anyone. On with it!