OK, I've just finished reading the thread and boy have I learned my lesson about posting without checking to see if something's been posted first.
After watching the Sirius videos, it's more than obvious that's what happened here. I don't think it was an intentional hoax at first. I think
it's very similar to what happened with the metal shards on the guardrails in Japan and the 1954 damaged windshield hysteria. See this article in
case you don't know what I'm talking about:
forgetomori.com...
I think *something* was seen in Stephenville. I live in Texas and I can say that the country folk are pretty honest people. As others have noted, no
one at any point comments on the audio that the lights are moving or they see strange symbols. The only thing that's really said is "that's not a
star," which indicates the guy was filming a stationary object that appeared to be flickering. This also explains why the kid was whining about
wanting him to go inside and play instead of watching the lights with him. Any kid would be immediately captivated by something like that. I think
the guy had heard about all of the UFO sightings and was trying to capture something on film. I think this was also the case in the police officer's
photo. It was also mentioned that the witnesses said none of this was visible to the naked eye, meaning that anything the officer saw was through the
lens of his camera, therefore when he said what was in the video was what he saw, he was telling the truth.
Any deception, I think, is that someone, and I'm not saying it's necessarily Caron, is trying to make some easy money off that video. If you look
at the Stephenville Lights website, they're trying to sell advertising space and even the video itself. Then take a gander at their disclaimer.
Someone knows the video is not what it's being represented to be and is taking great pains to make sure they can't get in trouble for it. In other
words, it's not a hoax but it's not what it's now trying to be passed off as. Disappointing that it detracts from the original sightings.