Man, I've always thought that thing was small, (ufo) but this is the first time I've seen it in slo-mo, and that thing is tiny............
I mean it's actually on the starboard side of the jet.......... I always thought it was on the other side - surprising to see it was in between the jet, and the filming aircraft - hmmm.

It was a roll of toilet paper ejected from the plane's trash chute when an unfortunate passenger contracted a case of terrible diarreah from the bad water on board- and then accidentally dropped it down the toilet when he reached for more than one roll and they all fell over on him. It then got caught up in the plane's wind tunnel, and well, the rest is history.

Originally posted by TrueAmerican
It was a roll of toilet paper ejected from the plane's trash chute when an unfortunate passenger contracted a case of terrible diarreah from the bad water on board- and then accidentally dropped it down the toilet when he reached for more than one roll and they all fell over on him. It then got caught up in the plane's wind tunnel, and well, the rest is history.

G'day TrueAmerican

I would be very interested to read more detail about that.

Can you provide a source?

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Maybe...maybe not

Hahah, toilet paper? Now THAT is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Although, I think it was intended to be a joke in the first place =)

It *almost* looks like a camera artifact, because it seems to move when the camera moves, but the relative movements don't match up and contradict each other at times. So it's not something on the lens. Plus you can see the ball move horizontally towards the cockpit after it makes the exaggerated dip.

How old is the video? And also what's the source? I know it's of the one and only Concorde, but is there a chance this is just the labor of somebody in possession of a) too much time, b) old footage, and c) some skill in video manipulation? On the other hand if it's a well-known UFO case, and the original footage is confirmed, then I can not debunk this, personally. Not sure why it doesn't get a higher rating on YT, I think it's a good one albeit short.

Originally posted by TrueAmerican
It was a roll of toilet paper ejected from the plane's trash chute when an unfortunate passenger contracted a case of terrible diarreah from the bad water on board- and then accidentally dropped it down the toilet when he reached for more than one roll and they all fell over on him. It then got caught up in the plane's wind tunnel, and well, the rest is history.

G'day again TrueAmerican

If you were having a joke with me as per the post above, then I apologise for being a bit "thick" this morning!

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Maybe...maybe not

[edit on 13-3-2010 by Maybe...maybe not]

Originally posted by Maybe...maybe not
If you were having a joke with me as per the post above, then I apologise for being a bit "thick" this morning!

Well I figure if the naysayers can explain UFOs away with weather balloons, chinese lanterns, flares, helicopters, plane lights, kites, birds, insects, dirty lenses, lens flares, and everything else they claim- they why is my roll of toilet paper any less valid?

This is old, old footage. I saw it years ago. Definately not tampered with.
It's obviously a weather-balloon on crack with a Concorde obsession.

Man I remember seeing this years ago!....To me it's all too perfect. You got one of the most popular most recognisable aircraft ever produced, the camera shot is side on showing the whole plane and a stereotypical "Glowing orb" buzzing around. All too perfect in my opinion, but I hope I am wrong

doesn't seem to be doing any harm, just seems curious

it's a ghost in the machine caused by the camera lens taking the film. It's been recreated and the exact science behind the artifact demonstrated, using the same camera. There's a British documentary on the subject made some 15-20 odd years ago that explains it all.

I'd imagine it's knocking around on-line somewhere, but sadly i don;t remember the title.

Originally posted by FireMoon
it's a ghost in the machine caused by the camera lens taking the film. It's been recreated and the exact science behind the artifact demonstrated, using the same camera. There's a British documentary on the subject made some 15-20 odd years ago that explains it all.

I'd imagine it's knocking around on-line somewhere, but sadly i don;t remember the title.

G'day FireMoon

I'd be very interested to read that.

Please feel free to post that doc if you find it again at some point.

I'll also have a look for it.

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Maybe...maybe not

That's just the clip that shows the trail in close up. it's actually from some lass doing a piece to camera with small crew when one of them points it out and pans the camera to it.. The youtube clip just shows the close up and leaves out all the stuff to camera.

Most UFOs are visually quite vague in appearance, and as such can be explained as camera ghosts. Doesn't mean they are.