Well whatever it was it cant have been anything major. Falling on a densley populated major part of a huge city, something would have came out other than one video.

Originally posted by Idonthaveabeard
Well whatever it was it cant have been anything major. Falling on a densley populated major part of a huge city, something would have came out other than one video.

Have you looked for one?

Originally posted by yampa


Um, what? These people are on a train. One is filming directly out a window. This window is reflecting a passenger on a seat on the opposite side of the train. There is no other interpretation.

The other passenger is interested enough in what the first is filming (her eyes look fixed out the window once her attention is drawn) to get up and have a look herself. This is presumably because she can also see the huge feathered lights proceeding towards the ground in an unusual fashion (or is pretending to).

The CGI in this video is better than that terrible BT advert.

WOW. You are so wrong. Think about what you're saying.

Let's say someone has their camera filming directly through the window (like this) only they captured an elephant.

How in the WORLD would the elephant (that's outside in FRONT) reflect on the face of a passenger behind the window? It's virtually impossible.

These 'lights' (that were supposedly outside in 'front') impede the girls face. How can that happen??????? The lights can NOT be outside in 'front'. They have to be behind the camera or it's CGI'd.

What is so hard to understand about this concept?

Originally posted by Human_Alien

WOW. You are so wrong. Think about what you're saying.

Let's say someone has their camera filming directly through the window (like this) only they captured an elephant.

How in the WORLD would the elephant (that's outside in FRONT) reflect on the face of a passenger behind the window? It's virtually impossible.

These 'lights' (that were supposedly outside in 'front') impede the girls face. How can that happen??????? The lights can NOT be outside in 'front'. They have to be behind the camera or it's CGI'd.

What is so hard to understand about this concept?

edit on 8-1-2012 by Human_Alien because: correction

Are you drunk? I see this same optical phenomena of partial reflection/refraction every time I take a train journey at night.

You have no idea if it's CGI overlayed or genuinely outside the window based simply on saying 'it's on the girls face!' - saying that proves nothing either way. In fact, you weren't even able to tell if these two people were separate or not..

Originally posted by Human_Alien

These 'lights' (that were supposedly outside in 'front') impede the girls face. How can that happen??????? The lights can NOT be outside in 'front'. They have to be behind the camera or it's CGI'd.

What is so hard to understand about this concept?

edit on 8-1-2012 by Human_Alien because: correction

You seem confused or you are confusing me. The girl is seen as a reflection on the glass. The glass is transparent so bright external objects are visible through her giving the appearance they are on top, or in front. You should have noticed that all the street lights are "on top" of her - pause at 0.04 to see. Does this mean they were CGId, too?

Originally posted by Human_Alien

WOW. You are so wrong. Think about what you're saying.

Let's say someone has their camera filming directly through the window (like this) only they captured an elephant.

How in the WORLD would the elephant (that's outside in FRONT) reflect on the face of a passenger behind the window? It's virtually impossible.

These 'lights' (that were supposedly outside in 'front') impede the girls face. How can that happen??????? The lights can NOT be outside in 'front'. They have to be behind the camera or it's CGI'd.

What is so hard to understand about this concept?

edit on 8-1-2012 by Human_Alien because: correction

I think you'll find that the girl passenger face that you see is a reflection in the glass. The camera is pointiing out the window from inside the train (obviously) and filming whatever it is. Because the train carriage is brighter inside, the light is reflecting off the inside window showing the person in another aisle opposite the person filming.

The lights outside are infact brighter than the lights inside the carriage being reflected, so they shine through the reflection.

As for the dark patch, that is where the passenger who is filming is sitting. She's blocking the light of the carriage in that particular section of the window, hence no reflection.


Get it?




As for the video, I can't make out what it's supposed to be, but like others have said, this happening in this part of London would have been seen by lots of people.

What is that object floating next to them toward the end?

Being a Jolly old Brit, I'd lean towards this being fake. I'm basing that on a big assumption though. So plenty of scope to be totally wrong.

My assumption is that us Brits are defenders of the right for personal space. I don't think a stranger would cross a train and stand so close to whoever is filming. Unless they desperately wanted a piggy back or something

I think the woman was with whoever was filming it and it was scripted for her to come across and look out the window and the streaks are CG. People make short films with friends all the time.