That is a really good video and i doubt that its a fake. Good find.

Originally posted by Anon77
True. I entirely agree that it would need a lot more evidence to be considered real, but surely if someone was going to the effort (I'm guessing here, several hours/days/weeks?) of video creation/editing they would want to maximise publicity for maximum potential profit?

I suppose some hoaxers may have a profit motive but many appear to have no profit motive at all. Some seem content to just post a hoax video on youtube and then secretly snicker when they see all the gullible comments like "wow you can see the aliens hover near power plants to draw power from them" or similar comments on the 2009 hoax near the power plant.

I don't think it took too much effort to make that video posted in the OP which is only 25 seconds long. Hoax videos are often short, to minimize the amount of effort.

Originally posted by Bilk22
Your statement is suspect on two accounts. News outlets lie and use deceitful methods in videography, photography and reporting as well or better than amateurs and some also use Youtube for a repository for film clips. So where does that leave your argument?

If the news agency can find some eyewitnesses to interview for their story that would give them something to talk about.

They have also been caught by hoaxes so just because it's on the news doesn't mean it's not a hoax, but I'd agree with gortex that the random youtube video of a UFO has less credibility than something reported on the news. No guarantees though. It's best to look at every extraordinary claim skeptically.

Originally posted by Anon77
'mathematical masturbation' - do you view string theory that way because you don't understand it or because you have an alternate theory you agree with more?

First of all, String Theory IS mathematical masturbation. It is a very ambitious attempt in creating a model (or models, actually) of the universe. The big problem with it is that it relies on a number of points that simply cannot be confirmed. However, the model is quite useful for what it is - a model, as it looks to make a lot of sense (as in, 'hey look, it seems to work').

Second, are those really my two options?
Clearly I would be lying if I said that I "understood string theory", but I know it well enough to say the above. In fact, that is a rather common view in the science world. You should know that, right?

I'm not connecting UFO's with string theory.

Yes you are. You told us you believed it had to do with with alternate dimensions, and I was told to look up String Theory. Well, this is clearly an assumption that that was the reason why I should look up String Theory, but I cannot come up with another reason why I was told to do so based on my question and the topic in general.

As I said I was referring to a theory published within the UFO research community that if the UFO's were alien in origin then rather than traveling light years to reach us that they instead jumped between dimensions.

If someone mentions that things appear from an alternate dimension, I want to know what that means and how it is done. Breaking it down to scientific terms helps.

Nice video. My initial thought is that this is not real, the whole thing just feels too orchestrated. Though I have to say I'd love to see something like that with my own eyes.

I do think the comment about a video being "too good" is a fair one though. Understandably the more witnesses you have, and the more independent footage you have, the more credibility the case has. However, I cant help but feel that there might just be a few out there that don't get the attention they maybe deserve, passed off as CGI.

The "UFOs" go out of focus, then back in focus.....yet the clouds behind them stay in perfect focus?

Fake, and not a very good one at that.

Originally posted by wmd_2008

Originally posted by Anon77
This is one of the most amazing videos I've ever seen of something unexplained in our skies. Short but amazing. I think it is something possibly inter dimensional.

The 3 lights move independently SO how could it be a triangular ufo! FAKE!!!!!!

edit on 9-9-2012 by wmd_2008 because: (no reason given)

He never said they are a triangular UFO.

Thanks for sharing. The movement is too fast to be quads, (we use those when surveying land irrigation work),
Comparing the focal plane at the different zooms I'm going to call 'After effects' at work, I would have to see the raw video file. So easy to do these days, makes it so difficult to know whats real and what was done just for kicks.

I don`t know if this is significant but 2 things that i noticed are:

using the pause feature on the video,i noticed that while the camera is wildly moving all around,sometimes the lights are blurred and oval shaped as would be expected and caused by the fast camera movements, and other times they remain focused and round even while the camera is moving..

pausing the video while the camera is zoomed in on the lights reveals a very distinct and noticeable octagon shape to the lights.you can clearly see and count the 8 sides of the lights.

pixels are octagon shape are they not?

looks like a fake to me.

Originally posted by Sicksicksick


He never said they are a triangular UFO.

Well explain this then underlined below, apart from that look at the title of the youtube video

Originally posted by Anon77

Title changed to more accurately reflect the sighting. I disagree that it's a fake, but your entitled to your opinion. Thanks for commenting.

as UFO videos go, this one should be used as an example of poor fakery, it doesn't even look real. I mean, come on, look at the stock fade effect at the end