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Old 14th August 2009, 03:53 PM   #1
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UFO identification video..help please

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoTYpBo5pLo

for one thing, this happened in Isreal! Im dealing with a hot spot for not only military stuff, but also for woo. Isreal is sacred to at least 3 major religions which makes it very attractive to UFOS (well or so I am told).

I'm like "it's a round light. A very round light"

It didn't move and there were more than one.
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Old 14th August 2009, 04:05 PM   #2
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Firstly it's not a round object, it's an out of focus object.

Secondly reading the description in the right side bar shows all the usual traits of hoodwinkery going on.
We are being described one scene (up to a dozen lights, triangle patterns, lights turning on and off) and yet being shown something much less visual.
And the old 'batteries dying' tale which is so worn out it's been used so often to cover asses and to cover the fact that the object isn't actually seen moving anywhere. The most interesting bit of any UFO footage is the bit where it leaves, and yet so many times the person filming it seems to get bored and turns the camera off. This is usually as it becomes more apparent what the object really is.

From this footage it would be impossible to conclude anything other than it's a light in the sky. The most obvious mundane explanation would be a police helicopter.

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Old 14th August 2009, 04:33 PM   #3
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Date, time, direction the camera was pointing..
Other than the "benefits" of the outrageous "digital zooms" available on the latest camcorders which cause the extreme motions due to the camera being hand held, it resembles a fixed object in the sky.. Jupiter (date, time, direction the camera was pointing), possibly, or the police chopper as mentioned.
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Old 14th August 2009, 05:17 PM   #4
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Until he zoomed out to reveal the cityscape, it could have been anything.
Its about the right altitude for Jupiter for the listed time and date. August 12, 9-10 pm.
Its not moving or doing anything. My bet is on Jupiter.

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hmmmm, Jupiter sounds good to me. I was thinking "could this be some military thing"...

but Jupiter makes sense.

I mean, hello, when I do get video it's bad video...
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Old 14th August 2009, 05:38 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by kittynh View Post
hmmmm, Jupiter sounds good to me. I was thinking "could this be some military thing"...

but Jupiter makes sense.

I mean, hello, when I do get video it's bad video...
Had to be some kind of star or planet. Jupiter makes perfect sense.
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Jupiter was in the SE at the time stated 9-10PM on August 12th. Jupiter, which would be recorded by the camera because it is so bright, does not appear in any of the shots. Therefore, it probably is Jupiter.
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