A local photographer got a picture of some people playing with a remote control UFO filled with helium a week or so ago down at the beach. That could be the same thing.
I have always found the whole UFO thing very hard to swallow. It just seems very far fetched that a race of incredibly intelligent beings would travel many light years in order to abduct crazy people and stick things in their butts, kill cows with reckless abandon, and hover above rural areas so that people can take crappy pictures.
The very first thing I noticed, was the tone of voice of the narrators, it’s so easy to hear in their voice their bad acting skills. There was also the odd mention of “metallic object” and they way it was said as if from a rough script making sure they say that over used term “metallic object” as that’s always what people associate with UFO descriptions. They needed to have had more rehearsals for a better more believable performance, no alien Oscars here. Also notice the way it floats like a balloon in the air. Alien ships do not float and sway and stay on it’s side. Even if they were drunk illegal aliens from Mars, their beers would spill if they flew this way. No alien would let their drink spill in a high tech spacecraft. The thing acts exactly like a balloon. Good catch on the focus disparities and the reflection and shadows, the light and shadowing from the “sun” or other light source keeps changing directions, clearly showing this unidentified flying object was not natural to this background scene. It’s so easy to do this overlay stuff now at home with an editing program, they probably had their 7 year old do it for everyone’s entertainment saying “Hey let’s put this on YouTube and see what happens! Hahahaha.”
At one angle, it seemed like it had been modified. I wonder if somebody attached a propeller to give it some control. It seems like it was doing more than just floating there but that was hard to tell because the camera was jerking around so much.
Also, kudos to whoever pulled off this stunt. You rock!
Why is it that every time there’s a supposedly “credible” UFO sighting, the footage comes from the world’s crappiest camera operator?
Can’t anyone who knows how to focus at infinity AND KEEP IT THERE shoot a picture of a sky novelty? How come no steadicam operator with a fine camera ever sees a “UFO”?
It’s so farging prevalent, the bad-camerawork=”real”-UFO thingie, that people who FAKE sightings always make it look like the cameraman was Novice J. Thumbs shooting his camera five minutes out of the box, twitching like he was on crack.
Hope whoever owned the balloon got it back. Very pricey thing, at $400. Plus all that helium. Paper lanterns with candles inside set adrift in the night sky work just as well. But then, they should only be used on rainy nights.
How funny you caught that. It was my 20ft UFO balloon that got away 3July09
No joke. The cotton rope broke even though we lowered it to 20ft off the ground.
We had a Bud beer banner on the bottom. It was at the 4th of July event next to the dog park.
It was a $400 balloon that took 5 full tanks of helium @ $80 per tank. I was not happy that
it cost me that much to fill. So I’m not too sad to have seen it get away….
A local photographer got a picture of some people playing with a remote control UFO filled with helium a week or so ago down at the beach. That could be the same thing.
Nothing to see here. Hey! Lookit THAT!
I have always found the whole UFO thing very hard to swallow. It just seems very far fetched that a race of incredibly intelligent beings would travel many light years in order to abduct crazy people and stick things in their butts, kill cows with reckless abandon, and hover above rural areas so that people can take crappy pictures.
I agree with #12. It looks completely out of place and it’s in focus while everything else in the frame is out of focus.
lets try a kite… the way it “flew” i would say it is a kite of some sort…
kinda like this one
http://www.treetowntoys.com/product/ufo-spinning-kite-by-go-fly-a-kite
It really looks to me like a $449 balloon. At least that’s what this site sells them for in their ‘special products’ section.
wholesaleinflatable.com
http://wholesaleinflatable.com/ccdata/images/smallMain_0_55.jpg
Yep. There it is.
#26 – denacron
#27 – Fanboy
Fully agree.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/flying-saucer-drone-hovers-over-hapless-human/
Here is a small version rc flying saucer. Any reason why a big scale version couldn’t exist?
# 29 – That reminds me of this story.
http://tinyurl.com/5zta
fake… focus at near infinity would capture both jet and a “real” saucer at same time
the inflat-o-saucer was much closer
#23,
UFO does NOT mean alien, it simply means Unidentified Flying Object.
Looks like the inflate-o-saucer already mentioned several times above.
This has what every UFO video needs: commentary by slack-jawed yokels.
The very first thing I noticed, was the tone of voice of the narrators, it’s so easy to hear in their voice their bad acting skills. There was also the odd mention of “metallic object” and they way it was said as if from a rough script making sure they say that over used term “metallic object” as that’s always what people associate with UFO descriptions. They needed to have had more rehearsals for a better more believable performance, no alien Oscars here. Also notice the way it floats like a balloon in the air. Alien ships do not float and sway and stay on it’s side. Even if they were drunk illegal aliens from Mars, their beers would spill if they flew this way. No alien would let their drink spill in a high tech spacecraft. The thing acts exactly like a balloon. Good catch on the focus disparities and the reflection and shadows, the light and shadowing from the “sun” or other light source keeps changing directions, clearly showing this unidentified flying object was not natural to this background scene. It’s so easy to do this overlay stuff now at home with an editing program, they probably had their 7 year old do it for everyone’s entertainment saying “Hey let’s put this on YouTube and see what happens! Hahahaha.”
Thanks Fanboy, I think you nailed it.
At one angle, it seemed like it had been modified. I wonder if somebody attached a propeller to give it some control. It seems like it was doing more than just floating there but that was hard to tell because the camera was jerking around so much.
Also, kudos to whoever pulled off this stunt. You rock!
Why is it that every time there’s a supposedly “credible” UFO sighting, the footage comes from the world’s crappiest camera operator?
Can’t anyone who knows how to focus at infinity AND KEEP IT THERE shoot a picture of a sky novelty? How come no steadicam operator with a fine camera ever sees a “UFO”?
It’s so farging prevalent, the bad-camerawork=”real”-UFO thingie, that people who FAKE sightings always make it look like the cameraman was Novice J. Thumbs shooting his camera five minutes out of the box, twitching like he was on crack.
They could have continued to film it with the telephone wires in the back ground but did not. too bad. i did you youtube under josephdupont and orb
Hope whoever owned the balloon got it back. Very pricey thing, at $400. Plus all that helium. Paper lanterns with candles inside set adrift in the night sky work just as well. But then, they should only be used on rainy nights.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpEXubJFXfk
CodertAZ comments…
How funny you caught that. It was my 20ft UFO balloon that got away 3July09
No joke. The cotton rope broke even though we lowered it to 20ft off the ground.
We had a Bud beer banner on the bottom. It was at the 4th of July event next to the dog park.
It was a $400 balloon that took 5 full tanks of helium @ $80 per tank. I was not happy that
it cost me that much to fill. So I’m not too sad to have seen it get away….
Here is the alien inside!