THE UFO CHRONICLES

Friday, April 01, 2011

Jerusalem UFO Video: Case Closed

By Benjamin Radford
news.discovery.com
3-31-11

In January of this year, a series of videos showing what appeared to be a UFO hovering over Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock caused a stir. As Discovery News space producer Ian O’Neill wrote, "The footage shows the light drop and seemingly hover just above the shrine. After a few moments, and a brief flash of a strobe, the light took off, disappearing into the night sky. Videos have surfaced of the event and have since gone viral on YouTube."

Based upon my experience investigating images of UFOs and other "unexplained" phenomena, O'Neill asked for my analysis. I researched both the video and the circumstances surrounding it, and provided a list of reasons why I concluded that the videos were "almost certainly a hoax."

The reaction among UFO believers was both swift and dismissive. . . .

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

UFO Mystery Video: E.T., Black Ops, or Something Else?

By Benjamin Radford
www.space.com
3-29-11

. . . Road Flares Tied to Balloons.

The way the lights disappeared also supports the hoax theory. They did not zoom away at high speed, as one might expect from an aircraft. Nor did they all suddenly and mysteriously disappear. Instead, eyewitnesses reported that the red lights remained steady but then "faded away"—exactly as dying road flares would do. And isn't it interesting that red is the most common color of road flare? [The World's Greatest Hoaxes]

This is not the first time that people have been fooled by flares tied to balloons; identical sightings over Phoenix in 2008, and New Jersey a year later, were found to have been similar stunts.

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Friday, April 01, 2011

Jerusalem UFO Video: Case Closed

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

UFO Mystery Video: E.T., Black Ops, or Something Else?