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Old 02-01-2011, 12:48 PM   #1
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i'm not sure if there is a thread already on this but it sparked my interest...

UFO in Jerusalem?

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-547693

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5EIaAYtzAI

Another Perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY2FF...eature=related
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Old 02-01-2011, 12:59 PM   #2
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Unless something substantial ever happens I have a hard time believing alien's travel hundreds of light years just to screw with us.
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Old 02-01-2011, 01:01 PM   #3
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i have a hard time believing this stuff too, none the less its a pretty good spoof.
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Old 02-01-2011, 01:01 PM   #4
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Must be Jesus scouting it out for his May 2011 return.
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Old 02-01-2011, 01:12 PM   #5
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Interesting stuff, I watched video 2&3 where's 1 ?

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According to Sunni Islamic tradition, the rock is the spot [14] from which Muhammad ascended to Heaven accompanied by the angel Gabriel. Further, Muhammad was taken here by Gabriel to pray with Abraham, Moses, and Jesus.[15] An important distinction is that this is to Islam what the Transfiguration of Jesus is to Christians, a fulfillment of scripture. After Muhammad's return, he called all that would believe him to join with him and be Muslim.[14] It was at this juncture that Islam came into existence.
The Foundation Stone is the holiest site in Judaism. Just as Muslims pray towards the Kaaba at Mecca, the holiest site in Islam, Jews pray towards the Foundation Stone. Jews have traditionally regarded the location of the stone as the holiest spot on Earth, the site of the Holy of Holies during the Temple Period. In former times, some Jewish scholars thought that the location of the Holy of Holies was not known for certain; today this is a minority opinion.
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Old 02-01-2011, 01:15 PM   #6
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Random hick American tourists hanging out at 1:00am with their camcorder filming in the holiest spot on Earth for Jews?

I guess scripted southerners must add to the validity of a UFO claim.
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Old 02-01-2011, 01:28 PM   #8
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If it's a hoax it's well done.
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Old 02-01-2011, 01:33 PM   #9
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Video 3 is very cool as it's up close.

I've seen my fair share of UFO videos and this is a very similar "Orb" type object that the UK air force chased around with their jets in the 80's (can't remember the name of the incident) and it was caught on tape.

If faked, then it's a good fake, that's for sure
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Old 02-01-2011, 01:35 PM   #10
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Pretty good fake, though this one is my favorite:

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Old 02-01-2011, 01:37 PM   #11
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http://theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=2787

Have you seen the latest viral UFO video – this purports to be of a UFO spotted hovering over the Dome of the Rock Temple Mount in Jerusalem. This is actually presented as confirmatory evidence of a previous UFO video of the same location. Viral videos are a great opportunity for a little “armchair skepticism” – applying critical thinking to assess the logic and probability of a claim and to think of potential alternate explanations for what is being claimed. If you are ambitious you can then follow up with some actual investigation, or at least see if someone else has.

There are probably other points to make, but those are the main ones. This video’s armchair skepticism rating for plausibility is very low, approaching zero. In addition we have the fruits of investigation to follow up as well. UFO-blogger has uncovered this photograph, which looks suspiciously like the background of the video. It now seems like this photo was used to generate the CG, and the voices were just added over. Once I saw this I went back over the video to see if this fits, and it does. You’ll notice that in the video no lights in the city sparkle, twinkle, or shift at all. Their flares are all absolutely static – because it’s not a video, its a still picture. I’ll have to keep this effect one in mind for the future. Also, I think I notice some pixelization when the camera “zooms” – because it’s not a real zoom, it’s a digital zoom into the photo. I suppose it’s possible that a video camera has a digital zoom, but in my experience most video cameras these days have a pretty high optical zoom function.

So this video is totally busted as a fake.

http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2011/...nuary-28-2011/

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread656737/pg1

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Old 02-01-2011, 01:39 PM   #13
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I agree, if faked very well done. Kinda creepy.
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Wouldn't a source of light bright enough to saturate the camera so no detail can be seen hovering meters above the dome of the rock illuminate the top of it?
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Unless something substantial ever happens I have a hard time believing alien's travel hundreds of light years just to screw with us.
Kids In The Hall:

Alien 1: Ready the anal probe
Alien 2: Anal probe is ready.
Alien 1: Commence anal probing.
Alien 2: Quick, erase his memory!
Alien 1: Memory's erased. Get him out of here.
Alien 1: Something wrong?
Alien 2: Ah.. it's nothing really....
Alien 1: I think you could use a cup of coffee.
Alien 2: Yeah.
Alien 1: So what's bothering you?
Alien 2: Ahhhh.... Lately I just keep wondering... what's the point?
Alien 1: The point?
Alien 2: Yeah. What's the point of what we do?
Alien 1: Sorry, I don't follow you
Alien 2: Well, I mean, we travel 250,000 light years across the universe, abduct humans, probe them anally and release them.
Alien 1: Yeah... AND?
Alien 2: Well, doesn't it seem kind of point-LESS?
Alien 1: I really don't think about it.
Alien 2: Well don't you think you should?
Alien 1: No, I don't think I should. I don't think I should question the leadership of our Great Leader
Alien 2: Oh, come on! I mean, we've been coming here for 50 years and performing anal probes and all that we have learned is that 1 in10 doesn't really seem to mind.
Alien 1: Well, do you have a better plan than our Great Leader?
Alien 2: Yes I do, I do have a better plan. My plan is that we DON'T travel 250,000 light years, we DON'T abduct any humans and, this is the best part, we DON'T do any anal probing.
Alien 1: Oh, great plan! Do you realize how many people Intergalactic Anal-Probing employs?
Alien 1: Well back to work.
Alien 2: Awww..
Alien 1: Ready the anal probe.
Alien 2: Anal probe is ready.
Alien 1: Commence anal probing
Alien 2: Couldn't we at least abduct their political or religious leaders instead of just any idiot in a pickup truck?!?!
Alien 1: I'm sure the Great Leader has his reasons
Alien 2: Well, I'm sure the Great Leader is just some sort of twisted ass freak!
Alien 1: All right. I am now officially ignoring you. Commence anal probing.
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Old 02-01-2011, 01:50 PM   #17
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Unless the speed of light is about the same as the speed of sound, looks like the hoaxers got their timing off a bit.

Plus as I've seen in a few sources, the closeup video does look like it's a video of a photo, the lens flares don't rotate as the camera's angle rotates.
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Wouldn't a source of light bright enough to saturate the camera so no detail can be seen hovering meters above the dome of the rock illuminate the top of it?
Screw rationality... its ALIENS!@!@
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