That one UFO clip from 2019 where the 'craft' was just a plastic bag took me 3 rewatches to see

I watched this viral video of a silver orb hovering over Phoenix. Looked legit for about 2 minutes. Then I noticed the same shimmer pattern on a neighbor's lawn bag in the corner of the frame. Took me three times through to catch that detail. Anyone else ever spot the obvious household item in one of these clips after the fact?

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robert65922d ago

Same trick works on 90% of the "haunted house" videos out there.

cooper.drew22d ago

Honestly yeah, the "same trick works on 90%" line is spot on. I actually read an article last week from a video editor who breaks down these ghost clips for fun, and he said most of them are just lens flares or dust particles that people get really excited about. It's wild how often a smudge on the camera lens gets turned into a viral paranormal event (with a soundtrack and everything). There was this one video he showed where a "floating orb" was just a bug crawling across the glass in slow motion. Kinda takes the mystery out of it but also makes you realize how easy it is to fool people if you know what you're doing.