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Posted: 18-08-2009 11:04 Post subject: UFO filmed by BBC during Look North

My sister just sent me a message about this and I thought I'd check out if anything has been said here but I can't find anything.

A white object moving very fast passes thorugh the background shot of a BBC current affairs programme Look North. The presenter asks for any information as to what it could have been.

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xsvj9LbwwU

Am I the only one thinking Seagull?

Posted: 18-08-2009 13:56 Post subject:

By that video it'd have to be some kind of supersonic bird to go that fast!

Laughing

Posted: 18-08-2009 15:00 Post subject:

It could be something really small, close to the camera. Like an insect. But if it's not, and it's farther away from the camera, then that really is some speed, so it's not a bird.

Posted: 18-08-2009 15:11 Post subject:

It could be a Geordie Sea Gull going to pick up its Giro?

(Ringo ducks for cover)
I'm a Geordie as it happens so I'm allowed to make fun of my own.

Posted: 18-08-2009 15:13 Post subject:

From the apparent location of the camera I would suggest that a seagull would be a common sight and thus unlikely to have caused such confusuion. I'm going to say it was something small that went past the camera very closely, thus giving the impression of size and speed. Maybe an insect like a moth or perhaps something carried by the wind, like an airborn seed type thang.

Posted: 18-08-2009 16:11 Post subject: Re: UFO filmed by BBC during Look North

Posted: 18-08-2009 19:08 Post subject:

Someone on another msg board suggested it was like the glint off a thin line of some sort, so that it was invisible except when the sunlight caught certain parts of it as it moved in the wind, but the rest was invisible to the camera.

Posted: 18-08-2009 21:35 Post subject: Re: UFO filmed by BBC during Look North

Posted: 18-08-2009 21:50 Post subject: Re: UFO filmed by BBC during Look North

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Posted: 19-08-2009 00:44 Post subject:

When they show it in slo-mo and zoom in, it appears to have the undulations of the "flying rods" from a few years back, so I'd say it is an insect.

Posted: 19-08-2009 22:06 Post subject:

That object of whatever it is, looks like it went under the arch,if someone could do a frame by frame on that footage we may get a better look at the object,i dont think it is a near view bug,and it dont look like a bird,great video.if you stop this video on 13secs it shows it has a long tail i think this is a firework rocket.

Posted: 20-08-2009 14:27 Post subject:

I've done a couple of screengrabs:-

http://img2.pict.com/3e/46/5a/1495385/0/300/1.jpg

http://img2.pict.com/89/61/80/1495400/0/300/2.jpg

(click to enlarge)

Posted: 20-08-2009 16:09 Post subject:

Posted: 20-08-2009 16:50 Post subject:

In the second screen grab, you can see a fainter line where the object had appeared in the previous shot. To me, this bears out my theory of light shining on a scratch in the glass.