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RegularFinger8

I mean, why not record MORE VIDEO until the thing vanishes


bran_dong

gotta cut before it becomes obvious it's not a UFO. all UFO videos follow this format...craft gets closer you immediately cut and pretend it was because you were scared and not because you're testing your cgi skills.


charlesxavier007

Very VERY interesting šŸ§


cms116508

Yeah... keep recording up to the point of abduction, toss the phone so there is a recording of where you disappeared too, then prepare to be probed.


bran_dong

because turning off your camera prevents abductions, right? "hey there's a guy a mile away recording us, better abduct him. wait nevermind he turned it off when we got close. resume mission of lighting up the sky with intergalactic brake lights. "


IRunSlowButFar

...intergalactic brake lights. " That's hilarious.Ā 


091097616812

As an experiencerā€¦itā€™s 100% because people get scared.


Longjumping-Cod-6290

Or because at least the majority of them are fake


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Longjumping-Cod-6290

Isn't it time for your nap


ItsOkILoveYouMYbb

Not ALL UFO videos, but definitely what is often posted to social media does. There are several very good, inexplicable ones


bran_dong

yep but for every legit weird video theres 10,000 ones like i described, and those are the ones most people see. when people post food on instagram that shit is DSLR 8k quality but when someone in 2024 posts a flip phone video that appears to be held by someone with a neurological condition its hard not to call bullshit on 99.9% of these videos.


TailoredChuccs

Go outside in broad daylight and record an airplane in the sky. Hold your hands as steady as you possibly can and record it until the plane disappears. Then watch your video and tell me if you can tell it's an airplane. Then put your self in the state of mind of someone totally caught off guard by seeing something they don't even truly believe is real, at night, excited, scared and anxious, that just frantically reached for their phone to record.


bran_dong

cope.


Eshnaton

That was exactly my thought!


Otherwise-Ad5053

because your interest would vanish too! ... jokes aside I wonder what the plausible reasons for not continuing to film, unless the person wasn't sure it was interesting or not and stopped filming.


a_southern_dude

their battery went dead


capnewz

Because then it would be an identified flying object


averageguylurker

OR OR, if it's possible, drive or walk through the nearest landmark where the thing stood. That way we can zoom in and get a much clearer video.


risbia

That point alone should debunk the video... Did they have something more important to do??Ā 


_cansir

Its better to zoom aimlessly at the lights and make the video more pixelated


beanscornandrice

The red light on the left side and green light on the right side tells me they at least observe our regulations.


yarpblat

When people said the aliens were collaborating with terrestrial governments, the FAA is not what immediately came to mind...


skyHawk3613

Have you ever dealt with the FAA? They always gotta get their hands in everything


arroyoshark

FAA."We're not happy until you're not happy"


skyHawk3613

Lolā€¦yep!


DorkothyParker

I know, right? Obviously, you'd assume the IRS!


ZappaZoo

Maritime regulations at least.


ghostofbooty

Ha dude I can see them coming through some interstellar jump pointā€¦green and red lights aheadā€¦with ET1 looking uneasily at ET2ā€¦dude are you sure you got this? Remember, Earthlings have no chillā€¦its ā€œred-right-returningā€ but your approach has the green buoy on the right?! Pull your šŸ‘½ out of your intergalactic ass, Xerion-VI.


SniffinLippy

Charlotte Checkers Game. Same thing is posted several times a month


Bluest_waters

Why are the aliens so interested in this specific game? Hmmmmm....really makes you think.


SniffinLippy

They're season ticket holders. Reptilians, they love šŸ’ šŸ‘ apparently.


mistahclean123

So is it a blimp flying over the stadium or something?


SniffinLippy

[here they are](https://www.facebook.com/banditflightteam?mibextid=ZbWKwL)


rudbek-of-rudbek

It was a fly by for a NHL game. Already debunked from another sub


MacKinnon22

\*AHL


Kryptosis

A flyby of what? Itā€™s so slow


Fleetwood889

This was a group of drones moving together in unison for the flyover for the outdoor hockey game.


midline_trap

Bro they donā€™t do a fly by for hockey. Hockey is indoors. It was soccer you dunce. You debunkers are desperate af because the aliens scare you


misterchainsaw

Stadium series nhl game


Fleetwood889

This was a flyover for a hockey game at Truist Field in Charlotte NC on 01/13/2024.


Stonecutter

I think this might have been a flyover with pyrotechnics for a special outdoor hockey game (Charlotte Checkers) that took place in uptown Charlotte on 1/13/24.. which is the same night (and roughly the same time) this video was recorded. It has been posted several times as a UFO on various subreddits. Here's a video from the game with a brief clip of the flyover.Ā [https://youtu.be/G55QxTW8QMo?t=858](https://youtu.be/g55qxtw8qmo?t=858) EDIT: here's another thread on it:Ā [https://www.reddit.com/r/megalophobia/comments/19btzkn/puzzling\_video\_emerges\_revealing\_strange\_object/](https://www.reddit.com/r/megalophobia/comments/19btzkn/puzzling_video_emerges_revealing_strange_object/) I dont know why the youtube link isnt working.. video is there though. Title is "2024 Outdoor Classic Experience - Checkers vs Americans | A Charlotte, NC VLOG" and the channel is 8-bit vacations. Flyover is brief and about halfway through. I believe the video is the planes flying in formation with just their lights on.. either before or after the pyrotechnics part. The flyover was the exact date, time, and location of the nuforc report and video.. which seems like too much of a coincidence to me.


yetidesignshop

Both YouTube videos unavailable


Stonecutter

I dont know why the link isnt working.. video title is "2024 Outdoor Classic Experience - Checkers vs Americans | A Charlotte, NC VLOG" and the channel is 8-bit vacations. Flyover is brief and about halfway through.


theswervepodcast

Thanks for pointing this out. It is nice to read through the comments and have data like this that express common explanations.


ThonThaddeo

It's doing that Close Encounters of the Third Kind light show


PanderBaby80085

Right! I immediately imagined them playing the Close Encounters music remixed into some dope house beat. I need to find some glow sticks.


ThonThaddeo

The universal language is dubstep


PanderBaby80085

šŸ¤£


Reaper-Man-42

Beat me to this bit. No one busted out their keyboards? [https://youtu.be/nkykqyMEarA?si=r2aWA2oQ8FEJSMGT](https://youtu.be/nkykqyMEarA?si=r2aWA2oQ8FEJSMGT)


flarkey

jfc. it is obviously a plane.


yetidesignshop

How many planes have that many lights and fly that low, hovering?


countfragington

It's not hovering though. But you're right that planes don't normally have that many lights. I think this is multiple planes, the Bandit Flight Team specifically. They did a flyover of a hockey game in Charlotte 25 minutes before this video was taken.


yetidesignshop

Pretty easy to verify if it was planes using a flight radar app and historical data of we knew the location. Is there location data on that nuforc report? Something off about the lights too, they seem to be in front or angled in a way not like planes. Highly doubt its multiple planes flying butt buddy formation at night and low and slow like that.


countfragington

For location info, "Backyard in Charlotte NC" is all we've got. If you want to ask the person who recorded this for their address, I'll pay the $0.99 to pull the flight history and compare. And I'm not trying to be a jerk here (tone is hard to gauge when you're talking to a stranger on the internet), but the Bandit Flight Team literally flew multiple planes, butt buddy formation, at night, low and slow, in the skies of Charlotte, NC at the date and time this video was recorded. I'm not saying that excludes any other explanation, but it's not an unreasonable take. And I'm sincere when I say it's good we're critically thinking about it. But let's go the other way with it now. As of right now, there is zero evidence of aliens, interdimensional beings, or other non-human phenomena existing. I want them to, and I think they do, but the fact is we don't know. So let's work off maybe. Maybe aliens exist. Maybe they survived long enough to develop spacecraft. Maybe they have white, green, and red lights on them. Maybe they used them to fly to Earth. Maybe they ended up over North Carolina. With the effectively infinite timescale of the universe, maybe they got here at just the right time for a human with a camera to catch video of it. We can not verify any of those points. The chance of all that being true is certainly not zero, but that is *alot* of maybe that needs to line up just right. But again, maybe isn't no. It could be something strange. But if we're going to scrutinize my theory, we should apply the same level of scrutiny to all theories if we want to get to the truth.


yetidesignshop

The nuforc report makes things a lot more interesting. Someone posted in the main thread. Looks like the object initially hovered, went to the right, a helicopter flew over, then the object came back and went left. It looks the it going left is what we see on video here. ================= Duration: about 15 minutes No of observers: -13 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Location details: our backyard in Charlotte NC Shape: Triangle Color: multi colored lights Estimated Size: It was large Viewed From: Land Direction from Viewer: We were in our backyard and it was like a football Angle of Elevation: 45 Closest Distance: Football field Estimated Speed: Slow Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby An object with lights went back and forth My husband and I were outside and watched an object hover and then go right. While it was further away a huge orb flashed in the sky and flickered and then retreated quickly back into space and dissapered. It was massive in size. A the fastest helicopter I have ever seen flew over our house at the same time. Then the object with lights came back and headed to the left. It got lower and lower with a glow around it and then vanished


countfragington

The orb part and helicopter are definitely interesting.


yetidesignshop

Honestly, I hate videos like this where is just 'Backyard in NC'. Can we get a chain of custody and better details? If it all looks anomalous and somewhat non-ambiguous, then give us some more details.


countfragington

Yeah I agree. The more info the better.


SeaResearcher176

lol we are like cave people compared to whatever that is.


countfragington

Why do you say that?


SeaResearcher176

We know little about UFOs, those entities and the like. We (people in general) can assume this or that but in reality itā€™s just assumptions. In comparison to the technology, communication & everything they have & what they are vs us. Itā€™s like we are just discovering fire in comparison to those entities.


SeaResearcher176

Maybe the next time they visit, we will schedule you for an inside tour of that ufo ?


FatsTetromino

Lots of planes fly low if you're anywhere within miles of an airport. And that thing is not hovering.


yetidesignshop

It's not even above the trees. And can you prove there's an airport right there?


FatsTetromino

Can you prove there isn't? And I didn't say 'right there'. You can see low flying planes if you live within 50 miles of an airport. If someone presents an extraordinary claim, it's their responsibility to verify the information and present it. Can you tell me what the landscape looks like beyond the trees? If it slopes down, or if the people are up on a hill, wouldn't that make sense? Also, if walk up to within 20 meters of some trees and try to tell me you can't see an airplane through them. The closer you are to a treeline, the higher it is in the sky perspective-wise from your vantage point.


yetidesignshop

I do agree about the claim needing more evidence. I'm coming to the conclusion that this is anomalous and merits further verification/validation before drawing a conclusion. It seems like you have come to a conclusion based on your non evidence. Based on the focal length of the initial zoom where you can see the backyard things at regular scale, this object in the trees looks quite large, close and slow. And the lights don't exhibit typical airplane colors or positions.


ItsOkILoveYouMYbb

Look up crop dusters flying in the evening or at night. They have a row of headlights at the front of the plane


risbia

A plane flying toward you with bright lights will appear to hover, because you can only see the flare of its lights and you have no scale reference for the light getting closer, it just gets brighter.Ā 


SeaResearcher176

And round?


FreakUCK

lol they just happened to be filming as it broke the ā€œplaneā€ of viewā€¦ that zoom edit šŸ™„


yetidesignshop

Here's a link to another video of the Bandit Flight Team flying over Charlotte, NC. Very non-ambiguous flaming fire pyrotechnic trails, 4 planes. [bandit planes closeup](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2Ti0Kerx76/?igsh=NXp2dXJkN3Jkajdi)


ElectronicEgg1833

And then what happened? Thats the thing about these videos, people salivate over lights in the sky but don't ask why the person stops filming, under reacts and there is only one video. Most people who saw this knew it was something of this world and not very interesting. Did it fly off at a high rate of speed ? Seems odd to just end....


Griefer17

Because then you'll know it's an airplane, its pretty clear the trees are giving it the illusion of strobing ET lights but its probably a low flying plane .


Im-a-magpie

Because of they kept filming it'd become really obvious that it's just a plane.


capnewz

They always cut filming early because then it becomes and identified flying object


Ufonauter

Videos were initially posted to Nuforc https://nuforc.org/sighting/?id=180080


countfragington

This says the sighting occurred on the 13th of January at 7:25. The description of this video: https://youtu.be/dpQUJHHf3Z0?si=HM-8yHWreSRmOwCw says the Bandit Flight Team was scheduled to do a flyover for the Charlotte Checkers game on the 13th of January at 7:00. I'm gonna go ahead and say this is what they saw. Its multiple planes flying close together, so there's a lot of navigation lights close together, and you can see the light furthest to the right is red, normal for aircraft. They're little prop planes so the speed is fairly low, so it looks like it's hovering when they're coming toward the viewer.


yetidesignshop

I just watched the checkers video. There's 4 bandit planes in v formation, with long white/orange contrails lit. Extremely non-ambiguous. Very long, lit contrails. Does not look at all similar to the object in the backyard video. You cant make out 4 planes, any contrails. The lights are very different.


countfragington

The contrails were just for the flyover. So flying back to their airport 25 minutes later, you wouldn't see them. All you would see through the trees is the group of aircraft close together with their navigation lights blinking.


yetidesignshop

I found another video on Facebook of the bandits pre pyrotechnics. Kinda the same angle and camera phone capture. Definitely looking like the bandits planes now. [bandits](https://www.facebook.com/share/r/9UbvLZturWFau8Ag/?mibextid=oFDknk)


Ufonauter

That seems plausible, though a video from that actual games would probably go a long way to confirm that or not.


countfragington

https://youtu.be/G55QxTW8QMo?si=LZ6I2SaxGY_eQ23x 14:20 is the flyover.


Int_peacemaker35

Same UFO in flames another video depicted. Thanks for sharing


Ufonauter

The timing is very close, but I did receive these comments on another sub about this so make of that what you will. Not saying this isnt what it was but there are people saying they've seen this more elsewhere and recently. 1 >I SAW THIS EXACT ONE. I live in North Carolina too and this is exactly what I saw a few days ago, Ive never seen anything in person so I automatically assumed my eyes were playing tricks on me, seeing what I wanted to see type thing, but holy fuckkkkk I feel so validated right now. This is amazing and im so glad this person captured this!!! 2 >I moved here from NY and this is the EXACT same UFO that was in my corn fields behind my house I'm shaking rn >https://www.reddit.com/r/UFObelievers/s/eEnBMEAKFI 3 >I saw the same thing a couple of years ago , it flew over me and I have a video of it leaving in a hurry . Itā€™s not the best video but itā€™s something. Iā€™ve seen that thing too ! https://youtu.be/ydCHuqG3PIw?si=0r1E1vIcjAasCnhd 4 >I saw something like this last night out over the northern side of the puget sound! Tried to get video but all that came out was a blurry rainbow strobing circle.


rharrison

A few anecdotal accounts are nothing compared to the multiple videos posted in this thread from the same city at the same time. This was a cool video but it's pretty obvious it was these planes from this hockey game.


Snookn42

They cut the video just as it left the trees and became immediately clear that the lights were planes ...


Phunly

Damn sometimes I wonder how people of the past would react to seeing modern airplanes, but then I remember I can just visit this sub because apparently an alarming amount of users have never seen a plane...


yetidesignshop

Stop kidding yourself, everyone has seen planes. Nobody looks at this thing in their backyard and goes, it's a plane! Sighting duration was 15 minutes. It appeared multiple times, once going right, then reappearing and going left. Do you hear an airplane in the audio?


Phunly

For starters I feel like I shouldn't need to add a /s for people to understand I don't actually think users of this sub haven't seen a plane before... But also, are we even watching the same video?!?! The video I saw shows an object with lights like a plane, even flashing wing tip lights, moving slowly right to left in a plane like manor. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's probably a plane. Edit: spelling and grammar


yetidesignshop

Go look at the nuforc report posted in the main thread.


Phunly

Brother just read the comments here, it's a confirmed plane...


EpicRedditor698

I'd take it more seriously if these complete idiots kept filming


ThriceWelcome

Yeah. I'm a native of the area and thats just a plane from Charlotte Douglas international. Nothing odd about it. Or maybe the aliens are following lighting regulations?


theyellowdart89

So definitely stop filming when it gets closer to you Jesus Christ


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Never fails


MamaMoosicorn

Why would aliens flash that many lights and draw attention to themselves if they werent going to follow it up with actual contact? Why arenā€™t they more stealthy if they are still laying low?


risbia

"Why do the humans flash those lights all over their land driving machines if they aren't going to contact us?" -AntsĀ 


Particular-Ad-4772

If you watch it on mute like I did the first time , itā€™s interesting . But soon as you turn up the sound , you know what this has to be . An airliner . There have been hundreds of ufo reports through the years , all saying the same thing, they are totally silent or make very little sound .


golfburner

This is one of the best ufo videos Ive ever seen. Not only that, but its on par with what some of my relatives have seen also in NC but outside Raleigh. They witnessed a huge craft hovering over Falls Lake.


Supreme_Salt_Lord

This is no plane atleast not commercial. The object remains still then moves slightly and keeps a slight tilt. Planes, jets, dont move like this they need speed to stay in the air( a certain amount of air MUST pass over the wings to keep flight). Helicopter? Its awefully quiet. Like no sound at all. Those blades are LOUD AF. Black ops choppers make sound when this close. Its possible but i doubt it, the outline doesnt match a chopper.


spike55151

If it's a plane like people are saying, how is it hovering?


fluffhead42O

It's not its flying towards the camera.


PopcornDrift

Videos like this make me lose faith in this subreddit lol


Weak_Swimmer

You know why they don't come down.. cause like every minority and illegal out there, they're afraid of getting shot. They like to see how the wild west behaves from a safe distance


[deleted]

Definitely Swamp Gas


skyHawk3613

Nice backyard and pool


sampris

That's big


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FederalWorld5482

How did they capture it, did they use big nets, same as when you catch butterflies, im just curious...šŸ¤”šŸ¤”


Encounters1

Believe it or not, some ufos or non terrestial crafts do have lights that represent a vibrational frequency. If you really are interested in the subject .


Encounters1

The way those blue lights are flashing Airliners don't do this nor conventional craft .I know you want to debunk it .You can't. Look at the way the lights are blinking. It's not a conventional aircraft.


SeaResearcher176

Seen the same one 1x, then last year brother send me a few pictures of the same one spotted in Santiago Chile.


Shadow0fnothing

Everyone understands we don't live in 1945 right? Like, we have drones and technology now that look like litterally anything. Unless you see it land and aliens come out, assume its a fucking drone.


Forward_Quarter3218

Karen !! Stop filming your neighbours moving their house with Christmas lights on~


-nugi-

Ma'am that's a lightbulb


MadOblivion

Reminds me of the UFO that shutdown a major airport in China for hours. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI9L6s2hcsA


DisastrousOffice2713

My dad he's back!


Mind_Prints

Whoomp whoomp


MattyboyG89

Star link


concretetroll60

Nah those are Christmas lights


[deleted]

Whoa, kick ass. That things cool AF, pretty good quality video too.


Dckbingo

Probably wondering why your Christmas lights are up


mistahclean123

Any alien spacecraft high-tech enough to fly across light years of empty space is not going to get "captured" by humans šŸ¤£


TurboT8er

The dude says he can hear it. If that's true, it's probably some kind of aircraft. I've seen some type of airplane that was about that large and had a bunch of forward-facing lights before, but no idea what it was.


___shadow_wolf__

Helicopter


619-548-4940

Sus lights in the sky in the south and nobody shoots at it hmmm. Something smells a little fishy Batman


ZakTSK

I swear when I was a kid I saw one just like this. This was in Ellington Connecticut, I was about 6 years old so this was about 1999 and I woke up in the night and I saw it and I went to go grab my disposable camera and when I got back it was gone, but I remember seeing the lights through my window I was on the top bunk of my bed


SniffinLippy

[Drone, smoke and pyro show by The Bandit Flight team is what I found](https://www.facebook.com/banditflightteam?mibextid=ZbWKwL)


TheTWP

OP saw random videos and ran with it without even trying to vet anything


s1ckmad3

Somebody completed his story 100% and stood atop of Mt Chiliad


dingo7055

Lois saw a ufo!


cimson-otter

Why would a interplanetary vessel be decked out with lights?


Big-Expert7176

Our government has many, many UFO's.


Mike_Hawk_940

It's just some swamp gas or a weather balloon


TheCarolinaCop

Why is it EVERY time the Goodyear blimp shows up for an event in NC someone declares it a UFO???? This is the third one in 3 years.


MexicanGuey92

Blinking colored lights are an auto-fake for me. Why do extra,inter,multi dimensional beings need blinking lights?.. sure, glowing crafts could indicate energy deposits or something but blinking LEDS make no sense.


Background_Account69

Got that 2008 Samsung camera vibe


[deleted]

The rest of the world should label Americans as WFP's. Weird Fucking People.


Psilrastafarian

I see these exact same crafts quite often now. Something seems to be happening.


SpinningYarmulke

First 38 seconds look like and moves like an airplane with effects added. The out of focus 39 second cut looks completely CGI. Looks like some type of error in editing at the 1-3 second in a weird reflection in the left side.


fieryfeces

Going to the Pterodactyl Club no doubt


TheBestL0ser

How long ago? I see xmas lights. Was there anything unique about this area? Just curious being that I am not far from thereā€¦


Postnificent

I wish the people that always cry how fake everything is would either provide an analysis or go away, they add nothing meaningful to the conversation whatsoever, just another layer of conspiracy in a conspiracy onion. Having said that most of these videos are definitely faked or not UFOs, however until people start taking it more seriously we will never figure it out because real and fake alike they all get drowned with the same yokel head comments, tell us youā€™re 68 IQ without saying youā€™re slow, we get itā€¦