[meteorite-list] Fw: Video 5 of SLP, MX Bolide now, posted! Another spectacular video.

From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 18:30:30 +0200
Message-ID: <522A0326.2010202_at_online.nl>

Count Deiro wrote:

> As they say...."with all due respect"....to those of you with vastly more
> experience than I in the subject....these old eyes and the brain they are
> attached to have digested the visual data, then thought out the technical
> complexities involved in producing a series of multiple fakes while
> estimating the cost in time and money that would be involved and finally,
> pondered why anyone would spend that time and treasure....and for what
> possible purpose. Conclusion? The San Luis Potosi bolide and its history so
> stunningly recorded are the "real deal".

I humbly disagree.

There are multiple reasons why people would have faked this.

Over the past few years we have seen multitudes of fake UFO video's, fake videos
of strange "archaeological" finds (e.g. "giants" a few years ago), fake
"surviving mammoth filmed in Siberia" video's, fake Loch Ness videos, fake
"eagle snatches kid in the park" videos, you name it. Nowadays, these kind of
animations can be done with off the shelf software that is readily available.

Reasons to make such fake movies can be very diverse:

- People like to fool other people;
- Maybe someone wants to practise their CGI skills;
- Maybe someone made this as a practical exam assignment;
- Maybe someone created this as a "proof of concept" for potential customers;
- Maybe this is intended as a viral for an upcoming movie or game;
- Maybe this is made for an upcoming movie or game

... to name just a few options.

The 'Eagle snatches kid in the park" video of a year ago for example, was an
exam product created by university students.

The video's of this fireball that surfaced are too similar in composition and
quality, and too 'neat' - with very smooth panning for example, rather than
shakey panic. As Rob mentioned, some are weird - why was the person capturing
the fireball filming in the first place? In some video's, it appears the filmer
is actually *waiting* for the fireball to appear. And on some of the video's,
the "fireball" really looks CGI if you look carefully (in the train video for
example, and the one where it disappears behind a hill). Then there are the
other things that don't ad up as pointed out by Rob earlier.
To top it, all these video's appear out of nowhere on new YouTube accounts, or
youtube accounts that collect dubious movies.

These video's therefore really do not answer to the pattern of casual
eyewitnesses. Moreover, there shouldn't be just these video's: TV stations,
Radio stations, police, observatories, they should have been flooded by
eyewitness reports....

Nowadays, you simply have to be suspicious. Too many people like to play with
CGI and unlike 10 years ago, it is no longer the domain of professionals (nor
very expensive). A 19-year-old on his parents loft can do it.

- Marco

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Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)

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