One of the questions Obama was asked was whether or not he would give the world insights in to the UFO phenomenon. Some people might think it is not such an important matter where some think it is the most important question of all time that needs to be answered to the people.
How important shows the following video from CNN, live from the inauguration. Please watch the video and take note at 0:08 and focus on the right of the screen.
Clearly to be seen is a disk shaped object that flies with incredible speed from the right of the screen to the left. Just to prepare you: First you will see mister W- Blitzer and his fellow presenter talking about the message mr Obama had said. Then, you will see an overview with the Washington monument to the right.
The object becomes visible on 0:08 on the right side of the Washington Monument and moves within seconds to the left side of the screen. The object is in our opinion way to fast to be a plane or helicopter. No way it is a bird. Should it have been a plane, it must have been a fighter jet. And, was it a fighter jet there should have been a sound of the plane flying over at the speed it did. Maybe a security drone by the Government? Then why is it flying at the speed it does?
But, our fighter jets do not make 90 degree corners as this craft clearly demonstrated once it flies to the left. At a certain moment it seems to be bending to the left with a 90 degree move to the left just above the tree, after the last screen shot we took. The question remains: What was it?
We have taken some screen shots of the video to show you just what you should be looking for. (Below the images is the actual video we took the screen shots from..)
UPDATE: As one of our readers mentioned below, the video on the bottom of this news post is rather small. For the best results please watch the video from the original CNN Source.
UPDATE:
We just received the following images from Rex-heflin-ufo-analysis which brings another very interesting perspective and clearly shows the object going … the monument. Behind it? In front of it? Straight through it? well, we let you decide:
Click on the images to view them large.
(Images courtesy of Rex-heflin-ufo-analysis)
And, the video:
First, the CNN video:
(There seems to be a problem with the connection to CNN so now and then. If you see “undefined” or “error” then ’something’ is the matter. (We checked other sites who have tried to embed the video from CNN and show similar errors. We apologize for this but it seems to be out of our control. Embedding a video is a very simple process. But, no matter what we try, the errors keep occurring.)
If you see one of these errors please visit the original CNN Source to watch the video.
This is another interesting version of the video uploaded the 21st… You can watch in HD quality on Youtube:
If you are a person who knows what this craft is, please do leave us a comment to let us and the world know just what flew over at such incredible speed, low altitude and making a 90 degree corner once it flies on the left end of the capture… UFO or not, most people believe it is time the truth is to be told.
Then, somebody mentioned this: The Washington Monument is 555ft tall. If you take the length of the monument and place it “over” the image, you can see the object flying more than 555ft in a few seconds. If that where to be true, the speed would be incredible.
What do you think?
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john
It’s a bird.
alex
its real , i have been ANALYZING this footage all day man, looking frame after frame…. this cant be bird, this thing is about maybe 8 meters big… and the speed is maybe about 800km/h … and the last 3 frames when it is behind the tree is very impressive. you can see how its big ….
Richard
When you rule out everything what it couldnt be. Ufo stands ground. According to the webbots project we are in for a ride the comming years. Even ufo events arent ruled out.
Mark
I am very sceptical about those images. I know there are UFO’s, but recalling this exact moment watching it live on CNN on my big flatscreen I know I did not see that. Would of been world news doesn’t it if hundreds of millions in the world watchin’it.
Senior Editor
Mark: Did you check out the video BELOW the images? The images are taken from that film. Check it out and you will see it.
PlayMode
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/01/20/inaug.blitz.gergen.obrien.cnn?iref=videosearch
Look up the original cause these little frame video’s are indeed deceiving..
It’s a freaking bird.
You almost got me with this one.
The writer of this article is a retard
Sander
Hi there! We came across your footage. As we have specialized in this peculiar arial phenomena, I would suggest to take a look at our website, although in Dutch only. Our photographs speak for themselves. We believe that there is a vast, although largely unknown, amount of arial entities like the one you have catched on video. In our words, it is an ethership. See the explanation and the different categories we have learned to identify on our website.
Brief regards,
Sander van der Linden
Senior Editor
@ PlayMode – Thank you for your kind words. It shows the amount of respect you are able to bring out to strangers. Thank you for showing us were you are coming from. Must be tough for you…
It is not a bird in our opinion (retard or not) unless you know of wingless birds that fly the speed it does..
Jean Michel (Journalist)
I have seen these typical UFOs in films shown by my colleague speakers American and Russian astronauts, pilots etc…The important question is not UFO or not, it is who are they ? the benevolent extraterrestrials or the negative aliens? I will speak again on this on BBS Radio
Below a part of my blog at http://www.superlife.ws/profiles/blogs/contact-with-our-space
First Contact
by Jean Michel , Author, Speaker, Free Journalist.
Beside being the title of a Star Trek movie, it is also the same concept in this reality that a first contact
with an advanced civilization from outerspace is possible and at hand.
Time to time there are some news or initiatives regarding this possibility, mostly coming from New Age
or UFO communities. Of a lesser standard are those coming from channeling circles, such as the last announcement
of contact or a big UFO show in the skies in October 2008 over Alabama, where nothing happened, once again, as each and every time such a big event is trumpeted.
This does not mean that the subject is not serious, at the contrary. I know better for having had over the years colleagues speakers in International Congresses such as American and Russian astronauts, many civilian and air force pilots, ex-intel officers, scientists, police officers, Native American Elders and some of the most credible contactees.
With these colleagues we made clear statements in pannels in the 90’s that “first contact” would be the fact of negative aliens first, that is a contact on a global basis with public coverage.
This has not prevented the new age and channelings circles to continue to produce less-then-credible and less-then-genuine material and to flood us with promised un oncoming big news in the medias.
This situation necessitate some clearings, that I will try to make short, while being considered as one (of the many)
representatives of the positive advanced extraterrestrials. If asked, my colleagues contactees and speakers would probably say the very same.
A first public contact of the positive kind is unlikely since it has ALREADY HAPPENED. It was performed by the
positive extraterrestrials called the “Nordics” in UFO circles, and known in spiritual circles as “Confederation of Planets” or “Galactic Confederation of Light”. Millions of people were contacted in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, all over the planet, this on a personal basis for humans of various backgrounds. The very same confederation contacted also during the same period the leaders of this planet, very much in the like of “official visits” and offered help. The porposal was quite simple, help us to solve all health and environment problems, give guidance to earthlings to develop free universal energy for everything, space travel included. This was free offering, with the condition that this planet should desarm all weapons, stop all wars and all research on breaking the atom, which is contrary to galactic and universal law. Needless to say, while many humans on Earth responded favorably when contacted on a discrete and personal level, the public leaders all rebuffed the proposal of the Confederation. The typical response could be found in the story of “Val Thor” in this web page :
http://www.galactic-server.com/rune/valienthor.html
When the VP in America at the time gave the official response “It is a no, because this would put down our economy”, it is easy to understand why : how in hell (planet Earth) could a so-called modern society based on “free market profits” made using the unbalance between rich and poor, regions with natural ressources and those with none, where wars have been and still are fully part of the system to conquer, control and make huge profits, a civilization where half ot the planet is sick of eating too much, and the other half sick of not having enough to eat, where these very”modern diseases” represent in turn great money making machines, in short how could such a civilization (sic) accept such a proposal ? Indeed and instead these very leaders chose (on behalf of the people without their knowledge) to make a deal with the negative aliens, this in various main industrial nations. The deal
then was more in their habits and regular ways : trade biological material (humans) for weapons, advanced technologies to control masses and to develop new “inventions” that would bring profits, unlike the “free universal energy” offered by the Confederation.
With regard to the above, it is very unlikely that the positive extraterrestrials would make a “first global contact” with public appearances all over the medias (controled by the system previously described). The plan of the Confederation was a contact with the people, with an adjacent program of spiritual awakening (yes using positive technologies) with the prospect of the masses of the planet deciding by themselves to join the Confederation of Planets and their level of life. For the sake of safety the definition of an “advanced civilization” is one with equal amounts of technological and spiritual evolution. Such is not the case with this human society, religions being not synonymous with spiritual evolution, case proven with the state of the planet today.
While contactees were hold in ridicule, the majority of the masses continued to vote for the same system described previous, and there is NO change in sight, even with very recent events. The point is clear, the Confederation of Planets has NO economic system, and as long as this planet has one, there is no way to join the party (sic).
There is alway some hope for miracles, yes. A man named Jimmy Carter set up a department to reveal the truth about UFO’s, as promised, having had a close encounter himself. The job was done and all reports ready, but when he was put down, the system drowned the reports. Again a positive advanced extraterrestrial society and a “pre-warp” society with an economic system are incompatible.
Now a quick word about the various (insane) initiatives of various groups to call for exposure and/or for first global contact. Since the negative aliens organized in a Galactic Federation plan to appear first in a global contact, and that these are the very same the leaders of the current system on Earth decided to deal with long ago, the outcome is clear. It would be similar to ask these leaders to present to the subliminally controled masses an official contact with “our friends ancestors from space”, to even improve the technologies of control and bring about a new “universal religion and i.d.”, and the (in)famous “big bro” system all over the Earth. Officially, that is.
I will speak more about contacts with positive extraterrestrials as I have done for years in conferences, on Radio and TV. This short article was to fix the “First Contact” story.
Please read my blog on a more conscious “my space” that is worthy to join :
http://www.superlife.ws/profiles/blogs/contact-with-our-space
Golden Love and Light
Jean Michel/Cmdr.Lyur
cptnlyur@earthlink.net
http://www.starshiplight.com
http://www.goldenlightfleet.com
cee
It’s not a bird. The question is: is it one of ours, or one of “their”s?
Jim
Even other beings from outside the earth know the next 4 years are gonna stink and they’re high-tailing it outta here. Lucky.
Andrea
Definately a fighter jet. They reach speeds in excess of 1000km/h, and that’s just what we know about. They are capable of 90 degree truns and manouvers the public has never seen. They would be travelling so fast, the sound would not be heard for several minutes, if even at all. Depending upon many factors.
Me2008
This is definitely NOT a bird. There is no known bird that can fly so fast.
Seldona
The particular site, on that particular day, was the most watched and restricted airspace on the planet. I highly doubt anything got by us.
Besides if they could travel across the vastness of space, don’t you think they could have watched it from orbit with a telescope and a mic? Hell it is technology WE have.
Most likely some type of unmanned drone or plane. The distance is way to far to be able to tell. So technically I suppose it remains unidentified. But aliens over the inauguration? Doubtful, at best.
Senior Editor
@Seldona: We never said it was an alien craft. We mentioned Unidentified Flying Object. Whether from here or from space, it remains unidentified.
And, might we add that in our opinion something that flies like that is NOT using our conventional ways of energy and technology.
To us, it looks pretty strange…
Richard Rydza
The CNN pictures caught was is believed to be a UFO was indeed a US CIA spy plane. These planes are highly undetected, can move at high rates of speed and can take out a small army with it weapontry attached. This input have been confirmed by friends in the military. It just goes to show how sophisticated our technology has become, the same technology used to take out numerous combatants in the middle east.
peter345
Very interesting ! reminds me of the october 14 08 ufo that flew through the background of the BBC financial news.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BUjDXt8GiU)
Ive been super slo- moing all day and I would find this very difficult to call a bird !(Both for size and speed)
As for the people throwing insults around, it’s best we try and just understand their un-evolved nature and hope they eventually “see the light” through the foggy tunnel of their intellectual myopia.
UFO-Means Unidentified Flying object, ” Belief” is irrelevant in this context of definition.
Andrew P.
Most likely an insect or bird near the camera lens. When observed at a slow frame rate, it clearly passes between the camera and the Washington Monument. Its high speed is an illusion due to the closeness of the object. Sorry, not a “flying saucer”.
charles Rogers
I flew in and out of Washington National many times as a pilot. From where we are looking, it looks like the object is flying over the Potomac, which just happens to be the final approach path to Runway 19 at Washington National Airport. Obviously, whatever it was, it was going too fast to be on approach for landing. But wouldn’t the tower controllers, or pilots in aircraft on the ground have noticed something? Then there is the matter of restricted airspace in that area. More than air traffic control is watching that airspace. Does the object pass in front of or behind the Washington Monument. If it’s in front…probably a bird relatively close to the camera giving the illusion of high speed as it passes by. Believe me, there would be no conspiracy by airline pilots to “hide” from the public any UFO sighting, should they see one. You would have heard about this by now from other sources, especially in that airspace
Wim
Clearly an insect; out of focus for the camera.
The distorted perspective makes you think it flies over the mall. Actually only (deci)meters in front of the camera.
roel
No it’s a plane!
Kathy Kit Vaquilar
That Inauguration Day I thought to myself they’d [ETs/UFOs] have to be watching this historical event, which is so important to the U.S. and to the world. Glad someone caught this on video and I hope it’s real. It looks possibly interdimensional because it flies in front of the Washington Monument and also seems to have a transluscence about it. I saw a UFO once close-up. It was only 100 feet away and 30 feet above the Colorado River and it had an almost invisible quality about it like it didn’t want to be seen by everyone, only those who were looking for it.
David
I just wanted to mention that this definitely got my attention (on unknowncountry.com) because I was one of hundreds or thousands that saw a bunch of “cylinders” flying over downtown DC after 1:00 AM, January 1, 2000. Many small “triangles” were also seen doing incredible aerial “stunts” at the location of the new GWU Hospital right next to the Foggy Bottom Metro station.
I plan on taking a better look at the material here tomorrow as it is already way past my bedtime.
The best reports of 1/1/2000 are on the MUFON.com website. Just search for that event date and Washington DC. There are other reports elsewhere on the internet, but these are the best (one is mine). This story really needs to get out and I am continuing to try to find more witnesses – there were plenty!
JoeR
After reviewing the same CNN scene on my HD DVR, I can see the flapping wings – IT IS DEFINITELY A BIRD!!
The low-quality of the YouTube videos blurs and obscures the details of the flapping wings.
JP
The object is closer to the camera than it seems. It is not behind the memorial, but in front of it. That meens the object is smaller than it seems. My opinion, it is a bird.
See this animated gif i made:
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll144/passchier2007/vogel.gif
James
This is just some special aircraft from the US gouverment that most be kept secret..
it all was for the saftey of the new president, they were defending them for terrorist attacks..
DTK
Well think it’s just a bug flying so close to the camera it blurs. since
the camera is focust on a greater distance….
Sceptic
Alright.. having viewed the original video in full speed I can conclude only one thing:
It’s a bird, flying closer to the camera then many people may think, it only looks like it is flying behind the Washington Monument because of the same color.
Why is it a bird? during it’s ’straight’ flight it moves quite a lot up and down, like a bird flapping it’s wings.
Why is it not clear on tape that it is a bird? Simply because the camera isn’t focused on it. It looks like a swift moving white blob because it is clearly out of focus.
Case Closed.. Next!
JP
http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/mysterious_object_zips_across_monument_090121
Eric
There are 2 possibilities.
1. Former Mr. President Bush wanted to switch the light of in the oval office. And by accident he launch a big nucleair missile.
2. It is the first good action by the new Mr. Prsident Obama.
He pushed the right button and nuked both countries Israel AND Iran.
Good thing Mr. Prseident.
Elizabeth
Yes, they fly! The history of our world (albeit very biased of course) alone should give an indication that we are not alone in the Universe. Check out the bas relief hieroglphics in the pyramids, for starters, next take a good look at tome of the old painters’ poaintings, which definitively show space craft in the backgrounds!
One has to believe before one can see! Is that not true?
Billy Meier, has been communicating with the Star people for all of his life from when he was 7 yrs old and he is now in his 60’s. A website which is excellent value if I may mention it, is http://www.theyfly.com which is about him and the UFO’s he photographed and NO-ONE has been able to prove they are NOT genuine! If you don’t believe it, then why not try to prove it yourself[ I am sure the world will welcome your results.
Anyone with any brains has worked out that there are and have been UFO’s around for THOUSANDS of years. You just haven’t looked or seen them – which does not make it true, now does it?
I am 65 years old, and have worked for NASA/JPL in Australia and met scientist from NASA who all tell me, “of COURSE there are UFO’s. We just didn’t expect to be able to keep the lie going for so long.” They think it is hilarious how dumb we are.
scarum
guys, guys, look at the fullscreen HQ version on CCN, you’ll see that the “thing” is not flying beyond the monument, but close to the cameras. It’s a bird, you can even see it flapping its’ wings and bobbing a bit in its’ flight. It’s probably a winter bird like a finch or a tit.
The dangers of cropped blurred shitty internet video. Same goes for a whole generation growing up on 128 kbps or less mp3’s or youtube soundquality.
LB
Here’s the footage from CNN. It’s clearly a nearby bird, not a UFO at distance. You just want to believe.
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/01/20/inaug.blitz.gergen.obrien.cnn?iref=videosearch
Robwert
It was his cousin Odinga on a flying carpet.
He wanted to install Shariah law in Kenia so Bin Laden gave it to him. You can actually see him waiving and saying: obama akbar!
Johannes
If it was only seen on the video, thus not in real live.
Then there is only one explanation:
A glitch when recording / during encoding of the video.
So there is nothing, just a leftover from technical transformations of the video.
Not a UFO, not even a FO.
Erwin Smits
Did somebody analyse the speed of that thing?
it looks like it doesn’t have the same speed all the way.it looks to me it slows down a bit in the middle of the frame but it does not stop.
may they asked themselves, WTF do all those poeple (2mil?) do there?
Tom bonte
Jesus Christ, what a mess…
It’s just a bug people! You can hear it fly when it enters the screen.
Second: It’s flies in front of the statue, not behind it. So ‘the object’ flies in between the camera and the statue. That would be one small ufo, now wouldn’t it?
Third: the reason why no one saw it live: Well duuh…would you notice a bug flying 50m above your head?
fourth: Sorry my bad english, my native tongue is dutch.
deeanne
I agree, it does look more like a bird that flew closer to the camera. However, not dismissing the UFO aspect, go to the MUFON website because there are other pics taken on the 20th that are much more suspect – these in my thinking are more alarming if they are authentic.
chieromancer
Imagine if our space brothers were foe instead of friend. They could have wiped 2 million people in one fell swoop, if they had malicious intent.
Shane
It appears that the object passes behind the Washington Monument and that it disappears behind clouds. If this is correct, then it cannot be a bird or an insect, as it is too large. Of course, it cannot be proved from this video that the object is not from this world.
terry wasik
Hello illegal Aliens from intergalactic space.
this was our display that …resistance is futile !!
now take us to your leader !!
and don’t pollute this planet anymore please.
live long and prosper ,,,
Brian
I have watched this in full screen mode on CNN’s site and I have investigated UFO reports for years. This is a bird flying through the camera’s shot.
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/01/20/inaug.blitz.gergen.obrien.cnn?iref=videosearch
Please just view the video on a decent monitor and play it at FULL SCREEN mode so you can see it clearly. The wings become more evident and I am sorry but this is a bird. I can see the question on lower quality video, but on the original CNN video in full screen mode on a good monitor it is very evident.
Eugenia
I agree with Brian above. That was a BIRD. I am a serious videographer, so I know video. This was a camera focused on infinity, with a bird flying *close* to the camera. This made the bird somewhat out of focus, and because the bird was closer to the camera than any other object, it made it look as it was flying unnaturally fast (that factor, plus the normal shutter speed the camera was set, made the bird look like it had a longer shape). As Brian said, watch the video full screen, and see that you can even see the bird’s wings flapping.
Bottom line, this was a bird. Anyone who believes otherwise needs to learn the basics about photography. I am open minded about UFOs et al, but I am trying most and foremost to be objective.
Edgar
Hello,
I have watched it on high quality as well. However…
The object flying, maybe a bird, maybe not, is about the same size of the people walking underneath it. Average height of a person is? The average size of a bird is? Depending on the bird, but not regularly around 1m.60….
So, in my opinion, it is not a bird.
Another thing I noticed is that today the video from CNN looks different as that it did yesterday.
It now looks more like bird compared to yesterday. I also noticed the video has been offline for some time.
So, perhaps they did caught something that was not meant to be seen by us, and now they may have edited the video a bit to make it look like bird.
Also, this bird flies at an amazing speed.
Eugenia
>The object flying, maybe a bird, maybe not, is about the same size of the people walking underneath it
No, absolutely not. This is a wrong assessment. The camera is far away, and it’s focused on infinity. The bird, because it can fly, it happens to fly CLOSER to the camera than where the people are. And therefore, it looks bigger.
Please get a camera, learn to shoot, re-create similar conditions and you will see that this is simply a bird. And as we said above, jee, watch the video full screen and see its wings flapping.
Senior Editor
Thank you all for your input.
@ Eugenia: Thank you for your professional insights. It makes a lot of sense.
@ Edgar: We noticed the same… But, would CNN take offline a video, edit it and re publish it? We doubt that just a bit.
Anyone else noticed a difference in the video?
Alwin
I read this in the Chicago Tribune:
” The military, supporting civilian authorities, is using sophisticated new surveillance systems developed for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to monitor the mall. A P-3 Orion reconnaissance plane will fly above the mall to collect information that can instantaneously be transmitted to teams on the ground in the event of a threat.”
The more I look at the video, the more I start to think something ´has changed´ since yesterday…
Yesterday, the ´bird´flew 45 degrees from the camera and was NOT looking like a flying bird. NOW however, it looks like a bird. Easy to be seen and recognize it. Still flying fast as hell but, looking at it now, yes clearly a bird.
I am nearly 100% convinced the film is different compared to yesterday…
toinette
This is a ufo for real, and every one say it is a bird WAKE UP
are you blind or just afread
Captain Nightmares
It’s a witch on a broom; probably my mother-in-law.
HTH
Eric
I think it’s going BEFORE the monument.
http://marcozz.com/ufo/index.php?start=33
jld
i think it is a fighter jet doing a patrol around the area before the helicopter carrying bush goes by.
would be cool if it were a UFO though.
Linda Johnson
If you look at the video stills (the one in blue that looks kind of like a negative) you see in the sky on the upper right corner the clouds has a alien face look. I think this ufo video is bogus.
7f55g
First, it is NOT “clearly” ANYTHING.
I DO believe it is a bird or insect. That is my, and others’, best theory. But, it is NOT “definitely” anything.
Don’t see how ANYbody can claim with such certainty that they “know” what it is.(I have to laugh and agree with commenter 56: the second best theory is 56’s mother-in-law on a broom!)
Secondly, regarding my biases on the subject: I DO believe the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis for many sightings and abduction reports. I take alien and Bigfoot sightings seriously. In contrast, as a counterexample, I do not take religion and astrology seriously. I am a proud, diehard, American atheist. Made-up human fantasies like religion and astrology do not even fall into the same category as independently observed phenomena that happen TO people.
Thirdly, I feel no need, and NOBODY should feel the need, to congratulate Obama. There’s nothing special about him nor this election and inauguration. When a Green or Libertarian or Ralph Nader gets elected, then we should celebrate.
Non-human aliens, above all, will care even LESS than I do about our American politics and this inauguration.
Don Nicoloff
I am surprised at the number of responses here, yet I discern that the majority of the respondents DO NOT know what they’re talking about. On the other hand, a few do.
The craft seen in the CNN video was one of four saucers which belong to a group known as “The United Galactic Federation, The Galaxy of Hendon.” The craft measure 1,000 feet across and are capable of warp speeds. These are flown by friendly people who have our best interests at heart. There are thousands of these craft currently monitoring events on Planet Earth for a variety of reasons.
The primary reason is to welcome us into an age of peace, alongside some 574 other space societies that have already chosen that path. Unfortunately, our “leaders” prefer to create war, chaos, and fear as they enrich themselves in their mindless pursuit of a “New World Order.” We can change that outcome, once we begin to take responsibility for our own lives.
We are sovereign beings who are unaware of who we really are. It is not as difficult as it may seem to step outside the “Matrix” and remember why we’re here. Certainly, it is not to watch soap operas, football, and American Idol, nor to create the various forms of chaos we experience.
My radio show guests and I talk about these issues on a regular basis. Some would do well to tune into the show from time to time. You might learn something REAL for a change.
You asked…. I responded in Truth. :=)
k3n
Come on people. This was a freaking bug flying by the camera in the near field (relatively close to the camera compared to the Washington Monument).
Get a clue and stop reaching and being so gullible.
ela
it is stuning the speed on the original cnn streaming
no bird can fly that fast
no plane is officially allowed over DC
it should defenetly be an UFO, only it migth not be alien, it migth be a gadget of the US intelligence undisclosed yet for the population.
BobbieJo
That is not a bird. I’ve been an avid bird watcher for many years. It’s an UFO of some sort. Most likely the owners of it live very close to the vatican. Look up Jesuits.
Also one of these strange things were around the towers on 9/11. check out the videos of those on you tube.
Miguel
#56
Mike
A bird isn’t going that fast.
I want to believe….
Matt Webster
OK guys, we were waiting to see if anyone would get it, here’s what we put up; if link is broken, google; DARPA Falcon Project ;
http://www.darpa.mil/tto/programs/Falcon.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_Application_and_Launch_from_Continental_United_States#The_Blackswift
matt
This very well could be a blimp, but not the good year etc.
Homeland security has spy blimps, not sure thats what this is either though because I believe those are very high altitude which this object is not. I do think they have other ones that I think the police have even used in NY City during large events. Seeing how it was over this place at this time, my guess is that its some sort of a blimp that has many cameras etc.
Here is an article talking about these spy blimps
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=15095
matt
and btw before I get attacked by the “ITS A UFO!” crowd. I am not a debunker or skeptic. Matter of fact my person opinion is that there is something very real to the UFO phenom, however this one I don’t think is that.
John Smith
A “litmus test” so to speak would be if anyone (ANYONE, even one to two people) also saw the UFO. There were reputedly close to a million people milling around on the Mall that morning, and for a UFO of that supposed size to appear in the sky and move around, even for a short time, there would have to be a few witnesses and maybe even some other corroborating video. Also, the foreign press had a HUGE presence, with cameras of their own, and I find it hard to believe none of them picked it up. I do think UFOs visit Earth and they have certainly flown over restricted air spaces like D.C. in the past, but why isn’t there more coverage of this? If we’re at a pivotal time, and UFOs have certainly appeared during pivotal times in human history, then it would make sense for some event to occur, but why such a brief sighting and not something so profound and undeniable that the entire world would sit up and take notice? So if this VERY brief snippet is the only existing video of the UFO, there may be reason to question its authenticity. I’m ready for contact, but we aint’ gonna contact them if they appear in our skies for a second or two, caught by only one camera, and then they’re gone. A landing in front of the reviewing stand with Obama and the world watching…now THAT would have been exciting.
yfm
Its a BIRD stupids
thirdwolff
This looks like a “ROD.” Jose Escamilla is the UFO researcher who first discovered rods and noted that some are as small as insects, and others are miles long. I caught one while videotaping a wedding & it flew all around the bride. These are all over, all the time, but invisible to the naked eye.
Alex
Seeing the UFO against the Washington monument, if it were a bird like many of you are saying, it had to be an enormous giant bird with Jurassic proportions…. and, I dont thing we have those flying around anymore… As for the comment about how come anyone (CNN) is saying anything, of course NOT. Ted Turner knows about the existence of extraterrestrials, he`s up there with the small group (Rockefellers, Bushes,Bildebergers and Rothschilds) that controls EARTH and enslave YOU. All these people know what`s up. But everything is cool people, keep watching your TV at night, believe everything the government is telling you and you`ll be alright, there`s nothing to worry about..
William
It’s a Bird…I’m sorry, but this footage shows a small bird making a fast dash across the sky (probably scared by all the Big crowds in Washington DC that day)
Small birds are fast, and by the looks of this one…he’s getting outta Dodge pretty quick (Who can blame him?)
Lisa Albrechts
I would like to reply to the comment mister Alwin left. I agree with him. I believe there is a difference in between the first time I saw the CNN Video and the second time I saw it. (Two days later.)
First time I saw the video, while watching it on the 21st of January:
The moment I saw the object flying in a STRAIGHT line from the right, nearly looking as if it was going straight through the monument and bending strange exactly as the post above explains I immediately had the urge to replay the part time after time, again and again. I remember being baffled with what I saw. This was NOT a natural behavior I was witnessing here. And the fact that it looked to be going straight through could mean it was using anti gravity energy as it defies and bends whatever it goes past I have read. Maybe not alien, but if the US Government has it then the world should have it. The cure to the crisis. Free energy.
I was not alone while watching this and many friends have said the same. We all used very high quality monitors and were able to see it was NOT a bird. It had to be something else. We watched it numerous times over and over again. It was THAT strange.
And then,
While watching it on the 22st of January again:
My first impression was: ??? This is a bird flying on the screen. A bird. But, yesterday this looked something completely different. I waited for my friends to arrive and asked them to watch the video again. ALL of them said… A bird… But, yesterday… and we were speechless.
I can say that if the first time it would have looked like a bird the second day we watched it again we would have never even bothered replaying the part or discuss it for hours. What we saw on the 22st was a bird. You can even see it use its wings. It still seems to fly fast but to us it seems it has changed its path.
We have tried to compare the videos on Youtube from the first day but find the quality not good enough.
So, what IS the story here. We are a little confused here.
Lisa Albrechts
JERRY BURT
Definitely a UFO … they’ve been watching us as we’ve tried to destroy each other for as many of my 70 years as I’m able to remember, at least since the BETTY & BARNY 3 days lost episode in my home state, NH. Face it, we probably are NOT the smartest race in the universe !! JB, 1/23/09
Daine
Oh please it’s a typical surveillance blimp that is used by NYPD and others
It isn’t moving at 800 mph
It’s nonsense photos and commentary like this that makes the UFO movement looks like the nutty people
Tyler Brown
Yeah, I really thought it was something else until I just watched the original video from cnn full screen and realized it is with out question a bird. Watching this video small screen tricks your eye into thinking that it flies behind the trees in the end, which it does not.
THB
BobbieJo
UFO’s like Obama, sure they like him. So does his secret friend Lord Maitryea. Listen to the January 12th interview on http://www.trunews.com, click listen now and scroll down to hear the free interview. You will be shocked at just how blind the masses of people are. Wake up people and stop being in a trance like state following Obama like the moonies did with their guru.
BobbieJo
Galatic Federation? Please stop watching Star Trek and adding new age prose to your posts. Everybody knows Don Nicoloff is a new age head banger and Star Trek junkie.
Emiliso Juaze
maybe they take us to the oompa loompas and we find giant blueberries there heh
no bird but a toy added in a clip film some way to side track joyous event of the messiah coming to earth NOT
get a life peoples in america are gullable
JP
If its a Bird it’s flying fast as hell. Like someone said, 800 km/h ? A pretty fast bird indeed !
Come on.
taylor
Its probably CGI and another attempt to gain more viewers for the time being and then drop the report all together
Ben Youngblood
Mr. Matt Webster , you are right on, this is what it was, for SURE, 110%
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht3Jp0zzLTI
Gaias
Another VIDEO:
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=iBvv011v8Ys
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=MlXpvxk03j4
michael
Whatever it was, it looks like it was in a hurry to get the heck out of there. Probably trying to find an unoccupied port-a-potty. LOL
Wm H
It is noting more then a commercial air craft, there were many such in the back ground during the inauguration. Is it a UFO? Yes since the commercial plane has not been identified. Was it craft polited by aliens beings from other then Earth? NO.
I am a firm believer that life exist else where other then Earth, and most likely, we have visited. But during the inauguratn I observed several air craft in the didtance. Remember the sight of the inauguration was a no fly zone, so air traffic was keep miles away.
blackdog
Too funny, supersonic insects and birds without wings and jet fighters that turn 90 degree turns without ripping off its wings. Its just a U [unidentified]FO. UFO doesnt mean its a flying saucer, just not able to identify it because of unclear video. Maybe it was Sputnik? or Kaputnik?
Hakanka
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David
For those who say it is an insect… what month is this and what was the temperature… I can’t say it was aliens, but come on an insect?
Jack
It’s a bird!
It’s a plane!
It’s CHUCK NORRIS!
David J. Clinton
Of course it is a UFO, until it is Identified….UFO
does not mean a flying Saucer…..like so many think…..but a flying object that is Unidentified can be even a rock thrown…..until it is identified as something else….or as a rock.
Mary
This is definitely a UFO….. as it is appropriate in this scene…Obama is a “Star Seed” and is more closely related to the Star People and has already been contacted by them. This is what we have been praying for!! No assassination teams have been able to get to Obama, and will not!! Star People are very loving and benevolent and have special plans for Obama and for all of us here on this planet!! You do NOT have to believe me….I really don’t care…,as soon you will know for sure!!! Can’t believe all the silly sceptics who are just afraid to accept this truth!! The Star People have said that it is time to move on to the 5th world, which is also why all the horrible weather, etc. We will see much more of them in the near future, and will have guidance for the future!! This video just shows how the Star People, or….SV (Star Visitors) are looking out for Obama!! Should be able to tell by the very special person both he and Michelle are!! Mary
KH
Its clearly between the Washington monument and the camera, the shadow passes over the front side of the monument not behind it in the sky.
Jack
“UFO” does not equal “flying saucer.”
What we saw was unidentified.
What we saw was flying.
And since you can’t photograph a mirage, what we saw was an object.
Unidentified . . . flying . . . object!
See how simple that was?
And Star People? I agree, but I know them by a different name. Read Genesis Chapter 6.
And just watch, his next international accomplishment will be a 7-year treaty with Israel.
And after that, I’m outta here!
SKYWATCHER
I was going through UFO BLogger blog & stunned to know that the sighting you reported here they already predicted a day before Obama inauguration it self check out 19th January,2009 post http://ufoblogger.blogspot.com/2009/01/ufo-sighting-over-president-barack.html what do you guys think about it ?
jith
Any how Obama is a Light worker…He is going to built a New Era for all Humans…
Shivoham..
Love & Peace
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Katie
On my hi-def set, I slowed it down and it is a bird. You can see its flapping wings. It is not a matter of opinion–it is a fact. On a high-def set, it is very obviously a bird.
Jack
Having been there many times before, I can tell you that the monument is ~55′ at its base. If that were a UFO and was that close to the people and the trees, thousands of people would have reported it! No, sorry to say that was a bird. No matter how many times I re-played that video, I came up with the same conclusion. The frame rate of that video is 30 FPS, so you will get a pixalization effect, meaning you can’t see the bird flapping its wings too well, but you do see a streaking effect so it appears thin. It appears fast because it’s moving away from the camera. It’s not uncommon to see some birds like the pigeon fly 60 MPH, even the the peregrin falcon can easily fly three times that speed, especially in a dive.
Purple Crow
That’s a pretty vague UFO sighting if I’ve ever seen one before… so here’s a few from my Purple Crow paranormal news this this week as a comparison.
Enjoy the LIGHT show.
Lots of absolutely amazing UFO footage of recent months, including some LOCAL to me… but still across the water a fair bit, unfortunately. Also some other material worth seeing and pondering.
http://www.disclose.tv/members/action/viewvideo/13973/UFOs_November_15__2008___Ladner__British_Columbia_/
http://www.disclose.tv/members/action/viewvideo/12542/UFOs_Ladner__British_Columbia__Canada_15_11_08/
http://www.disclose.tv/members/action/viewvideo/6247/Multi_Coloured_Light_UFO__Canada_25th_July_2008/
http://www.disclose.tv/members/action/viewvideo/8719/Houston__British_Columbia_Canada__UFO/
http://www.disclose.tv/members/action/viewvideo/14152/Fleet_of_UFOs_in_Santiago__Chile_December_9_2008/
http://www.disclose.tv/members/action/viewvideo/12100/UFO_shoots_with_laser_over_Bristol_UK/
http://www.disclose.tv/members/action/viewvideo/12320/Posted_to_YouTube_8th_Nov_2008__UFO_Red_Laser_Beam/
http://www.disclose.tv/members/action/viewvideo/16745/Do_Aliens_Exist__Yes__and_I_have_a_UFO_Fragment/
Purple Crow of COHRA.
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7f55g
I got a question about “depth of vision” below.
I am as sick to death of the lazy mindless conservative media asking inane questions like “Do you believe in UFOs?” or “Was that a UFO?” (which are practically tantamount to asking self-referentially “Is the answer to this question unknown?”) as I am of those who feel the need to lecture to the rest of us what the definition of “UFO” is? Let’s see if they can break out of their mental prison: they know what a USO is, right?
I am sick of the whole lot never having the guts to acknowledge those of us who DO conclude as the BEST theory among all theories that some of these objects are craft piloted by extraterrestrial biological entities (EBEs), just as much as they will acknowledge those those whose best theory is either “unknown” or ”
A close family member and I BOTH are not afraid to “tell it like it is”, objectively, even if it upsets others. If it LOOKS like an intelligently controlled non-human craft, and if it BEHAVES like an intelligently controlled non-human craft, then we’re going to SAY it is an intelligently controlled non-human craft.
Yes, humans and all life DID evolve from little microorganisms. That IS the theory that best fits all the facts.
No, I do not believe ANYone’s “theories” about what aliens are doing here or why. Nobody but they knows that.
I take back my bird theory for this CNN footage. It could be a bug flying very closely to the camera. But, I cannot help but get the feeling that this object IS faraway. Of course, there are PLENTY of simple optical illusions in this world to fool the eye. So, my question to YOU is: WHAT is it about this footage that makes the UFO look to me like it IS very far from the camera?
josh
As a trained ghost hunter, i have a familiarity analyzing and bebunking video evidence. When I saw these smaller videos, i too was caught off guard by what i saw. However, after viewing the larger video on CNN, I am 100% sure it IS a bird.
You cant judge speed of an object without knowing its distance from the camera. For example, if I sit a camera on my back porch, and walk left to right 1 foot way from the front of the camera, it would take me less than 1 second to enter and exit the scene. However, if i am 30 feet out from the camera and i enter and exit in less than one second, i would have to be moving faster than a human can.
so, the “object” is not moving at an incredible rate of speed, it is just closer to the camera than you realize. thats obvious by the fact that it goes in front of the washington monument. In addition, the flight path is not straight, it is somewhat erratic and you can see the fluttering of wings in the larger video.
I would also like to point out, that no one in the crowd seems to hear or see anything. Even some secret, stealth craft would create some noise disturbance, especially at such a low altitude.
I am a believer in the paranormal and the extraterestrial and a proponent of full disclosure. We cannot jump tp conclusions over every little thing with alternate explanations though. to do so only discredits us.
iloveobama
This is obviously a helicopter.Well,nobody is gonna fool me!
John
Someone added this, the object moves in front of the monument, come on guys!
MarilynBr
It’s definitely a bird just seen much closer to the camera than the Washington monument. Nice try.
Harlock
I have some information which I believe is related to the UFO event, from the beautiful mountains of western north carolina. Before any information on this particular UFO sighting was known to me, or any of the following witnesses, there were people here who experienced peculiar time changes on various kinds of time keeping devices, stretching from Fairview, NC to Landrum, SC. In all cases, the noted times on some, but not all of their clocks were an hour behind, when previously keeping accurate time. Thursday morning, one of my managers came into work stating that he noticed the clock in his suburban was an hour behind, when he knew it was accurate the night before, and it had been keeping accurate time. He lives in Landrum, SC. The manager that was then being told about the time issue, was really shocked, and said the same thing had happened to one of his clocks that morning. He lives in Hendersonville, NC. We all thought it was weird, but couldn’t come up with a reasonable explaination… naturally. I just couldn’t leave well enough alone, and decided that I would start asking people that I know. When I got home from work, I asked my wife if she had noticed anything weird with the clocks, and to my surprise she said she had just come home from a visit to her parent’s house, to which her father had just noticed that a clock he had just set up in their new RV was mysteriously an hour behind. They live in Fairview, NC. The three clocks were all quite different, but all had the same hour delay. A built-in car clock, an atomic clock, and a simply battery operated wall clock. We could not come up with any reasonable explaination to the event. It seemed to be random clocks, and not all clocks of the effected witnesses. Today my manager came in, and asked us if we had seen the news reports about this UFO sighting. We hadn’t, and were all very surprised, and couldn’t help but wonder if the events were related. What I am curious to know, is if there were any other reported mysterious time changes in other parts of the country regarding time keeping devices, to the tune of being one hour behind. We are questioning everyone here that we know in WNC. To our knowledge thus far, the event did not effect everyones clocks, and again, for the folks that did notice the delayed time, it was not on all of their clocks… just one.
Anyone else take notice of this or something similar?
Space Ship
We watched this above video live on a Samsung HPR8072 80 inch HDTV Plasma Television, When one of our co-author and I saw this, we thought the same thing its a UFO.But when we played it on DVR-TV which allowed us to watch it in slow motion and pause. We clearly saw Wings flapping.It’s a bird.Right now the video we have on Internet is with only max width=”600″ height=”400″ because of video frame size you can’t see the flapping clearly.
Source : http://www.ufoblogger.blogspot.com
Genius
bird. Small, close to camera when enters view – goes in front of monument as it’s flying away/left of camera. pretty clear
Genius
also note the slight bobbing in the path of motion when the animal flaps. A static object that’s hurling through the air at high speeds doesn’t waver or bobble
Martin
It’s a plane flying over the river on its way to land on Reagon National Airport…
Dalton
I have been analyzing this footage all day. and i can almost guarentee that the object is indeed a frisbee. A fighter jet would have made a reallyloud sound at that velocity and a frisbee thrown at high velocity would not make any noise at all. SO yea….frisbee
Steve
It is obvious that this is probably a rod. Two reasons
1. It was captured on film, yet nobody saw it.
2. It was a long “stick-like” shape that vibrated
Accounting for depth… I could stick the tallest building in the world behind me, ten miles away, and I could run by the frame at what appeared to be 555ft per second as well.
As much as we would all love it to be a UFO, its not
Koravar
If you watch the original video frame by frame you can see it’s a freaking bird! it flaps a few times then glides! this is what gives ufo enthusiasts a bad name people!
I don’t know what that dude in the video analysis above is doing but it does go out of frame to the left on the original video.
come on!
xmaddness
Here is a slow motion HD video I made. I happened to record the inauguration because I had classes during the time. In the video you can clearly see wings flapping.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78_MFxOacvM
Thanks
TrnadomnesstwO
Alright so which insects are present at below freezing temperatures?
Well all I’m saying the change is a-coming!
Michael Ellegion
As both a UFO researcher–as well as one termed “contactee” with highly evolved human appearing angelic E.T.’s, I tend to have a very unique, and well balanced view on the reality of UFO’s and extraterrestrials. I always attempt to take both an objective, analytical and scientific view–as well as being open to a more “spiritual and/or metaphysical” position to many UFO sightings and events.
Whether in fact, beyond any shadow of a doubt that this particular set of film footage (in the minds of all the skeptics & cynics) was merely just a more “mundane” earthly reality or explanation, of a bird or insect or jet fighter or even some kind of advanced top secret “black op” earth military craft–the fact remains that my particular space contacts, who actually do belong to a Intergalactic Federation of Light, did inform me by Channeling through me and predicting prior to the November 4, 2008 Presidential Elections that Obama would, in fact win the elections–and that they, the Federation of Light were backing and protecting him from any attempts of the cabal to assassinate him, and that they would make sure that these elections would not be manipulated as all past elections (since President Kennedy) have been. I had posted this particular Channeling and Prediction from a highly evolved human appearing being, named Ashtar, which I had received from him on Sept. 4, 2008, on my web site, ChannelfortheMasters.com, in the “Channeled Material” section.
I mention the time frame of when I had received this Channeled Prediction–which I have also used as part of one of the chapters of my new book I have just published, Prepare For The Landings! because of the significance of timing of when I had received this Channeling, before the ‘08 Presidential elections, and how the fact that the very same benevolent beings who have literally saved my life and Intervened many times to protect and guide me out of very many life threatening situations also predicted Obama’s win and that they would protect him from any attempts by dark forces to “off him”.
(And For those who would argue that if he is really aligned with the Light and Higher Forces, and is, himself definitely a Light Being rather than just another “puppet for the cabal” then why would he “hang out with” or allow some [like Hillary, Breniski, etc.] to be members of his new administration? There is an old famous earthly saying: “Keep your friends close, and keep your enemies closer”! and this is explained much more in-depth at my web site, ChannelfortheMasters.com)
Also, as many have become aware of, that during Obama’s Acceptance speech at Grant Park on Nov. 4th, hundreds, if not thousands of beautiful Light “Orbs” showed up in some photographs after the film was processed which were clearly not just some “mundane” photographic error or technical glitch in either the film or camera, but according to my space contacts, this was a definite “signature” of the presence of Higher Cosmic Angelic Forces of Light who manifested in a sort of “Cosmic Solidarity” and that these Angelic-Cosmic Forces of Light wanted to allow their Higher vibrational presence (which normal human eyes cannot see) would show up on film later, to help confirm that they had indeed been present. You can actually see these images which are posted at more than one web site, if you go to google and type in: “Orbs over Grant Park”
I was also told by my space contacts prior to Obama’s Inauguration, that they, with their ships, would definitely “be present” in more “Cosmic Solidarity”; that is, that their Higher Dimensional Light Ships or “Merkabahs of the Federation of Light would indeed be hovering and/or moving around in the higher vibrations over the area of his Inauguration, and that there was “a possibility” that “one or more of their ships might be seen and/or photographed during this Earth historic event” and that as one perceptive person earlier stated, it was not just those of us of Earth who would be watching this most historical event–it would definitely be the rest of the universe as well, who would be watching.
Again, whether this particular set of footage is, in fact, one of these Federation Light Ships, that was indeed flying by that “Just happened” to be picked up on this particular set of earth film very briefly–or whether it was as many skeptics claim, just merely of a more mundane earthly origin, of a fast moving bird, insect, aircraft, etc., I know for a fact, that there were indeed benevolent “Cosmic Forces of Light present” in their ships and that these beings are truly getting ready to make a much more mass appearance and ultimately mass planetary Divine Intervention, which will include mass landings of Light Ships. For those who would like to find out much more about not only the reality of very evolved and benevolent human appearing E.T.’s but also the details of this definite plan of upcoming Divine Intervention, go to my new web site, PreparefortheLandings.com.
Melvin Cryer
sincerely dumb and a waste of time….
Tex
the object is traveling approximately 500mph. That is roughly 240mph under the sound barrier and many planes can fly that speed including passenger planes. But,I would rule out passenger jets because of the air space restrictions and the fact that they would not be flying at cruising speed at that low an altitude. I believe and I may be wrong but weren’t there F22 Raptors patrolling the skies on inauguration day? 500mph is easily done by these fighter aircraft at very low levels. But of course barring that they could very well be unexplained flying objects or aberrations.
John
People, go learn something about visual perspectives and optical illusions.
It is a near object (bird) in a long focal length video capture.
Some of these posters will tell you that Peter Jackson shrank John Rhys-Davies to 3 feet tall for the Lord of the Rings movies using a top secret machine misplaced by the CIA.
It’s a shame the education level of today’s human is lower than a border collie.
Cstar7777
I thought it looked really weird. I heard a brief sound before you saw the object came up that sounded like a ringing. It could be a bee but when i saw the third video when it s\showe a picture of the screenshot. It seemed to look like it went through the monumet.\ or just a shadow across it.
But it could always be a military flyover that just happened to be more silent and from the angle it was shot it looked like it was turning a 90 degree angle.
Though i am not completly sure it could be a UFO looking at all the paranormal stories and videos on websites. but if it was them then why did they come on that exact day? As long as it wasn’t a new WMD we don’t know about we are fine. However if comething like this were to be a UFO then how come it was so black? I know for a fact that this is not a bird. If it were to be a bird then why would it appear to be spinning? Its more likly to be a bee or fly flying by the camera as I believe someone already said. but anyway hopefully it wasn’t anything hazardous.
Thank you if you read this for taking your time to read this.
indolent
“Then, somebody mentioned this: The Washington Monument is 555ft tall. If you take the length of the monument and place it “over” the image, you can see the object flying more than 555ft in a few seconds. If that where to be true, the speed would be incredible.”
Let’s do some simple math. I’ll assume 555 feet “in a few seconds” conservatively means two seconds. That is 278 feet per second. A simple conversion results in a blazing fast 190 miles per hour. That’s incredible! (note the sarcasm)…
Now, if the object were much closer, it wouldn’t have to be flying near that fast.
A simple search found this video:
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/inauguration-obama-this-ufo-is-a-bird-hd-video-confirmation-here/587023303/?icid=VIDURVNWS07
You can clearly see, it is a bird!
tangolive
I just spent 20 minutes watching that EXACT moment recorded by my Tivo of the CNN broadcast, over and over. YES, there is an object that flies during that screen shot from right to left at the EXACT angle and following that EXACT trajectory and it is a BIRD!!! Yes, a bird! Please, analyze THAT, and stop fulling the public. This is disturnbing!!!
I have NO issues believing that UFOs exist, but it is SOOOOOO obvious that it is a bird, that it is not even funny.
kevin
whats funny is you tube always deletes these ufo clips that might actually have some merit to em. seems a little fishy to me
o78
oh my god. wE aRe DAmnEd.ThEyLL KiLL uS
brian
I think o78 made an anagram. He could be an alien too
umno
K…. I read all the “comments” which took forever might I add…. and almost all comments say its a bird or a bug out of focus…. hey guys…. dont you think our technology is just a LIL better than that now days??? If… it was a bird closer than what it shows… dont ya think it would LOOK like a bird???? It is obveously at a distance…. If it was a bug.. dont you think it would LOOK like a bug? This is high quality cameras they have… not just a camcorder that blow joe down the street let CNN borrow!!! LOL. If it was a bird… I dont think it would have looked like this AT ALL. LOOK AT THE PEOPLE- You can see each and every single person in CLEAR view! Even the color of their shirt!!! What makes you think technology is so poor that it would be blurred if it “WAS” close??? The monument is blurry because it isnt THAT close to the camera! It does look like wings flapping you are right. But… I think technology is still a lil too high tech for blurs and mishaps when you are saying its that close.. you would SEE a bird. I think the people that say there is no way it could be UFO are the people who dont believe in UFOs or any kind of paranormal circumstances.
Politicophobia
For all the people saying that it may be an insect close to the camera need to think of a couple of factors. It’s January, it’s cold, and it’s around 30 degrees Fahrenheit! Case closed for the insect theory!
Now a bird close to the camera, that I can believe as a possibility.
Textynn
I believe this may be real. Although I never really believed in ufo sightings until last October. I believed we couldn’t possibly be alone in the universe but I wasn’t at all expecting to ever see a ufo. I have seen this type of craft with my own eyes one day in broad daylight on October 14, 2008. I saw two up against land and they were pure white and almost egg shaped but flatter. They looked very much like eggs with no windows or any other shape protrusions of any kind that I could see. The sun gleamed off of them so they appeared real smooth and shiny. I couldn’t figure out what they were at first because they swooped down like birds. Then I thought they must be private planes. I couldn’t get them to register in my brain as anything familiar. They were far away so they were small to my eyes, but they must have been very big as they were quite far away, about a half a mile. Here’s a link about it that I submitted to a ufo guy.
http://unitedstatesufo.blogspot.com/2008/11/spokane-valley-washington-two-flying.html
Anyway to make a long story short they stopped and were suspended motionless over a treed area,just over the treetops. Then one did a small smooth tight loop around the other which was still stationary in the air. Then it flew up like a bullet and the second followed at the same speed behind, both disappearing mid way up in the sky. At this point I finally realized what I had seen.
Henry Palmer
Oh, sure. That was a bird. Because we always see wingless seagulls that are almost as big as a tree flying at that speed across the mall on a cold day in the middle of january. OF COURSE IT WAS A UFO!!!! How can someone not believe in aliens? The universe is too big of a place for us to be the only ones out there!!!
Juan Castro
obamas is an ALIEN! thats his space ship!
Dave
IT is a plant, buy CNN/Govt. Psy OP. Govt works with media to test reaction on events that would “shake” up the mass public. I believe this is being done to because there are certain tests that Americans should pass before they can actually proceed with a disclosure effort, which I believe obama’s group is currently researching. See PRG website for some great reasons why disclosure is likely going to happen in 09.
Ken
It is a UFO….It goes thru the Washington Monument….
http://rex-heflin-ufo-analysis.com/slide_shows/CNN_UFO/CNNUFO21C.jpg
http://rex-heflin-ufo-analysis.com/slide_shows/CNN_UFO/CNNUFO37G1.jpg
Exits the other side…
http://rex-heflin-ufo-analysis.com/slide_shows/CNN_UFO/CNNUFO19B1.jpg
UFO revealed…
http://rex-heflin-ufo-analysis.com/slide_shows/CNN_UFO/CNNUFO60E2.jpg
http://rex-heflin-ufo-analysis.com/slide_shows/CNN_UFO/CNNUFO60K1.jpg
http://rex-heflin-ufo-analysis.com/slide_shows/CNN_UFO/CNNUFO60P1.jpg
Website:
http://rex-heflin-ufo-analysis.com/
Senior Editor
Hello Ken, thank you for providing us your insights and pictures. Personally, this was the first reaction I had. It was not going in front, nor behind the monument.
Ken
Hello Senior Editor….
Thanks for accepting these images….I was not sure if anyone would believe in them…
I am a honest investigator seeking to find out more on this UFO.
I did email CNN for a first generation copy CD….something better than the on-line
video.
Thanks again, Ken
Virtualgirl
I recorded it in HD and replayed it frame by frame on a 65 inch HD 1080p television. It’s a bird. I can see the wings flap and everything. Believe me..I was disappointed. I REALLY wanted it to be a ufo but sorry folks.
billy bib
SWamp gas or lens flare.
SkyMonk
What disk shaped object?
Fighter jet? At less than 100 feet above the National Mall.
The object in question is a bird flying closer to the camera than the depth of field of the camera. Therefore causing it to appear fast and blurry. And since there is no blurry in digital video, the camera renders the image in blocked pixels, and we see an elongated blocky rectangle.
The rythmic change in color and contrast of the rectangle is caused by light playing on the birds wings as it flaps. The path of the bird can also be seen as slightly dipping.
Belief has EVERYTHING to do with this piece of video. Most people with camera knowledge see it for what it is. The laymen who believe in everything under the sun is going to walk away from this Rorsach Test as feeling vindicated that there are UFO’s visiting Washington.
It’s like modern art, it is whatever you want it to be.
Sergio Cabrera
I can hear a sound when this shit pass around the camera, like a misil or airplaine cutting the air. I tried with my eyes closed and its hear clearly. OMG… the question is “Aliens or good video edition?”
jackg
I still couldn’t decide even after watching the CNN HD clip, but once I watched it in full mode (double click video), it’s obvious–bird. No question about it, and this coming from someone who has seen a ufo. I wanted to believe…
bruce alexander
There appears to be an electronic interference sound associated with the appearance and disappearance of this object. The sound appears to have a Doppler effect in that the frequency and intensity change with distance from the object. It would be interesting to get this sound analyzed and see if a sound with similar characteristics occurs at any time when the object is not present.
Jason
Can somebody explain to me why one person says that it is a bird and then everyone blindly follows.
“Belief has EVERYTHING to do with this piece of video. Most people with camera knowledge see it for what it is. The laymen who believe in everything under the sun is going to walk away from this Rorsach Test as feeling vindicated that there are UFO’s visiting Washington.”
And also the laymen will follow blindly after the belief that birds fly at 500 mph. Also please learn to look up words. UFO stands for unidentified flying object. It doesn’t have to be alien. UFO’s from the government visit Washington all the time.
Maurice
Something is happening!!! Keep your eyes open – This change is very important to the world.
Some good and great beings from a region in the universe from a place called Erickson Eridiani, from the planet UMMO were the ones that came by to witness this significant event and change in power.
A message was also given: We must support the new President so he can do very well what is to come in his presidency- We cannot afford to see this country divided nor taken over by other world leaders.
Eric Hamell
@Elizabeth…”One has to believe before one can see! Is that not true?” No, that’s generally true only of things that aren’t really there.
The video is far too poor to conclude that the object is disk-shaped, nor do I see the alleged 90-degree turn, or how anyone can presume to know how far the object is from the camera.
Tuna Ferit
Really interesting
Mike Tyson
Can’t you guys see that it was Superman? The video clearly shows that
freedom loss
looking at the image do you not think it is a not so good angel?
ticide
if you watch it thinking “that’s a fly, or some other kind of insect fluttering before the lens”, then the perception lines up with that.
…and that’s the simplest explanation as well, and therefore the most likely.
gary
it was a banana that slipped out of obowmas pocket..
Sharkbite
First of all if you say it’s a bird..Your dumb. If you say it’s a bug… your dumb. It is clearly flying behind the momnument! the momnument is far from the cameraman! To say that it was a bird or anything stupid like that is rediculous!
It would have to be Big Bird from sesame street to be seen that clearly behind the monument. We are not the only ones in this large universe. Why do we allways need to feel that there is only us in sooo much space in so many billions of galaxy’s? We are not superior!!! Face the truth. something is bigger and better than we are out there.
Mike
The craft is from another planet, its powered either by anti-matter element 115 with Gravity Amplifiers, This technology the government knows about and has these crafts themselves in their own hands. kept underground or at S4 base in Area 51
Mike
NO we are not alone, The aliens gave our government 9 of these crafts ones that crashed and ones that were giving, the US government has been talking with aliens for quite sometime now! Laugh all you want, but in the long run you will find out… The government wants you all to believe there is not Aliens, because 95% of people in the US would go crazy if they were told Aliens were here from another planet and that we are not alone! Google “Robert Lazar S4″ Element 115 and how the craft can move at extreme speeds making absolutley no sound at all!
Erik
It’s a bug. It appears behind the monument because of contrast problems that you get in photography. The larger, brighter object will often appear in front of the smaller, darker object, but it’s just an illusion caused by the film. The effect is even proven by the images here. The human mind is a very susceptible thing, it’s not surprising many people think this is something special. Keep dreaming the dream, maybe you will find something that is really special. This is just a bug though.
Ken
Hello.
My old website is no longer available.
My new website:
http://www.marsesa.9f.com/slide_show.html
The CNN UFO analysis/images are located under the slide show “CNN UFO”
Thanks.
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