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

[Count Deiro]

Hi Listers,

Well....it sure is a pretty sucker....the guy, or gal that went to all that trouble is talented to say the least! I still enjoy looking at the videos. I'm just not ready yet to throw in the towel.

Count Deiro
IMCA 3536 

-----Original Message-----
>From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek at online.nl>
>Sent: Sep 6, 2013 9:30 AM
>To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>, countdeiro at earthlink.net
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Video 5 of SLP, MX Bolide now,	posted!  Another spectacular video.
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>Count Deiro wrote:
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>> 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".
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>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.
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>Reasons to make such fake movies can be very diverse:
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>- 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
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>... to name just a few options.
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>The 'Eagle snatches kid in the park" video of a year ago for example, was an 
>exam product created by university students.
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>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.
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>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....
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>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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>Dr Marco (asteroid 183294) Langbroek
>Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)
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>e-mail: dms at marcolangbroek.nl
>http://www.dmsweb.org
>http://www.marcolangbroek.nl
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