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                  | Examining
                            the UFO Claims of FOX 31 News
                        On November 11,
                          2012 the Denver, Colorado FOX affiliate ran a
                          story about a reported “UFO” sighting. This
                          caused inquires to Rocky Mountain Paranormal
                          because of the location of the claim and the
                          apparent lack of evidence being put forward by
                          FOX News.
 This is an
                          examination of the claims as broadcast by
                          Denver’s FOX 31 during their News broadcast. 
 Information provided by FOX News:
 
 * Video taken by person who does not want to
                          be identified
 
 * Video recorded between 12:00 and 1:00 pm
                          (Claims to have several recordings)
 
 * Claims that the “UFO” cannot be seen at
                          normal speed (video has to be slowed)
 
 * “Expert” Airline Pilot states that he does
                          not know what the video is of but states 
                          that it is not a helicopter a bird or a plane
                          but might be some kind of dirt or debris
 
 * Reporter states that the expert said that it
                          is not a bug “so don’t call it a bug”
 
 * FOX News filmed a similar video with their
                          own camera at the same location
 
 * Original videographer states that the UFO”s
                          are taking off from approx. 56th & Clay
 
 * FOX News contacted NORAD who claims they saw
                          nothing out of the ordinary
 
 
                        Examining
                              the claims of the FOX News story
 The
                              reporter states that this could be a
                              “Military test”, where did she come up
                              with this explanation, not even the expert
                              had that conclusion.
 The expert did not say that the object was
                              not a bug, but the reporter states that he
                              did.
 
 The Video was taken between 12:00 &
                              1:00 pm on a warm day. The average
                              temperature when the video was recorded
                              was 57 degrees at 12:30 pm. These are the
                              prime conditions for bugs to be out and
                              about.
 
 The video was taken in a dirt field which
                              is more likely to have insects flying
                              around.
 
 The videographer does not want to be
                              identified. This makes him as suspicious
                              as the video.
 
 If this was an object launching from 56th
                              and Clay, the object would be the size of
                              several houses on the ground (using the
                              perspective of the object in the video)
                              but nobody in the area has reported
                              anything. Regardless of the speed of the
                              object when it was in a static position
                              before takeoff it should be noticed
 
 FOX News failed to bring in a relevant
                              expert such as a Entomologist who might
                              have been able to identify an insect by
                              the movement and shape of the image on the
                              video
 
 At no time was a person who was skeptical
                              of the claims of UFO’s interviewed about
                              the  supposed UFO video
  One of the videos that was shown
                              includes a second object that they did not
                              discuss. One of the objects is moving up in the
                              frame while a second object is moving in
                              from the right side of the frame. These
                              objects are very birdlike and appear to be
                              landing/taking off in the same area
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                               One of the videos that was shown includes
                              a second object that they did not discuss.
 The object that they were examining was
                              moving from the center to the right of the
                              image. The second object in the middle of
                              the image dropped from the top of the
                              image down. The second object appears to
                              be much closer to the camera.
  The area that the video was recorded
                              has many native species of flying insects,
                              such as Grasshoppers, Wasps, Bees and
                              Flies.These insects come out at the warm
                              times of day which tend to be the middle
                              of the day when the videos were recorded. 
 The supposed speed of the “UFO” is caused
                              because of the proximity of the object to
                              the lens. Because the object is close to
                              the lens the apparent speed is
                              exaggerated.
 
   The area of 56th & Clay St. that is
                              claimed to be the area that the objects
                              appear to be coming from is the home of
                              several large bodies of water and many
                              smaller lakes.
 These lakes are home to several large
                              species of bird that can be seen
                              (especially as small dots) from long
                              distances.
 
 The video does show the location with what
                              appears to be birds landing in the area of
                              the lakes. The video was also taken during
                              a huge migration of the Canadian Goose.
                              Canadian Geese can be seen by the
                              thousands near every large body of water
                              in the area on a daily basis.
 
 There are also several varieties of Eagle
                              and Hawk in the area.
 
 Several parts of the original video appear
                              to have a flapping motion caused by the
                              movement of a birds wings.
 A reddit.com user contacted the
                              “Investigative reporter” who reported this
                              story and pointed out that he
                              thought  it was flies. She responded
                              with “WE SAW NO BUGS, IT REALLY ISN’T A
                              VERY BUGGY AREA. IF WE HAD, WE WOULD HAVE
                              QUESTIONED IT OURSELVES. I’VE DONE THIS
                              FOR 20 YEARS, I DON’T SHOOT FLIES AND TURN
                              THEM INTO UFOS” The field
                                located at 84th & Federal Blvd where
                                the video of the “UFO” was recorded
 We visited the site multiple times and
                              each time we have encountered different
                              types of insects.
 Because of the claims of no bugs in the
                              area by the “Investigative reporter” we
                              decided to collect some of the flying
                              insects in the area.
 
 We spent less than one hour collecting
                              bugs and feel that there are many more
                              species in the area but thought an hour
                              sampling was sufficient.
                            
                            Flying
                                  insects captured on site
   These are the bugs that we collected after
                              a one hour sampling.
 The two listed at the end were not
                              captured (too fast ) but were seen
                              throughout the times we were at the
                              location.
   While on site we conducted a test to see
                              if any flying insects could be seen at the
                              location. To do this we set up a camera
                              looking in the general direction of the
                              original video and then placed a green
                              card in front of the camera (about 10
                              feet) to create a small distance that the
                              camera could see.
 
 We recorded an image moving across the
                              screen that appeared for less than one
                              second but showed up in 5 frames. Because
                              of the green card this image has to be a
                              small object flying between the camera and
                              the card.
  Another claim of the original
                              videographer and the proponents of the
                              video being a UFO is that the object in
                              the image has some type of “Thrusters”
                              that appear as fire in when the object in
                              the video moves. This type of image is created when an
                              object moves and causes a reflection of
                              the sun. This creates a bright spot that
                              the camera overexposes.
 
 This can be seen in an image of a plane
                              from the same location. The initial images
                              of the plane are normal, but when it turns
                              the plane appears to turn into a white
                              object “Thrusters” as the clams state.
   A plane
                                  moving through the image is
                                  highlighted from by sun causing the
                                  image to wash out due to overexposure.
 
 "Not A Bug"
 
  
 
 We
                                  glued a fly to a piece of glass to
                                  show how the focus of the camera will
                                  cause an insect to become
                                  unrecognizable. 
                                The first image is the fly on the glass
                                in focus, the following images are the
                                background in focus causing the close up
                                object to become out of focus. 
                                
                                
                                 But
                                      What about the speed? FOX News
                                      claims that the "UFO" is moving at
                                      supersonic speeds
 
  
 
 After
                                          close examination of the
                                          videos of the reported “UFO’s”
                                          from the FOX News broadcast it
                                          appears that the objects in
                                          question are a combination of
                                          native insects and birds. 
 We guided to this conclusion
                                          by using the principle or
                                          Occams Razor which states that
                                          given multiple answers (all
                                          things being equal) the
                                          simpler explanation is usually
                                          the correct one. The
                                          explanation being a native
                                          bird/insect or an
                                          Extraterrestrial visitor in
                                          their spaceship that was not
                                          noticed by anyone but a person
                                          who was trying to find a UFO
                                          seems to have an obvious
                                          answer.
 
 
 
 
 
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