You said in your first post "in the other video, the light hovers for longer, and there's a really bright flash just before it ascends...".
That is because in one of those videos the video has been cut (depends which you call "the first" but the news clip with the news anchor voice over has a cut in the film the news man is talking over). I posted a link with all three clips together side by side so you can see that the timing actually does match up in the unedited clips.
are you seriously saying that a bright flash which is very noticeable from a long way off might be _less_ noticeable from closer to?
Absolutely if you're looking at what a phone camera sees of it. It might indeed simply not be seen on one or the other if the flash is very short, it would depend on lots of factors about the camera settings.
Note that I'm not saying the footage is genuine just that two of your criticisms (the timing and the flash) are misguided. The point about the reflections remains true.
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Date: 2011-02-04 07:10 pm (UTC)That is because in one of those videos the video has been cut (depends which you call "the first" but the news clip with the news anchor voice over has a cut in the film the news man is talking over). I posted a link with all three clips together side by side so you can see that the timing actually does match up in the unedited clips.
are you seriously saying that a bright flash which is very noticeable from a long way off might be _less_ noticeable from closer to?
Absolutely if you're looking at what a phone camera sees of it. It might indeed simply not be seen on one or the other if the flash is very short, it would depend on lots of factors about the camera settings.
Note that I'm not saying the footage is genuine just that two of your criticisms (the timing and the flash) are misguided. The point about the reflections remains true.