https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzSKsma0mFw
Video is being passed around as a UFO or "Mystical Light" sighting over Chelmsford, UK, or in some cases "Hawaii".
Are the lights special effects added in post production or faked in other ways?
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5What is the claim here? That this is a true representation of the appearance of the sky? – Oddthinking Jun 09 '15 at 23:45
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's not clear what exactly you are skeptical of, and could be considered an opinion question. – Larian LeQuella Sep 11 '15 at 02:06
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1@LarianLeQuella what is unclear here? Skeptical of video authenticity. – BadPirate Sep 11 '15 at 02:51
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It's very unconvincing. The Essex chronicle, commenting on a better copy, dated a year later, interviewed Mark Pickering, certainly a relevant expert, on the subject:
Like all these videos, it's not shot professionally and when it zooms in the size of the orbs changes perspective. It's all things that are very easy to do on a computer. I have put a UFO on a music video myself and this one is no better than that.
Students in the technology department can do it quite easily and it's definitely inconclusive. That's my verdict.
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Here is one [Youtube video commenter](https://plus.google.com/116017334429135443961/posts/JQzDU6vxRuU) claiming that the pixelation of the objects and background differs. But this claim is not substantiated with numbers or screenshots, and I doubt that you can accurately distinguish pixellation on a video of Youtube quality. – Jun 10 '15 at 11:18
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