Koi UFO Video 069 : Canadian Spiral (Kevin Martin)
[DEBUNKED] Koi UFO Video 069 appears to show a white spiral developing behind a moving white light in a twilight sky. A sound of crickets can be heard on the video.
This video was posted in 2010 by "TheWeatherSpaceNews" with a caption claiming that this "UFO Spiral" had been "seen and heard across Western Canada". One copy of this video on Youtube had over 630,000 views at at March 2015.
In fact, as discussed below, relatively soon after the video was posted in 2010, Kevin Martin admitted that he had posted the video as a hoax to test whether Americans or Europeans were more gullible. The admission of a hoax surprised very few people, since most comments that had been made online regarding the video prior to the admission of a hoax suggested that it showed fairly basic Computer Generated Imagery ("CGI").
More surprising (indeed, incredible...) was Kevin Martin's subsequent claim that his admission of a hoax was false. Even if someone were prepared to give credibility to someone that admitted a hoax then said he had not been telling the truth when admitting a hoax (and also prepared to ignore the similarities of the video to basic CGI...), Kevin Martin's withdrawal of his admission of a hoax would still have to be considered in the light of his other public statements over the years - which include some pretty weird and wonderful "official" weather warnings that prompted the National Weather Service to issue a statement clarifying that Kevin Martin had no connection with it. The material released by Kevin Martin over the years provides more entertainment than it provides grounds for believing anything said by him.
Sections below:
2. Stories and claims relating to this video
3. The real background to this video
4. Relevant online discussions
1. The relevant video
This video appears to show a white spiral developing behind a moving white light in a twilight sky. A sound of crickets can be heard on the video.
Screen shots from these videos are included below for ease of identification.
2. Stories and claims relating to this video
This video was posted in 2010 by "TheWeatherSpaceNews" with a caption claiming that this "UFO Spiral" had been "seen and heard across Western Canada". One copy of this video on Youtube had over 630,000 views at at March 2015.
3. The real background to this video
In fact, relatively soon after this video was posted in 2010, Kevin Martin (pictured below) admitted that he had posted the video as a hoax to test whether Americans or Europeans were more gullible.
The website which first uploaded the video (Theweatherspace.com) posted the following message in 2010. (That website is now defunct, but the message was copied on various websites at the time).
"What looked like numerous photographs and videos of a ship entering the cosmos was actually put together by not a team, but one person.
Kevin Martin, a Southern California Weatherman has come forward as the hoaxer to what is likely the biggest hoax ever created.
Martin claims he e-mailed the material to TheWeatherSpace.com in an effort to test a theory of his out.
"Who is more gullible, Americans or Europeans?", asked Martin. "A growing number of conspiracy theorists are American, while Europe seems to have their head on straighter to the facts. I decided to test it out with a half done CGI video and photoshop photo stills, sending it to Betty Morgan at TheWeatherSpace.com Space News section."
Martin claims that his theory was correct, Europeans have a better handle on reality than Americans.
Upon further investigation it seems like Martin is a master at marketing, graphics, and even manipulation. TheWeatherSpace.com was fooled and I apologize for that".
The suggestion in that message that Koi UFO Video 069 was "the biggest hoax ever created" is pretty laughable. Most comments that had been made online regarding the video prior to the admission of a hoax suggested that it showed fairly basic Computer Generated Imagery ("CGI"). In fact, the admission of a hoax surprised very few people.
More surprising (indeed, incredible...) was Kevin Martin's subsequent claim that his admission of a hoax was false. Even if someone were prepared to give credibility to someone that admitted a hoax then said he had not been telling the truth when admitting a hoax (and also prepared to ignore the similarities of the video to basic CGI...), Kevin Martin's withdrawal of his admission of a hoax would still have to be considered in the light of his other public statements over the years - which include some pretty weird and wonderful "official" weather warnings that prompted the National Weather Service to issue a statement clarifying that Kevin Martin had no connection with it.
The material released by Kevin Martin over the years provides more entertainment than it provides grounds for believing anything said by him. The useful Rationalwiki.org website has published a detailed page about Kevin Martin:
4. Relevant online discussions
Relevant discussions on the AboveTopSecret.com forum include the following:
2010 (May) discussion entitled "Canadian Spiral"
2010 (May) discussion entitled "Canadian UFO Spiral - Martin Retracts Hoax Statement"
