Koi UFO Video 126 : Russian pilot encounters 2 UFOs (Section 51)
[DEBUNKED] Koi UFO Video 126 appears to show two UFOs fly passed a jet flying high above the Earth. A caption at the beginning of the video states "July 2016 - Russia, Kursk area - Russian military pilot reported a close encounter with two UFOs filmed by on-board camera...". A logo on the UFO video refers to "Section 51".
This video was posted online on 14 July 2016 by "Section 51" with the title "Russian Pilot reported close encounter with Two UFOs !!! July 2016". Text accompanying the video stated "July 2016 - Russia, Kursk area - 60,000ft. Russian military pilot reported a close encounter with two UFOs, they were filmed by on-board camera."
This video obtained over 400,000 views within its first month online.
As detailed below, the "UFOs" have been added to a video entitled "MiG-29 Edge of Space flight - Outside camera #2 - full length" of a MiG 29 uploaded to Youtube by "MiGFlug" in October 2015. This was a popular video on Youtube months before the UFO video was supposedly filmed. Thus, the source footage was on Youtube for approximately 9 months before the "UFO" video was purportedly filmed and uploaded. It has received over 1.6 million views by the end of August 2016.
As I've been trying to point out to the UFO community since about the middle of 2015, "Section 51" is a small team that has previously described THEMSELVES as "Internet-video creators specialized in dreaming up sci-fi, action YouTube videos, jam-packed with stunning VFX". They offered various incentives for those prepared to provide funding for their projects. For example, in return for a small fee, they offer to take the video of your choice and "we insert an original UFO on it". Few of the discussions of Section 51's videos mention these facts, which I consider rather important to any meaningful assessment of the reliability of the many "UFO" videos posted by "Section 51" - several of which I have previously discussed...
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
Koi UFO Video 126 appears to show two UFOs fly passed a jet flying high above the Earth. A caption at the beginning of the video states "July 2016 - Russia, Kursk area - Russian military pilot reported a close encounter with two UFOs filmed by on-board camera...". A logo on the UFO video refers to "Section 51".
Screen shots from this video are included below for ease of identification.
2. Stories and claims relating to this video
This video was posted online on 14 July 2016 by "Section 51" with the title "Russian Pilot reported close encounter with Two UFOs !!! July 2016". Text accompanying the video stated "July 2016 - Russia, Kursk area - 60,000ft. Russian military pilot reported a close encounter with two UFOs, they were filmed by on-board camera."
This video obtained over 400,000 views within its first month online.
3. The real background to this video
In fact, the "UFOs" have been added to a video entitled "MiG-29 Edge of Space flight - Outside camera #2 - full length" of a MiG 29 uploaded to Youtube by "MiGFlug" in October 2015. MiGFlug is a commercial enterprise selling flights described on its website as follows:
"Probably the mightiest experience in the world: The Edge of Space flight in the MiG-29 Fulcrum. Depending on weather and temperature conditions, you can reach up to 20-22km altitude, though at least 17km is guaranteed. Only astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the ISS will fly higher at this point.
You can clearly see the curvature of the earth. The atmosphere looks like a blue fog, covering the earth far below. Above you the sky turns very dark, sprinkled with innumerous stars. An incredible view which only few people were able to enjoy so far!"
Thus, the source footage was on Youtube approximately 9 months before the "UFO" video was purportedly filmed and uploaded.
The relevant source footage can be seen on Youtube at the link below:
Here are some screenshots from that original footage:
This was a popular video on Youtube months before the UFO video was supposedly filmed. Thus, the source footage was on Youtube for approximately 9 months before the "UFO" video was purportedly filmed and uploaded. It has received over 1.6 million views by the end of August 2016.
The logo in the UFO video refers to "Section 51", a name which commonly appears on lists of known/probable hoaxers of UFO videos - such as a black list on the amusing "UFO Theater" website:
As I've repeatedly tried to communicate to the UFO community, behind the Youtube username that uploaded this "UFO" video (i.e. Section 51) is a in fact a small team that has described THEMSELVES as "Internet-video creators specialized in dreaming up sci-fi, action YouTube videos, jam-packed with stunning VFX". They offer various incentives for those prepared to provide funding for their science-fiction projects (which include planned movies). The incentives include offering, for a small fee, to take the video of your choice and "we insert an original UFO on it".
So now you know what present to get for the ufologist that has everything!
The various other "UFO" videos created by "Section 51" include Koi UFO Video 085. That appears to show a triangular craft causing a large explosion, with a tank in the foreground. It was uploaded to Youtube in May 2014 with a caption stating that it US marines had filmed a mysterious UFO attacking a Taliban cam in the Asadabad District of Afghanistan in March 2014. Many of the early comments on the video speculated that it should a TR-3B (a secret flying triangle aircraft operated by the US Air Force). One copy of the video on Youtube has approximately 2.5 million views as at October 2014. The video was the subject of an article by a popular British newspaper, The Daily Maill. In fact, the "triangular craft" was CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) inserted into footage of an explosion which had been online since 2007, i.e. for about 7 years before the "UFO" event supposedly occurred.
Other "UFO" videos created by "Section 51" (in relation to which I have previously posted the original footage into which a "UFO" was composited by Section 51...) include Koi UFO Video 104, which supposedly shows a UFO attacking China - but in fact is edited footage of a tanker explosion:
Other videos created by "Section 51" debunked on this website include Koi UFO Video 111:
Other videos created by "Section 51" debunked on this website include Koi UFO Video 124:
4. Relevant online discussions
Quite a few comments on this UFO video were posted in the comments section on Youtube. As at the end of August 2016, the number of "thumbs up" votes for this "UFO" video on Youtube are approximately double the number of "thumbs down" votes.
