Koi UFO Video 131

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Koi UFO Video 131 : UFO over Baalbeck (Section 51)

[DEBUNKED] Koi UFO Video 131 appears to show a strange object hovering over the ruins of Baalbeck. A caption on the video states "July 2016 - Lebanon Baalbeck - Strange UFO filmed by searchers over megalithic stone...". A logo on the UFO video refers to "Section 51".

This video was posted online in July 2016 by "Section 51" with the title "Mysterious UFO over BAALBECK !!! July 2016". Possibly because the quality of this hoax is lower than that in most videos posted by Section 51, this video received a relatively modest number of views (only approximately 20,000 views in its first two months online).

As detailed below, a Youtube user ("ATCFDrummer") found that the "UFOs" have been added to a video entitled "Megalithic Enigmas Of Baalbek Lebanon: Part 1 Of 4: Quarry 1", uploaded to Youtube by "Brien Foerster" in May 2015. The source video was a reasonably popular video on Youtube over a year before the UFO video was supposedly filmed. The source video had received a quarter of a million views by September 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:

1. The relevant video

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 131 appears to show a strange object hovering over the ruins of Baalbeck. A caption on the video states "July 2016 - Lebanon Baalbeck - Strange UFO filmed by searchers over megalithic stone...". 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 in July 2016 by "Section 51" with the title "Mysterious UFO over BAALBECK !!! July 2016".

Possibly because the quality of this hoax is lower than that in most videos posted by Section 51, this video received a relatively modest number of views (only approximately 20,000 views in its first two months online).

3. The real background to this video

In fact, a Youtube user ("ATCFDrummer") found that the "UFOs" have been added to a video entitled "Megalithic Enigmas Of Baalbek Lebanon: Part 1 Of 4: Quarry 1", uploaded to Youtube by "Brien Foerster" in May 2015.

The source video was a reasonably popular video on Youtube over a year before the UFO video was supposedly filmed. The source video had received a quarter of a million views by September 2016.

The relevant source footage can be seen on Youtube at the link below:

The text accompanying the source footage stated the following:

"Here are the largest stones ever quarried on the planet. Come with us in April 2016 and experience them with us: http://khemitology.com/"

Here are some screenshots from that original footage:

The video in which ATCFDrummer pointed out the source footage can be seen below:

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:

4. Relevant online discussions

Quite a few comments on this UFO video were posted in the comments section on Youtube. Possibly because of the low quality of this particular hoax, as at September 2016 the number of "thumbs up" votes for this Section 51 "UFO" video on Youtube were outnumbered (by nearly 2 to 1) by the number of "thumbs down" votes.