UFO Spotted During Morning TV Broadcast

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  1. Mauro says:

    Re: UFO Spotted During Morning TV Broadcast
    Despite Mr Pope’s assurances I strongly suspect a bird is the culprit.

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  2. Mysteryshopper says:

    Re: UFO Spotted During Morning TV Broadcast
    If you look at the bit at the end where they show the object magnified, it clearly has undulating ‘appendages’. These are typical of flying rods which are caused by insects. The white colour is also typical of flying rods (but not of any small bird in the UK). Birds do not flap fast enough to produce these undulating rod effects. It’s an insect!

  3. Ian Topham says:

    Re: UFO Spotted During Morning TV Broadcast
    Wouldn’t that be to big for a insect, or is it a lot closer to the camera that it looks?

  4. Mysteryshopper says:

    Re: UFO Spotted During Morning TV Broadcast
    You can produce rods with insects anywhere from a few cm distant to several metres away, in the right lighting conditions (back lighting is best). The apparent size of the ‘rod’ is produced by the full wingspan of the insect. It is the motion of the wings that produces the rod’s ‘appendages’. Garden bumblebees, as an example, have a wingspan of up to 4cm.

  5. Nessa says:

    Re: UFO Spotted During Morning TV Broadcast
    I have to agree that an insect does seem to be the most likely of explanations.

  6. Mauro says:

    Re: UFO Spotted During Morning TV Broadcast
    Though I have no problem with the insect explanation I do not see it undulating but my eyes aren’t what they used to be…

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  7. Mysteryshopper says:

    Re: UFO Spotted During Morning TV Broadcast
    I didn’t see the undulation at first. It’s in the final slowed down, magnified shot, at the point where the rod passes over darker areas. Keep trying, it’s there!