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My guess: a small bit of grass or some other fibrous material blew onto the lens, and then dislodged after two exposures.

Perhaps this was something bright or reflective on the person's clothing. The line corresponds to the slight up-and-down bobbing of one's body as they climb stairs. Search the web for other long exposure photos to get a feel for how moving objects are depicted in these images.

Observe the movement of people climbing steps with the aid of the hand railing. Their feet and bodies are in continual motion, but the hand is planted on the railing and stays there a moment while the body ascends above it. Then the hand is raised and planted again at a point above the body...

As usual, the experience is both awe-inspiring and patently absurd. As if someone had dreamed up the most comically feeble way to warn an intelligent species of its potential demise.

Extended exposure. While the shutter was open, one person ascended the steps, periodically resting their hand on the railing long enough for light to accumulate and get exposed on the film. The rest of their body was always in motion (and also in the shade of the stairwell) so it was not exposed.

The people in those videos don't represent "middle america". Obama won Iowa. Here, feel the sting of my formatting skills: Obama won Iowa. There's no shortage of ignorant cretins in your neck of the woods either.

Sorry, poorly worded. I meant humans aren't special with regard to violence, as skunkape helpfully points out in detail. However humans alone should "know better", so in this regard we are not "just monkeys."

Good point. Perhaps we are compelled to seek dignity by vanity & shame. Whatever you want to call it, we have a need to feel good about ourselves that other animals don't seem to have. Interesting how the video seems to argue for humility -- "we're just monkeys" -- but also lamets that we...

Holy crap, did this really happen or was it bad dream.

Our nature is animal, yes, but that is not the truth of what it means to be human. Being human means pursuing dignity.

That's quite fascinating. One of the weak points in the "simulation" theory is the apparent need for the visitors to do any kind of transportation at all. (If you can float through walls, your command of spacetime must so powerful that you don't need to "go" anywhere.) But this report of the...

It's not a matter of belief for me. I may state things a bit strongly, but for me this theory is just a candidate explanation for the unexplainable.

It's only complicated if you privilege "reality" over the paranormal experience. In a world that is entirely simulated, down to the atom, there's no need for a rigid distinction between real and virtual. It's all real or all virtual depending on one's perspective.

Now if we could figure how to get the Circus to subsidize the College. I'm fantasizing about an outer layer of profit-driven spectacle -- all the UFO kooks and their bogus videos/seminars/etc -- that serves as the public face for consumption by joe sixpack and Larry King. The outer layer...

Don't bother. If you're not wanted here, people will let you know. As I see it, you're spurring discussion, which is good.

My thoughts exactly. Let's have this Elvidge fellow on to take a crack at it, and let's see if can explain some of the weirdest stuff. Or anyone with a new explanation. More people like Tonnies or Haisch. Evaluating claims is a chump's game that no one wins. While their novelty is...

Good topic title for getting 118 views, but alas no pic. :(

Looks interesting. My own view is that USA has pissed away a great deal of influence in eight years. I also think this is by design, but that's a topic for the conspiracy thread.

Danielgue -- You're the man now, dog. I've long felt UFO study is sorely lacking a grand international "data warehouse". My gut feeling is that there is gold in them thar datamined macro trends.