Added: Jul 23, 2007
From: MichaelShermer
Duration: 6:8
The best evidence that UFOs represent spacecraft from other worlds consists of grainy photographs, blurry videos, and anecdotes about things that go bump in the night. In this episode Michael Shermer shows how easy it is to fake UFO photographs, enlisting the help of children and disposable cameras to create convincing photographic evidence that even fooled experts!
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KevinVang1000 Says:
Apr 21, 2011 - OMG GOODNESS! Michael Shermer! lmao! He lost to an apologist! No more further said, lmao! AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! -choke!- gwhahahahaha.... -cough- sry...lmao!
hawkertruffelsnout Says:
May 19, 2011 - 3.11 well done.. the only one to use his brain
tehZwok Says:
Jun 17, 2011 - Hehe.. Monster Truck Rally 64 music.
RomansPwnedJesus Says:
Jun 26, 2011 - trolling much? losing a debate wouldn't mean all of the person's views on everything are invalid. You didn't even mention what apologist Shermer allegedly lost to.
KevinVang1000 Says:
Jun 26, 2011 - Oh, you gotta watch the debate, I can't send the URL in this gay text message. Youtube won't allow me...
DrBreakfastMachine Says:
Jun 28, 2011 - Man, the kid with the "Technicon Spacecraft" is so like myself at that age it's scary
matt605 Says:
Jul 7, 2011 - Funny trick. He showed that UFO photos can be faked, but he failed prove that any specific UFO photo was faked. And of course, most UFO images are today moving images captured to digital through phones and cameras.
theBartone9119 Says:
Jul 9, 2011 - No. it's your "faith/belief" they saw something alien.They say they saw something unidentified, some think they saw flying saucers. It could be a foreign program from an enemy, not alien. It could be a program by the States, not alien. It could be from another dimension on earth, and not extra terrestrial at all. The videos/pictures are most likely fake, so when somebody sees something they can't describe, they may call it a UFO or flying saucer. You have not played the role of a Skeptic.
ShoNoMrcy1 Says:
Aug 4, 2011 - Party pooper!
Nachalnika Says:
Sep 2, 2011 - Yeah go on fake stuff !! Look at the paintings of Jesus christ u can see UFOs drawn as in those times understandings and how low you hold the self made UFOs !!! I want to see your faces when one of them lands right on top or outside of your houses !! Go eat shit fucking fakers !! You are all faking things because you prefer it this way not to tell the truth cause all you know in this world is lies and rather not start the panic , it has always been like this in this world !!! Yeah anyone can fa
yoshihawv Says:
Sep 17, 2011 - Yeah! You tell it!
knightschwartz Says:
Oct 4, 2011 - well now he has to discredit that Turkish 2007 vid of that UFO. thats harder.
beatledude Says:
Nov 3, 2011 - Here's the problem Mr. Shermer. You are a professional nay sayer. The tone of your voice while saying 'the very idea of of alien beings in space crafts from another planet' is annoying. I'm not a nut. I don't know, or even give a Sh*t if they're real BUT...I have seen three 'UFO's They were unidentified...and flying. The assumption then that I automatically (as well as many others) fall in to the category of 'alien believers' is ridiculous. I'm simply stating that they were really there.
beatledude Says:
Nov 3, 2011 - (Pt. 2) They were'n't a figment of my imagination...nor a planet or helicopter. Experimental Military...maybe...Somebodys modified model plane, who knows? But, I'm not nuts, and if you were really fair you'd admit, that you DON'T know everything and it ALL can't be explained. There IS genuinely mysterious things that can occasionally happen. You are wrong often with your opinions-and when proven so, you simply flip and say, 'Ah ha..see, I told you'. That is , I've seen you 'dispcredit people...
beatledude Says:
Nov 3, 2011 - (Last pt.) You say they didn't see what they said, or implied lying...then when it's proven (perhaps the Military has spoken up, or Chinese lanterns etc...) you then smile and say you were right TOTALLY MISSING the fact that you accused people of being nuts and seeing things....Of course it's easy to be fooled (your dopey demonstration)...but that doesn't mean squat either. Have a little respect if some on tells you what they saw...BTW, I don't believe you actually exist either.
zackspires Says:
Nov 13, 2011 - 0:06 FLYING SOMBRERO'S
rpdigital17 Says:
Nov 17, 2011 - I have seen 2x the sphere-shaped bright objects and I believe these where real and unexplained by flares or sun reflection or anything like that. But most number of the cases, where the UFO's are saucer-shaped, are affected by the knowledge of WW2 Germany efforts on the saucer-shaped vehicles powered by electromagnetic force. and these photos are no doubt the imagination + hoaxes.
Megaritz Says:
Jan 8, 2012 - Dude, calm down. There's no need for harsh language; you won't get one single person to take you seriously that way. Were you aware that the UFOs in old paintings are generally seen as representations of saints and angels? I recommend looking into the skeptical analysis before dismissing it--your evidence may not be as good as you think. If you disagree, explain why--calmly, please. Xenu bless.
Megaritz Says:
Jan 8, 2012 - Shermer never made this clip out to disprove UFOs, only to show how photos aren't reliable. He had nothing to say about eyewitness accounts here. He goes into that in some of his books, although I'm on the fence about UFOs being spaceships or not. The photos are still unreliable. Eyewitness accounts are also less reliable than you think; our cognition and memory are prone to all kinds of errors and biases. My grandparents once saw a UFO--but they give contradictory accounts.
paxgladius Says:
Jan 30, 2012 - LOL awesome! I mean think about it people what alien civilization would have reconnaissance mission lasting for so many years without a ship finally landing and captain demanding "take me to your leader"? Wouldn't that be the whole point of the trip? Isn't that what we did as we sailed the seas? What is the point of hagging around? To do what? If they are some sort of space anthropologists wouldn't they best learn about us by living with our "tribe"? And what would sustain them so far from home
GsBBoyDan Says:
Feb 7, 2012 - I've made many fake UFO photos with models and film cameras when I was a kid, my uncle took them to university professors and they even thought they where real. Most UFO photos are fake for sure.
Nemesis000000 Says:
Mar 27, 2012 - More importantly, the fact that its almost certain life exists elsewhere does not imply it is at all likely it has visited earth within the last 10,000 years
MrStig691 Says:
Mar 31, 2012 - And that's the ridiculousness of this argument. IF they were secret human programmes then that is a prerequisite for visiting ETs to be reality, since the only way for humans to obtain that type of aircraft performance would be through reverse-engineering, like the TR3-B. Have you ever engaged even slightly with this subject?
theBartone9119 Says:
Mar 31, 2012 - Humans could have developed that type of technology themselves and just kept it secret from the general public, you don't know. There is no reason to assume aliens.
. . . . . . . because these video appear directly from youtube.com which we cannot control it.)
CJYOUFCKINBUSTER Says:
Apr 15, 2011 - Derp. Just because our technology is absolutely no way near this doesn't mean there aren't any extremely advanced races out there. And not every race is the human race. Violence may not be as imprinted into their systems as it is to us.