UFO sighted hovering over Gorakhpur, is it a fake?
Honestly, what do you think?
Over the last couple of days various media reports have surfaced, regarding a UFO sighting in India, specifically over Uttar Pradesh. The reports, and photos, claim a "flying saucer" was floating above Gorakhpur, that the pictures are being studied by experts at the local university, and that the local populace is terrified.And to that I say....hogwash. Let's be real, the first question you should ask yourself when you see an image like this is not "Is it photoshopped?", but "How was it photoshopped?". And despite what news reports with a chronic lack of Googling effort might say, there's absolutely no need for even the remotest bit of panic. Now, I'm not basing this judgement on a (clearly stated) prejudice against UFO photos online, the facts are a very strong backbone here. So let's run through them. Firstly, let's ignore the fact that an alien mothership of that size, flying at cloud level, would be visible to surrounding cities as well and not just Gorakhpur. But take the second and third images, below. Notice how, despite the picture being taken at a very odd angle, the UFO you see is still subjectively horizontal? Yeah, that doesn't seem like very stable flight to me. But that's minor, so let's move on.
"Hey, look what I've just captured with #Camera360! I'm sure it will startle you."
Posted by Camera360 on Thursday, October 1, 2015
But honestly, no one should be falling for this kind of hoax, especially not the media. It took me all of 10 minutes of searching to find this. And honestly, I'm still trying to figure out where the reports of "panicked residents" originated from.