Yet Another Hoax? Canadian Forest Fire News Video Accidentally Captures UFO!

UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) enthusiasts over the world have gone gaga over a recent video that has surfaced from Canada. The video is actually a report by a Canadian TV station that talks about the efforts of local firemen who were trying to put out a forest fire at Smith Creek in Western Canada. However, at a certain point in the video, a streak of light is seen traveling at a high rate of speed – which now some UFO chasers claim to be a craft that has alien origins.

The video was originally broadcast by Castanet, a news organization located in Western Canada. The news report states that the footage was shot near Vancouver in British Columbia. The Huffington Post says that video was posted online on July 17, 2014 and did not grab much attention – until someone with a keen eyesight managed to see the unexplained streak of light at around the 26 second mark in the video. In fact it was pointed out to Castanet.net by a viewer. The website later wrote,

“In the news piece, a bright object appears from behind clouds above the fire area quickly moving left to right.”

That said, there has been no official word from anyone that says that the object seen in the video is indeed an UFO. However, when the video was shown to Marc Dantonio, who works as the chief photo and video analyst for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), he said that the object was more likely to be a “boldie.” A boldie is nothing but a type of very bright meteor that manages to streak through the earth’s atmosphere and can cause bright flashes while doing so. Unlike meteorites, boldies manage to skip back in to space.

Marc adds;

“I am convinced that this was a really good find. It is an Earth-grazer, a meteor that approaches the atmosphere at a shallow angle, and continues on, skipping off the atmosphere back into space. Some of them will slow down enough to become trapped and fall to Earth but they many times just skip on off and keep going. This one does indeed show a vapor trail as it moves through, it does come out from behind the cloud, and it moves at a speed completely consistent with Earth-grazers.”

Meanwhile, a YouTube commenter on the same video has pointed another unusual thing in the news video above. Joe Edwards, the commenter, says that the UFO at the 26 second mark is not the only unusual thing in the video.

He writes;

“Did anyone notice the very next scene, it seems something dark and very fast flew from right to left across the screen that was just as interesting. It occurs at about the 32-second mark.”

So, what do you think? Is this really an UFO?

[Image Via The Huffington Post]