After months of wondering why UFO sightings aren't taken seriously, I came to a conclusion. What might that conclusion be? Is it that most of the sightings, footage and photographs are fakes? No. It's because amateur enthusiasts fail to identify a fake, get excited about it, spread the news like wildfire, and throw away their credibility when someone else finds out the truth for them.
So before you look at an interesting video online (like the ones I post), watch out for these signs.
1) Excessive exclamations: Not all hoaxsters do what they do out of malicious intentions alone. Many do it out of an impulsive rush, which is why they caption their uploads laden with too much emotion. If you see a video captioned something like "THIS IS FOR REAL!!!!!!" or "REAL UFO VIDEO. NO JOKE!!!", it's most likely the work of a faker trying to get hits and earn a quick buck.
2)Lack of detail: An authentic video would have some detail of it in the description. The details could consist of anything ranging from the date and time of shooting, to textual description of what the witness saw, or at the very least, the context of that footage.
3)Lack of editing: Lack of editing is a good sign. Even a simple screen text could mean that the poster knew some basics on video editing, and was trying to put some sensationalism in his video to earn hits. Once this intent and skill level is exposed, there's no telling what else the video uploader might have done to make it look real.
A raw footage with unclear sound and plenty of background noise on the other hand speaks volumes on its authenticity.
4) Comments and ratings disabled: If comments and ratings for a video is disabled, it's most likely a fake, no matter how real it looks. He knows that people are likely to ridicule him and make his negative reputation lose traffic to his channel.
5) Elusive uploader: Try contacting the uploader. If he doesn't reply, he's probably just busy. But if his statements are defensive (like "get lost, I don't have to answer to you"), he's most likely faker.
6) Bad animation and editing: Not only bad ones, but even mediocre ones can be spotted this way. If a real footage was extremely detailed(with a really vivid shape), it would've made it to the news on TV and the poster would have drawn a lot of attention to himself . Otherwise, it would've come off a credible source such as wikileaks, MUFON or a very successful uploader on youtube (in terms of number of videos and hits). On the other hand in case of a not-so-detailed-looking UFO (like a vague disc), an animator wouldn't spend too much time and effort perfectly synchronizing an animation with the subtle camera movements. Even if he did, he's likely to miss out on authentic audio and noise coming from the background.
7) Likes vs Dislikes and not the comments: Every UFO footage on youtube has its share of skeptics, no matter how real or authentic it is. But the like:dislike ratio of the video on the other hand speaks a lot about its authenticity. If more people disliked the video, than liked it in a ratio like 150 : 1, its likely a fake. But don't jump to conclusions if you see something like 1543: 1357. Watch out for the other signs too.
8) UFO flight path: A UFO has better things to do than look for a guy on the ground with a camera from 20,000 feet away and fly right over him so that the cameraman can get a perfect shot at it. Also, a UFO flying towards or away from the cameraman would look quite detailed; enough for you to observe the shadows and lighting on it.
Even seeing none of these signs on a video doesn't necessarily establish its authenticity. Regarding UFO sightings, unfortunately, there is no black area. There's only a grey and a white area. So even if you see a realistic fake UFO footage, the least you could do is give credit to the hoaxster's skill.
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