Israeli News Uncovers The “Jerusalem UFO Video” Hoax

Submitted by Xavier Ortega on September 22, 2011 – 8:00 AM26 Comments | 6,736 views

I guess it was only a matter of time before we all learned the truth behind the enigmatic UFO videos that made headlines across the world. And isn’t that always the case? The only way to unravel a mystery is through time. In this case, the mystery looks more like a hoax.

Israel’s channel 10 aired an investigative news segment on the videos of the supposed UFOs that were taped hovering over Dome of the Rock earlier this year. From the report, the first video to go viral was shot by a man named Eligael Gadliovich. Mr. Gadliovich posted the following on his YouTube account:

This morning around 01:00 AM at the promenade of Armon Hantziv in Jerusalm, i was witness(with another guy), an amazing ufo aircraft over Jerusalem old city (mount Moriah) Dome of the Rock,Temple Mount
What is the meaning of this sighting ?????????…………………………………….

This is the first of the videos to hit the internet. It became viral almost immediately, drawing a large amount of viewers.

Days later, another video of the “Jerusalem UFO” hit YouTube. This time, from a couple of teenagers that were standing closer to the Dome of the Rock.

Proof Jerusalem UFO video is real. A new video of the UFO over Jerusalem surfaced tonight from a tourist that was filming while on a late night tour of Jerusalem on January 28th 2011. The video is not the clearest because it was dark out, but it catches the same glowing orb that was caught on tape from across town.

Soon after the second video was uploaded by another person, from a different perspective, it gave more credibility to the original video. The videos have gone viral and splashed all over network televisions. As the weeks passed, even more videos from different angles came forward. It seemed that this was a REAL UFO sighting. Well, at least to me.
I remained skeptical throughout the ordeal, but the videos looked too damn convincing. That is until Israel’s channel 10 investigation.

From the report we learn that Eligael Gadliovich is an avid film maker, ex-actor and has his own production company. This raised a huge red flag on his claims. Even though people tried to carefully examine and dissect his video for any signs of hoaxing, it wasn’t until this recent television investigation that yet another red flag was raised. This time, the flag was bigger and brighter.

It turns out that the teenagers who were responsible for shooting the second video were film students. But get this, they attended a class that was taught by Golan Ardiv. A film teacher that used to act alongside Eligael Gadliovich. Coincidence?

Let me just say that the first video has over 1 million views and the second one actually has 2.8 million views on YouTube. With ads running on these videos, it doesn’t take a lot of imagination to see the motive behind the hoax.

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Henry

PLO; UFO, coincidence?
I think NOT!
http://www.ghosttheory.com Valkyrie

It’s nice to have closure. Hopefully the creator of all this will be interviewed and tell us his motives and we can study him– like how Clarice studied Hannibal Lecter– and learn to spot other fake UFO videos.
Jari Mikkola

This subject was also put to rest a long time ago as a hoax by several people including myself and reported on our website on the page detailing Spotting a Hoax (http://www.thedimensionzone.com/paranormal/forensic_video_hoax.htm). Please review it and you’ll totally believe, with a shadow of doubt that it was all intended to deceive the world at large.
Henry

Jari, you will just never convince some people who seem to truly believe that any attempt to debunk a hoax is part of a larger conspiracy to hide extra-terrestrial contact from humans. They will just claim that the video was altered to make it look fake.
terry the censor

(Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s sensible ufologist, is here! Welcome, sir.)

Some counterarguments brought up in the comments:

* how can this be a hoax when there are so many good sightings elsewhere?
* yeah, this one is busted, but we should really be talking about other sightings!

These are ridiculous evasions. Ardent believers point to the alleged mountain of evidence but not scrutinise the details of the evidence. They want to complain that skeptics won’t look at the evidence yet I find most believers are just as reluctant to carefully evaluate evidence. Rhetoric is not science, crying “conspiracy” is not science.

* So this UFO sighting is a hoax because it was filmed by film makers?

Another ridiculous evasion. The evidence provided here shows these were not independent witnesses as previously claimed (see 2:11 of video) but these people all knew each other. When questioned about this, the folks are evasive (2:15) or plain lie (3:03). That they are all involved in filmmaking provides a possible motive and the means. And Hoaxkiller1 has exposed the fakery of the videos themselves. The claims of the sighting are totally destroyed.

(Henry, I hope you are being ironic.)
G

YouTube is like craigslist. If it seems too good to br true, it likely is. Not a complicated rule.
Henry

ME??
John P.

Well, well, well….praise the Lord.
My wife and I work extensively in film and I have a long graphic design background…
I could easily make a movie of a “UFO” or ghost if I wished, that would fool alot of people. My wife and I have worked for HBO, Lionsgate and Jerry Bruckheimer, to give you an idea of the level of skill I am talking about. No lie.
What really disturbs me in a way is that people don’t think of rammifications this does to the beliefs and moral code of society.
Sad really.
John P.

I tend to believe in something that we can’t out our finger on…spirit.
Phil

@ John: You don’t even need special effects to mislead people in that department. Sad, really, but no less true.
Dan

The 2nd video was Obviously fake as proven shortly after its release. It’s a still picture taken from Wikipedia and Edited to look that way. But even an untrained eye can see there’s something off about it. What I find curious are not just the 3 other videos that aren’t faked, but videos of a lesser discussed but similar event that happened in Utah just 1 hour later. Similar from the floating light”s sudden acceleration to The dim flashing red lights in the sky.

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