Actually, my favorite part with the UFO segment was the intial look at the video.  Chi-Lan was utterly impressed with how "fast" the triangle was moving because it was passing the stars at such a high rate.  Of course, not knowing the size or distance or having any sort of reference point…not sure what she was comparing the speed to.

But…NOTHING…can best the "Insect Test."  That, my friends…is paranormal investigation gold.  "Some say it looks like a swarm of bugs.  Let's try it!"  Yes, of course.  Why not?  I came up with a few others to try as well:

Throwing candy canes into a huge industrial fan.  Pouring dry pancake mix into a leaf blower.  Tunnelling out the cellar, backing in a '69 Camaro and pouring Pixie Stix into the tail pipe.  Getting a Louie Armstrong impersonator, filling his mouth completely with flour and then punching him really hard in the stomach.

And why is the Insect Test any better than those?  Just as valid.  And who doesn't want to punch a Louie Armstrong impersonator really hard in the stomach?

Nosfer said the following in his excellent review: "Sharon talks about how it was a hot and humid July day of over 100 degrees outside. I have to wonder about humid air in this situation.

To his credit, Ben brought an anemometer to test for air currents. That’s about all the credit I’m giving him for he then proceeds to stand a foot away from the wall, block the meter with his body and hold the anemometer nearly against the wall. Amazingly he detects no air flow. I also noticed in Rene’s video that the configuration of the room was different…crates possibly in various places whereas now it appears to be a large open cellar. Fortunately, things like that are of no concern to our intrepid investigators."

Very nice observations, my friend.  Let's talk about this "recreating the environment" aspect of the investigation.

First, let's not pretend that the evidence (the video) is from 1853.  What I mean by that is that the information about the video can be verified, we don't have to take anyones word for it.  For example, was it 100 degrees on that day?  How humid was it?  How windy was it?  Can we get a graph that charts all three of these things at the same time for that particular night?  We can.  Things like weather are carefully kept track of.  Did they verify anything along these lines?  Nope.  Ben can research art projects out in the desert but not any weather websites?  That's weak sauce…

Second, Nosfer's right about the configuration of the room.  Why not bring in cardboard boxes to simulate the exact conditions of the room on that night?  Again…it would be really great to know what kind of wind they were dealing with that night.  It's not like that mansion is air-tight or anything. 

Lastly, could the "mist" have been a combination of the dirt on the floor and the crumbling mortar?  Sure.  But the next plausible explanation aren't gnats and flies.  Again…what was with that?  Anyway…ever smoke a cigarette in a virtually enclosed place without any air flow?  The smoke kind of hangs in the air, doesn't it?  And if you move around…the smoke will too.  I'm not saying that this cigarette smoke was it, I'm just saying that it is an infinitely better possibility than gnats and flies.  Not as funny…but it holds more merit.  (personal side-note-  I'm coming up on 8 months of being smoke-free after 22 years of smoking.  So…you know… )

Nosfer also said: "Ben gives a bit of history about Henry McPike and his family and reiterates about a lot of strange things going on at the place now. I see objectivity seems to be going out the window at a more rapid rate."

Yes…even before the investigation started…didn't all of us know how it was going to end?  By hook or by crook…that place was going to be haunted…