Anyone catch this new show on SyFy? Jael from DT is in the cast and it has the look of DT to it.

This episode they examine some popular videos and try to find explanations for them. The first is the "ghost car", the one that seems to go through the fence while in pursuit by police.

With the second they examine the Arizona lights video and catch something of their own in the process. They say it can't be a satellite because it changes direction, but what I see on the video could very well be two satellites going in opposite directions. It happens. I have some of my own video of satellites doing that.

I agree with BD.  I saw the "Ghost Car" thing too a while back.  I was going to post about it here, but…I didn't see a point.  A car drove under a fence.  I'm not really sure how many people actually considered the paranormal aspect.

As for the lights in Arizona, I did object to Jael's determination of the area being a "hotbed for paranormal activity" because of what the team had experienced.  Just because they could not explain it, it does not automatically jump into paranormal.

Check out this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastest_aircraft

Notice the bottom entry.  The current record for the fastest air breathing manned aircraft is the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.  That record was set back in 1976 by a plane that is now discontinued and has never been officially replaced.  Let's consider that for just a moment.  So…in 34 years, the US Military hasn't broken that record.  Really?  And the US Military hasn't replaced our fastest spy plane…in 34 years…really?

Now…which is more likely?  People are seeing space craft from an alien world flying at night?  Or…people are seeing highly classified military aircraft capable of at least Mach 3 and probably much faster?

Sure, I want them to be aliens too.  But…it's seems a bit more logical to me that the Blackbird has been replaced by at least one aircraft, if not more, and part of the deal about being a spy plane is people really not knowing about it or its capabilities.

And then I'm sure there are all kinds of highly classified unmanned drones being tested as well.

So again…I am disheartened when people automatically jump to the "paranormal/alien" explanation for Unidentified Flying Objects.  There could be very rational explanations for things.  I mean, remember this one?  How many "UFO cases" are based on this?  

Learjet said: "I would have thought there would have been a telltale sonic boom. This is why I'm thinking it's a spacecraft or satellite/s / space junk, since they said it was silent…… although just reviewing it again they said they hear a "low humming noise and a thump". May be related, maybe not."

Well, a few things on that.  First, there have been rumors for years about not only secret supersonic aircraft but hypersonic aircraft.  We're talking over Mach 5.4 at this point.  IF…something like that existed…what would an engine capable of that sound like?  No idea.  Two…there have been legimate complaints of "air quakes" and such in several states.  Are they normal supersonic jets or something faster?  No idea.  Lastly, they are by mountains.  I live on the west side of Denver near the mountains.  Various aircraft take the mountains south to, most likely, the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.  With various weather conditions, some aircraft sound unbelievably weird as they fly by.  Other times, you can hear an odd muffled sound.  So…could the three investigators actually hear a "sonic boom" from their location at that time if the craft (man-made) was behind the mountains?  Again…no idea.  But…just because they couldn't hear it, it doesn't mean that there wasn't a sonic boom.

LLearjet also asked: "And what's with the metal detector? Are there mines in them there hills?"

Yeah…excellent catch.  I too thought that was odd.  The "lead scientist" (their term, not mine) mentioned something about flares (I'm assuming military-grade flares) and then said something about looking for "trace evidence."  Did he mean looking for trace evidence of flares using a metal detector at night?  And if not…trace evidence of what?  Overall, just plain…weird…

Synnamin finally "de-lurked" in another thread and asked a couple of questions: "I wasn't entirely convinced by the glass test for the flickering lights, as if it were faked by lasers, why did they 1) use a more powerful green laser, rather than a common red one and 2) not use the most likely pane of glass available – a car windshield?"

Why the green laser over the red laser?  Good question.  I too would have liked to have seen them use a red one, yet…it could be something as innocent as that they just happen to have a green laser and not a red one…and just went with it.  I can see that.  If anyone can state a reason why one color would be "better" for some reason in this particular experiment, I'd like to hear it.

As for using the windshield…I can definitely see where you were going with that.  I'm thinking that this is the reason; the actual video tape, at one point (and perhaps not shown on TV) either starts pointing up towards the sky or down towards the ground.  This would be significant as in proving that the video was not taken in a car.  So…one could assume that the individual was standing outside of the car, hence just using a large pane of glass ( if hoaxing in this manner).

However…if one could somehow easily remove the windshield from the car…then it becames a different experiment entirely since a windshield is not just a simple piece of glass.  We're now talking "laminated glass" or safety glass which is two or more layers of glass sandwiched with polyvinyl butyral.  That is what causes your windshield to "spider-web" when hit by an object instead of just shattering.  How would a green or red laser appear on that and video-taped in comparison to plain glass?  Again…absolutely no information on that.

Lastly, Sinnamin…welcome to the site, glad that you "de-lurked" and hope that you feel better.