[pillut48]

Mods, I know this story was discussed a few days ago, but please don't delete. My question is not about the UFO or whatever, it's about the ABC reporter's use of this phrase--"Theories of what it was range from the obvious UFO to the thought it might be the Hebrew God Elohim..."

Does this sound right to you guys? For some reason red flags went up here, especially since this allegedly took place *directly* over the Muslim mosque called "Dome of the Rock"...are things being set in place to blame Jews for happening to this Islamic "holy place"?

[Farmer Dean]

What happens when the UFO decides to shoot back?

[Alas Babylon!]

Hebrew God Elohim???

They mean God, like our Father who art in Heaven?

I didn’t know the Hebrews had a God other than the One that both Christians and Jews worship.

I suppose they’re trying to distinguish from Satan, er, I mean Allah?

[Blogger]

Elohim is a biblical reference of course, but I would expect Adonai before Elohim or YHWH.

[Citizen Tom Paine]

Elohim is Hebrew for God.
YHWH is Hebrew for Lord.
Unfortunately, in English they are used interchangeably, but they aren’t.

[ReverendJames]

It’s all about perspective. From the photographers point of view it was over the Dome, but maybe in reality it could have been miles away. I remember flying into an airport and the tower gave me clearance to land. I told the tower there was another plane coming into the pattern. The tower said it was over three miles away. Perspective.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

2 thoughts on this. 1) fake. 2) "the thought it might be Hebrew God Elohim" (a) attempts to smear the Jews as being polytheistic. Many people pay very scant attention to the world, so the phrase implies to such people that maybe the jews have many gods, and this is just one of them, and bears no relation to the Christian God. (b) "thought it might be" is thrown in by the scriptwriter, just to ensure that it doesn't seem like they are affirming Judaism. Disney sucks. 3) fake.

[Steely Tom]

If it was a physical object; that is, an object that displaces air, there would have been a sonic boom when it took off, judging from it’s rate of climb.

If there was no sonic boom, then it was (a) either a fake, or (b) very, very advanced technology, or (c) a miracle.

[katana]

If it was not a) an image inserted in an otherwise nondescript night time video of the Temple Mount (the reaction of the people around the camera argues against that), b) a ball of light actually miles away that by chance was lined up perfectly with the top of the Dome of the Rock and the videographer's camera, or c) Ball Lightening (larger, more stable in flight, and unlike any I've ever seen photographed) then I can come to only one conclusion:

A quick pre-demolition survey of a building that is overdue for removal.

It is certainly one of the more convincing videos I've ever seen of a UFO.

[Vroomfondel]

especially since this allegedly took place *directly* over the Muslim mosque called "Dome of the Rock"...are things being set in place to blame Jews for happening to this Islamic "holy place"?

You do understand where the Dome of the Rock is, right?

[ALASKA]

SHOOT!!!!! They said “shoot” and didn’t even get called out on it!!!!!

[bert]

I’ve heard from a reliable FReeper that this is just one of several such recent very similar sightings. Thus the venue has nothing to do with the event

[Species8472]

Ping!

[fella]

Are there other views from other angles?

[Safrguns]

Can’t believe ABC news fell for this hoax.

Hoax exposed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5s78wr0UF0&feature=related

[The Comedian]

Until Mirv, god of the divided atom, shows up over the Dome of the Rock, I don't care.

Today is a good day to die.
I didn't say for whom.

[ApplegateRanch]

"Tourist shoots glowing object hovering over Dome of the Rock."

Did he use a handgun, or an RPG?

Did it shoot back?

[tjd1454]

There are several videos of the alleged “Dome of the Rock UFO” posted on YouTube. However, the video which purports to show a close-up of the glowing orb over the Dome of the Rock is almost certainly a fake. The background to the video is exactly the same as an image posted on the Internet. Google “Jerusalem nights 7088” and compare the image side-by-side with the purported video.

Allowing for the fact that the brightness of the image has been increased in the video, and thus some aspects appear more “illuminated,” they are precisely the same. E.g., the glare around the distant lights should change as the video lens pans the scene, but it remains static - and identical to that on the photograph.

Also, if you compare the angles of the buildings in the “Jerusalem nights 7088” photograph with the video, it is evident that they were taken from precisely the same location, once again indicating that the images are one and the same. I lived for years in the Jerusalem area and it looks like the image may have been taken from the King David Hotel, just outside the Old City walls.

Finally, analysis of the video has shown that the image of the Old City is pixelated, indicating that the “video” is actually taken of a digitalized image rather than of the actual Old City.

This is not intended to discount all such paranormal activity, but rather to illustrate that one must not uncritically accept every claimed UFO sighting, especially in the age of Photoshop.

[Hot Tabasco]

Theories of what it was range from...

Why do you find a problem with that? I think too many people are trying to parse words these days in order to fuel some sort of political angst they may be experiencing........

Chilling out and relaxation seem to be a thing of the past..............

[SE Mom]

Interesting- Megyn Kelley just did a segment on this. I hadn’t seen it until now- it’s pretty wild - it zooms back up like a rocket.

I haven’t read the whole thread so don’t know if this mystery has been solved yet but thought you’d be interested it’s now gone mainstream cable.

[dragonblustar]

ping for later reading.