I found a way to debunk UFO videos in under 5 minutes

I used to waste hours arguing about blurry footage on YouTube, you know, the usual grainy orb stuff. Then I learned about metadata analysis (the kind from photo apps, not spy stuff) and it changed everything. Last week someone posted a "drone swarm" video from Phoenix, and I checked the video's creation date and GPS tags using a free tool online. Turns out it was filmed in 2018 at an airshow, not a secret govt test. The trick is to download the raw file, not the compressed one from social media. Has anyone else tried checking EXIF data on these clips?

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fiona_nelson514d ago

Metadata pulls are super handy, even caught a faked ghost video that way.

dylan1244d ago

Started digging into metadata on a batch of what looked like impressive ghost videos someone posted in a local paranormal group. Every single file had a created date that matched some old stock footage library timestamps from like 2014. The file names even had the original clip ID codes still in them, just renamed with a generic ghost title. GPS coordinates from a few of them pointed to a random office park, not any haunted location. Quick reverse image search and I found the exact same clips being sold on a stock footage site for 20 bucks. Your mileage may vary, but metadata has never let me down for spotting fakes.