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Just viewed it. Does it pass in front of the bridge just behind it or under its arch? Could it be something causing a reflection on the lens?
 
Even if it was a reflection on the lens it moved pretty quickly close to the ground....I wish they can find another record made from a different angel.
 
It's a bird. Look at the very end of the video and there are a bunch of them by the bridge... all white.

Web cams are low res and have a slow frame rate, so the fast moving bird was blurred, just like those dumb "rod" videos of bugs.
 
DavidRavenMoon said:
It's a bird. Look at the very end of the video and there are a bunch of them by the bridge... all white.

Web cams are low res and have a slow frame rate, so the fast moving bird was blurred, just like those dumb "rod" videos of bugs.
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Yep ... nothing to see here move along. As soon as I saw the sinusoidal motion I thought "ROD!!!" ie video/cam artifact touted as unknown lifeform by certain dodgy people.

So ... carry on ... nothing to get het up about here :p
 
You sound awfully sure of yourself about it being a bird. Where are these other white birds by the bridge that you're seeing? I can see vehicles moving across the bridge in the background, but am not seeing any birds.
 
DavidRavenMoon said:
It's a bird. Look at the very end of the video and there are a bunch of them by the bridge... all white.

Web cams are low res and have a slow frame rate, so the fast moving bird was blurred, just like those dumb "rod" videos of bugs.
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You mean rods aren't real!?
It's funny you mention rods. I was thinking about how interesting I thought they were when TLC had a special on them about 8 years ago or so. Then I caught my own on a video and realized it was a bug.
 
SarkozyAide said:
You sound awfully sure of yourself about it being a bird. Where are these other white birds by the bridge that you're seeing? I can see vehicles moving across the bridge in the background, but am not seeing any birds.
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Oh yeah, those are vehicles on the bridge. It goes by very quickly and then the video ends.

But I still say it's a bird... it's not very large.
 
DavidRavenMoon said:
Web cams are low res and have a slow frame rate, so the fast moving bird was blurred, just like those dumb "rod" videos of bugs.
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But why the cars on the bridge don't move as slow as they should if the record was made with lower then usual 29, 30 frames/sec rate? Look careful right at the beginning on this video when the guy is telling about this curious case - the cars behind him move with normal speed, as you expect them to move when you record them on video with a normal rate.

I do have a suspicious that it was a bird but it's a pure guess without, like I said before, another record made from a different angel and closer to the object.
 
Artyom said:
But why the cars on the bridge don't move as slow as they should if the record was made with lower then usual 29, 30 frames/sec rate? Look careful right at the beginning on this video when the guy is telling about this curious case - the cars behind him move with normal speed, as you expect them to move when you record them on video with a normal rate.

I do have a suspicious that it was a bird but it's a pure guess without, like I said before, another record made from a different angel and closer to the object.
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The cars are farther away. You can see that for yourself when you see a highway off in the distance.

The bird was closer to the camera. A car right in front of he camera would also look like a blur.
 
Anyone have any ideas why Nick Pope (supposedly), thought this was really exciting/interesting?? Or was this just awful journalism again, and noone has actually approached him in any way??
 
this happened in my home town of newcastle. the distance between the millenium bridge (white) and the tyne bridge (green) is about 300 yards.

the millenium bridge has several suspension wires running parallel with each other approx 6 feet apart, so if this is a solid object, it cant be more than a few feet across. my suspicion is that it is a sea gull, of which there are plenty hanging round the quayside area.

i've just returned from vacation in spain so i missed this story when i was away, so thanks for posting it :)
 
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