Is this really video of a UFO crashing into a Mexican volcano...or just a load of hot air?

Is this really video of a UFO crashing into a Mexican volcano...or just a load of hot air?
By JOSHUA GARDNER
PUBLISHED: 23:56 EST, 4 June 2013 | UPDATED: 05:09 EST, 5 June 2013

Is this really video of a UFO crashing into a Mexican volcano...or just a load of hot air?

A video currently making the rounds on the web appears to show an unidentified flying object diving headlong into the smoldering caldera of a Mexican volcano.

Popocatepetl, an active volcano in the Puebla state of southern Mexico, was being recorded by media company


Televisa the evening of May 30 when a light-emitting and fast-flying object appeared to make a quick left turn in order to fly directly into the top of the erupting mountain.
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Hot air? Footage taken May 30 of an active Mexican volcano appears to show an unidentified, rapidly flying object fly directly into the smoldering caldera

And this isn’t the first time video footage has shown suspicious activity near Popocatepetl.

In November, footage—also from Televisa—showed a cigar shaped object appear to take a nose dive directly into the 18,000 foot volcano 40 miles south of Mexico city.
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The latest video appears to be something a lot more aircraft-like, however. The object seems to make a conscious decision to quickly slow down and plunge into the smoky-filled hole.
The Huffington Post reached out to a U.S. government contractor who also runs a UFO website to get his take on the May 30 footage.



Maneuverable: The brightly lit object starts from far off, but veers quickly, and perhaps even purposefully into the fiery depths after slowly down in a blink of an eye

‘What I think is that this is not a likely fake. I think, for the moment, this is a genuine image capture,’ said Marc Dantonio. ‘This is a low light camera (which) allows the volcanologists studying the footage to see any incandescence on the flank of the volcano in night shots. As such, any brighter lights that are captured will appear very bright, as the one planet/star indicates.’



Myth? Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano lies 40 miles south of Mexico City and is very active. It is named for a man of Aztec legend who became an angry volcano after losing his love
But that doesn’t mean the video analysts believes this is a true UFO sighting. He told Huffpo the appearance of the object veering into the volcano is just a trick of perspective.

‘I am leaning toward the object being a captured commercial jet passing through the field of view,’ he said.
As for the 2012, cigar UFO, Dantonio said that one, at least, may have actually come from outer space.

‘It is a particularly brilliant meteor and likely was moving much more slowly than typical meteors. In my view,’ he said, ‘it meets all the criteria.’

For those still holding out hope, a 24-hour webcam monitors Popocatepetl, allowing any couch conspiracy theorist to observe the mysterious mountain and watch for phenomenal occurrences from the comfort of their own home.



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