reply to post by kauskau
This was actually covered on another ATS thread a few weeks (months?) ago. However, that video clip was a very short one that started at the point
where the camera car was some distance behind the convoy of flashing lights, and it was very unconvincing as a UFO story.
If memory serves, it was pretty much written off as a hoax made by some bored teenagers in California one night. What is interesting to note is that
the first sequence (up to about 00:40), was not included in that video clip.
Even at that, this is not a UFO case - as much as the kids in the video would want it to be.
Having seen the trucks in the convoy in the current video, I do have some thoughts on what was seen:
1.) Whatever else we are seeing, this level of security is NOT normal for a typical large or wide load movement. However for especially large or
heavy loads a police escort is fairly routine.
2.) The heightened security seems to be more focused on traffic/pedestrian control than on guarding the cargo. Notice that there is only 1 police
vehicle at the rear of the convoy initially. Only when the convoy stopped did the police cruisers cover the rear.
3.) Whatever is being transported is incredibly heavy, requiring a special trailer with many more wheels than is normal. The company name on this
special trailer is "American Heavy Moving and Rigging". (
www.americanheavymoving.com...). A quick look through their website reveals that this
is not even their biggest transporter, but its pretty close.
4.) The reported location is fairly close to any number of seaport operations both civilian and military. In fact, if you look at some of the
pictures and videos at the companys website, there are quite a few dockside photos.
Given these observations, i conclude that these kids, out for an evenings joyride, happened across this heavy moving company doing what they do -
transporting an unusually heavy load towards the docks. At the sight of all the flashing lights (many of which were on the companys trucks not police
vehicles) they intercepted the convoy and were blown away by the sheer size of the operation. At that point either their imaginations ran wild and
they mistook the police helo for something unreal, or they decided to take their footage and create a UFO hoax. Personally I'm inclined to think
that they were sincere, but completely mistaken in what they were actually witnessing. It kind of makes me wonder what they were smoking...but I
digress..LOL
Note: Had it been any kind of a nuclear transport there would have been a military escort, not only civilian police.