Video: Do You Want to Believe in UFOs Over Williamsburg?

Free Williamsburg found this YouTube video taken by a UFO enthusiast, supposedly from his back yard in Williamsburg. Does it show an alien ship with pretty changing colors, or is this how a star looks when a stoned scenester messes with the auto-focus? It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether the alien star people will kill the hipsters or merely enslave them, but one thing is certain: there is no stopping them. And we here at Gothamist would like to welcome our new alien overlords, and remind them that we can be helpful in rounding up others to work in their underground ironic T-shirt factories.

Of course, this isn't the first time aliens have considered settling in New York City, but in the end they just can't do without the comfort of their suburban home planet. Still, this is their first documented visit to Williamsburg, so maybe they'll finally be won over by the "happening" nightlife and the new Duane Reades.

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By John Del Signore in News on January 28, 2010 11:53 AM

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maz

yu know wt i think this website is awsome i just saw a ufo in my backyard

brooklynbiatch

fuck yes.

jaycjay

"I watched for about 40 min. so i could tell they were moving but very slowly."

Watch for 40 minutes and a star will appear to be moving very slowly. So will a planet, like this one:

http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_catch-brightest-view-of-mars-on-january-29_1340404

unsunghiro

"There's a starman waiting in the sky, he'd like to come and meet us, but he thinks he'd blow our minds..."

buttface

NYPD Helicopters hover over the city at high altitude all the time. They have long-range, stabilized cameras to observe the underlings below.

gregroth

the hipster references as supposed jokes are getting awfully stale on this site...

Outter Burrougher

but the Simpson's references are not!

gregroth

I will stop getting aggravated at hipster related posts.

I will stop getting aggravated at hipster related posts.

I will stop getting aggravated at hipster related posts.

I will stop getting aggravated at hipster related posts.

I will stop getting aggravated at hipster related posts.

I will stop getting aggravated at hipster related posts.

I will stop getting aggravated at hipster related posts.

Guest

y'know, i just realized today that i'm actually afraid of being seen reading/commenting on gothamist while at work. and i have no idea why. could be those velvet/american apparel ads.

i mean, wtf?

Guest

maybe it's time for you to contribute a little...?

gregroth

I know, thats true. I recently tagged a picture with "gothamist" on flickr. I will try harder though...

Snoopy

OK so your film professor at NYU said with your talent you should probably go to a school for aspiring accountants and you said, "I'll show him."

moocowtoo

I call street light.

Guest

i've heard that you can manipulate laser beams to create the image seen on the video. pretty expensive equipment i'd say, but it's been done for decades now.