[speaking french]
This next story is our first from Quebec, Canada,
and it's an important first in another way too.
We've seen videos of UFOs that are tic-tac shaped, cigar
shaped, saucer shaped, of course, and even cube shape,
but we've never seen one that looks like this.
[speaking french]
Quebec 2018, a French-speaking family
is on an outing enjoying a cloudless day,
when they notice something in the sky and start recording.
A bizarre object rotates slowly, seeming to shine bright red
and green lights as it turns.
We push in and stabilize the image to get a better look.
As the image comes into focus, you
don't have to speak French to grasp
the family's astonishment.
NARRATOR: The family grows increasingly
certain they've spotted something extraordinary,
and check this out.
At moments, it looks like this thing is flaming, something
we've never seen before.
Is it a craft burning off fuel, as it ascends into space?
Journalist MJ Banais, as a Canadian himself,
says his homeland does a thorough job
of recording such incidents.
MJ BANAIS: Canada has a significant UFO history.
We're one of the few countries that actually logs and collects
UFO data on a yearly basis and then publishes
the results of those findings.
There are more sightings of UFOs over Quebec
than in any other Canadian province.
NARRATOR: Whatever this thing is, it's not making any noise,
and it's not clear how it stays aloft.
The object is quite curious to me,
because it seems to have no visible means
of propulsion, maybe even exhibiting
antigravity properties.
It's just suspended in air, and for a period of time.
So this very well could be something not of this world.
So we've done stories of UFOs spotted at forest fires,
hovering around flaming volcanoes,
and even flying into the sun's corona,
but this is a rare instance where a UFO
almost looks like it's on fire.
To shed some light on what we're seeing,
we turn the video over to our experts.
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First, video analyst Mark D'Antonio
examines the video and its metadata
to see if we can trust it.
MARC D'ANTONIO: As far as the video
being something that was fake or a hoax,
I don't believe that that's the case.
I think that this is an actual object.
NARRATOR: This object doesn't have propellers
or produce exhaust, so our experts
eliminate a drone or plane.
And the sky is completely clear, so D'Antonio rules out a cloud.
MARC D'ANTONIO: This is not anything weather related.
Where there's no sun, it's dark under there,
and where there is sun, it's bright.
It kind of shows us that it's a 3D object
being illuminated by the sun.
NARRATOR: And what looks like fire might not
be flame but really a glint of sunlight off a shiny surface,
says aviation expert Tim McMillan.
TIM MCMILLAN: It's something that appears to have a very
highly reflective surface.
It's reflecting sunlight very much like a mirror,
and so all of that is very characteristic
of a bright, shiny, silver, mylar party balloon.
And at one point, you can almost make out a shape, maybe an H,
or you know, at some point, it almost
maybe looks like a horse.
NARRATOR: D'Antonio and McMillan think
it's a balloon of some sort that's reflecting light
so intensely it looks like it's on fire,
but neither can explain exactly why the reflected light is so
red, why the colors sometimes shift,
or even why it's that strange shape.
I can't say it's not a UFO, unequivocally,
but I do believe it's a mylar balloon.
So our verdict, the deciding moment for us
is when the object turned sideways.
We have to agree with our experts.
With its wrinkles and strange shape,
it sure looks like a partially-deflated balloon,
but we don't know what the letter is supposed to be.
So it's a UFL.
Unidentified Flying Letter?
I think it's an N.