This research article has been Created to
try to help explain something which has been a topic of heated debate ever since
it was first shown in late 2006. The video which is show below appeared in local
newspapers with sensational claims that it was the best evidence ever for
paranormal activity, so when this was shown on our forum I checked it out
immediately.
Thankfully many people are
now aware of the true cause of this phenomena but others still make ridiculous
suggestions as to what this is so below is what I believe to be the answer,
based on the original explanation posted to the video's creators in 2006.
I believe that this is no
more then a simple light reflection trick, by looking at the timer at the top of
the screen you can clearly see that the video has been speeded up. As the sun
does not rise in the same position in the sky every day this reflection might
only happen once or twice a year leading the people who recorded it to come to
the conclusion that something unusual was going on.
The reflective object is on the other side of the beam
separating the windows on the right. This is my explanation with lines to
roughly indicate the
direction of the sun's rays.
Screenshot 1:
This screenshot was taken near the beginning of the
footage, Using my directional lines you can see how the sun light could
be
reflecting from something behind the window separator.
Screenshot 2:
This time about half way into the footage, the sun
is now higher in the sky, allowing a greater exposure of light hence the
seemingly brilliant image.
Screenshot 3:
I took this one near the end of the footage. In
this motionless format it is clear that this is only a simple reflection playing
tricks on our eyes. You can actually see the white square shapes (fire
extinguisher?) on the wall now reflecting the light as it stretches
across the floor and partially up the wall.
If you scroll down through the 3 images you can see
how the sun's angle rises, and the anomaly travels across
with it, closing the angle as it should.
Screenshot 4:
If your still not convinced then look at this, taken
right at the end of the footage. Whatever is causing this reflection can
be seen glowing as the sun light hits it. The brighter the anomaly the
brighter the area marked with the circle is.
Since writing this original report I
visited the Guildhall with another team member to see if we could confirm that
this theory is possible, here is what we found.
This is the same room that the
light anomaly was captured in but from a slightly different angle. There
is clearly allot of windows, reflective surfaces and the fire
extinguishers which were illuminated by the light. But after visiting
the location and looking at places at the building tops which could
create the effect of a ghost I do not believe that it is a reflection
but instead is the direct angle of the sun light shaped by featured
outside of the building. The bright light on the floor is just caused by
the light from the other windows.
Also to confirm that this was
caused by a sunrise we took a compass with us on our visit and placed it
on the window ledge. The red side of the needle is pointing north, the
black is pointing south and as expected this confirm that the window is
infact facing east, the direction the sun rises from.
