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Filmmaker Don Drasin Comments On Rhal Zahi's Analysis Of A Billy Meier "beamship Ufo" Film

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Filmmaker Dan Drasin Comments on Rhal Zahi’s Analysis of A Billy Meier “Beamship UFO” Film

By  Don Drasin & Rhal Zahi

 
On July 1st, 2015, the Editor of UFO Digest received a message from Hum Rhal Zahi regarding his latest analysis of the Billy Meier Beamship UFO Film.
Shortly theeafter, I received a message from filmmaker, Don Drasin. giving his analysis of Mr. Zahi’s film analysis along with his professional insights on film editing in regard to the “jumps” and splices that are to be seen in the Meier Film
 
As Editor of UFO Digest, I found both messages combined produce a well-balanced and fair analysis of the Meier Beamship UFO Film, as well as providing some constrasting views of the subject of how it was made and its authenticity.
 
We present both views below for readers of UFO Digest to consider.
 
Date: July 1st, 2015
From: Rhal Zahi
To: Robert Morningstar
This is my latest video showing details of my investigation about the Dancing UFO filmed by Billy Meier on 1975.  My conclusion is that it is a big object displaying capabilities that cannot be explained by a current Earth technology. You can make the same tests that I made, or have a different opinion.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKeutVKFbG0

My conclusion about Meier’s case is that it is real, and the ETs presented evidence in a way that allowed people that were not ready to accept the idea that Human ETs might be very close to us, could have an easy “exit door” to get out. Today we have freely available tools to re-visit his evidence and find the “hidden clues”.

Please remember that my intention is not to convince you, just to share what I have found.

Regards,

Rhal Zahi

 
 
Below, we present filmmaker Dan Drasin’s comments on Hum Rhal Zahi’s analysis of one of Billy Meier’s Beamship Film,
 
Date: July 1st, 2015

From: Dan Drasin

To: Robert Morningstar
 

The Meier “Beamship UFO” Case has always seemed to me to be a complex, mixed bag.  I don’t think “black/white” thinking, or blind belief/disbelief will help us understand it very well.

I think Rhal Zahi should be commended for performing this analysis.  No replication can cover all the bases or rule out all possibilities (for example, that a model may have been gyroscopically stabilized to mimic a larger object), but this one seems to be a very good start despite several arguable points that we could take up at another time.  For example, the blurriness issue at 25:49, which isn’t as simple as it may seem, and the fact that certain variables (small/large. near/far, etc.) aren’t adequately quantified. Also, see the splicing issue below.

As for Billy’s disability: Logic dictates that Billy himself, with only one arm, would be limited in his ability to do certain things on his own. 

Logic also dictates that having one arm does not prevent him from being assisted by others behind the scenes. So I think we need to regard the disability issue as neutral — neither proving nor disproving any particular point. 

As for the “jumps”:

As a veteran film editor I can confidently state the following:

8mm film cannot be cement-spliced without revealing an overlap line at the top or bottom of the frame.  Tape splicing (using perforated clear mylar tape, either alone or to reinforce cement splices) bears its own telltale signs.  

 
These “jumps” DO bear ALL the tell-tale signs of splicing tape having been used.
 
In the first jump, especially, you can see the additional dirt-blemishes, the momentary blurring of adjacent frames caused by the extra thickness of the splicing tape, a disturbance on the left edge of the frame. and the vertical scratches typically formed when the soft splicing tape passes repeatedly through a projection gate.  This is especially visible in Zahi’s slow-motion analysis at 29:25.
At 29:00, the the original 8mm film (labeled “the real video”) clearly shows a slight displacement of the WHOLE image at the splice point. which would be expected of a physical splice.

At 29:12, the craft “gradually disappears.”  But the discrepancy between the film frame rate (16 or 18 fps) and the frame rate of the video (25 or 30 fps) to which the film was transferred, the inherent nature of the transfer “pulldown” process and multiple generations of copying, DICTATES that there should be this type of image overlap across the film cut.

Finally, “the smoking gun”:

 
At 29:51 we can see evidence of a typical cement splice line at the tops of these frames, which means the previous examples were cropped and that the splicing tape was applied over the cement splices, presumably to reinforce it,  as was common practice in those days.

For unexplained reasons, this presentation makes no distinction between film and digital imaging systems.  Nor does it point out the extreme resolution loss between the original 8mm film and the images that we see here, and it says nothing about the artifacts of film-to-video transfer… all of which are essential to an understanding of why the film looks and behaves as it does. 

On the other hand, the possibility that Meier may have chosen to “enhance” his film by creating his own jumps does not rule out the possibility that the craft could be real.

We all like neat, pat answers.  The Meier “Beamship UFO” Case, I think, demonstrates that the truth may not always be so neat or pat.

Daniel Drasin

July 1st, 2015

 

 

 


Source: http://ufodigest.com/article/filmmaker-don-drasin-comments-rhal-zahis-analysis-billy-meier-beamship-ufo-film


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    • markleaver1

      Didn’t Nippon television (Japan) take and inspect the movies/tapes back in 1980 for splicing/tapping/gluing and found no evidence of manipulation?

    • Michael Horn

      This should clarify matters:

      The Investigation:

      Means & Opportunity

      It’s an established fact that Billy Meier possessed neither the tools/technology nor the ability to make edits, splices, etc., of his films. This was established through the independent investigations of the original team of professional investigators led by Lt. Col. Wendelle Stevens, Lee and Brit Elders, and the technical experts who also analyzed Meier’s evidence. Additional research by author Gar Kinder, Light Years, further established this fact. (And I’ve snooped around there plenty in my 15 visits, including the last one a month ago.)

      Because none of those who claim or suggest that Meier “could have” done this or that have the slightest actual experience in the investigation of the case and Meier’s known circumstances, financial and technical means, as well as the non-existing collaborators, their speculation simply reinforces the perspective of the Plejaren, as well as numerous people who have done their due diligence in every regard: most people are simply not capable of sufficient logic and reasoning to comprehend the case, its evidence and its intent.

      This is neither an excuse nor some sort of an attack. When people either don’t know, or can’t comprehend the already long established known circumstances, when they can’t intelligently address means, motive and opportunity and merely substitute speculation based on their own beliefs, then no credible opinions will be forthcoming…as is consistently demonstrated on this list…one which Victor has many times said was merely for “entertainment”.

      The fact remains, whether there is disagreement about the jump sequences or not, that this is no model, hence it’s an actual, authentic flying object not of this Earth. One will have to refer to the above statements and criteria – apparently repeatedly – in order to disabuse themselves of pointless speculation to the contrary. When one then also considers the other independently authenticated evidence, and is honest enough with themselves to concede that, all of their “expertise” not withstanding, neither they nor anyone else has or can duplicate Meier’s physical evidence with the technology available to him at the time (and so far not even with today’s technology) then the lights may just go on for them.

      Rmemeber that the purpose of the physical evidence was to capture people’s attention, provoke controversy and lead us to the prophetic and predictive information so that we would awaken in time to the mess we’ve put ourselves in and at least consider implementing the suggestions and advice from the Plejaren and Meier as to how to extricate ourselves and assure our own future survival.

      Instead we have endless rounds of mental masturbation from people who, no matter their intentions, etc., simply can’t…think. And this clearly doesn’t bode well for our species.

      What the Skeptics…Concede

      When people – who’ve never set foot in the locations where the evidence was photographed and filmed in pre-digital days – start telling us that a one-armed man “could have had accomplices, etc.” they’re effectively conceding the actual impossibility of even coming close to accomplishing Meier’s evidence without such assistants.

      Regarding Splicing

      Let’s for a moment assume that someone spliced the film, for the sake of argument. Two things are known. One is that it wasn’t Meier as he didn’t possess the technology or expertise. The other thing is that no matter if it was spliced or not…it’s clearly an unknown object and no splicing of the film would change that.

      Nor would it change the fact that the tree top moves as it does, affected somehow by the UFO.

      Someone who edits, splices film, etc., has…training in it, as well as the tools with which to do it. They don’t just decide one day to take their only original film and start cutting it up…and putting it back together in their garage next to their tractor and chainsaw. Remember, Meier had no standard or digital tools to play with, re-do, fix, etc., just the raw film.

      A rough comparison would be to assume that someone who had a lawn mower would possess and be able to – on their first untrained attempt – expertly handle a diesel tractor, such as one of the different types on Meier’s property, with no prior experience, training, etc.,

      When people launch these speculative theories it’s really also saying that they themselves are hardly any “experts”…if a one-armed man living in the middle of nowhere, with no training, tools, etc., can do the same thing that they can with all of their training, experience and resources available to them!

      Of course if they could…think, this too would have occurred to them.

      A child could reason their way through and to this understanding. Then again they most likely wouldn’t be burdened by illogical beliefs, expectations, etc., when presented with Meier’s abundant, still irreproducible, authenticated evidence.

      The Scientific Method

      BTW, it doesn’t matter who Rhal Zahi is in terms of the analyses (though he’s quite a real person and can be directly contacted directly, etc.). The reason is that Rhal has specified all of the various protocols, tools and technology he’s used in his analyses, etc. This is so that anyone who wishes to can reproduce the tests. It’s known as the…scientific method, something only a few people have any familiarity with at all.

      And why should they? The UFOCI is hands down the most unscientific, unthinking conglomerate of lights-in-the-sky aficionados who accept the most outrageous bilge unquestioningly, stuff such as “alien abductions”, “alien-human hybrid babies”, “alien mutilations”, etc.

      Substitute “secret military” for “alien” and you’ll be more on target.

      As I pointed out in my four presentations (and an equal number of media interviews in Canada recently), the confirmed existence of extraterrestrial life would be the single most important discovery in all of science and human history…exceeded only by confirmed contact between the extraterrestrials and earth human beings (which of course solely describes the Meier case).

      But despite the lack of any other credible evidence – let alone anything even remotely comparable to Meier’s – the suckers in the UFOCI babble on and on about all sorts of imaginary stuff, including Serpo, without ever demanding one piece of the (non-existing) evidence.

      The real irony is that many of those people are all concerned about disclosing the UFO cover-up – which again is solely about the Meier case – and they are also all up in arms about the government/intelligence agency conspiracies… which they foolishly serve by believing all the UFO/alien nonsense.

      Motive

      Meier had…one film clip to work with. So not only are the skeptics crediting him with being rather expert in a specific profession he had absolutely no training in, nor did he possess the required tools, they also neglect to consider that he never pointed out these things himself, they were found by Rhal.

      Clearly then, the skeptics also have no understanding of the very human element of…motive. Who goes to the trouble to alter a literally out-of-this-world film – as if that’s not enough! – and does it in an obscure way that no one notces for decades…and then also keeps it a secret himself? The same question of course can be asked regarding the WCUFO – as well as Meier’s dozens and dozens of examples of specific, prophetically accurate information. He never pointed any of it out; it was up to us to find it.

      Not a Dialog

      Meier and the Plejaren have tried to gently awaken the sleepy masses on Earth to their otherwise certain self-destruction (they being…us). But we’re too smart. Instead of having the requisite couple of working brain cells – and a healthy instinct for self-preservation – people like to exercise their worst aspects of their, dare I call it, character. They’ve tried to assassinate, besmirch, defame, ridicule, suppress, ignore, etc., the man and his selfless work.

      Because someone may have given them a computer and told them to play nice, they clogged up internet forums, blogs, sites, etc., with their ignorant, mean-spirited attacks, quite often anonymously of course.

      Now comes the time to…pay the piper. And pay it humanity will, at great cost to life, limb, environment, etc. It’s now…unavoidable.

      Don’t count on your imaginary “aliens” to come and save you, or anyone else for that matter. Such things as the two coming US civil wars that Meier foretold in 1981 and 1987 loom on the horizon. Their musings about the fate of the US around 2020 (http://futureofmankind.co.uk/Billy_Meier/Contact_Report_544) look now to be predicitive rather than just prophetic. The almost unstoppable IS and the ignorant US-EU provoking of Russia all add to the rather grim – and once avoidable – destruction.

      So it isn’t a dialog anymore, nor will there be responses to the usual defamation and baiting, etc. We’re all on our own now. You’re on your own. It could’ve been different, especially if people sought the truth instead of…entertainment.

      The people were warned…and did they listen?

      MH

    • Taro

      In response to Mr. Drasin’s flawed analysis:

      A gyroscopically stabilized model would be NOTICEABLY affected by gyroscopic precession as it is manipulated on a wire. In other words, it would jerk around uncontrollably. What happens to a spinning top when it is nudged?

      The blurriness of the object IS adequately quantified: MORE blurry than the house at its most distant point from the camera. LESS blurry than the house at its closest. This comparison is the minimal level of quantification required to rule out a model located between the focal distance of the house and the location of the camera. It also suggests the object moves further and closer than the focal distance of the house. In other words, it travels a significant distance behind and in front of the house.

      If the, “extra thickness of the splicing tape” caused, “momentary blurring of adjacent frames”, why is the object blurred more(as it fades) while the tree and house retain the same level of focus/blur in those adjacent frames?

      The same at 29:12. The tree and house retain their level of focus while the object becomes noticeably blurry. How does, “pulldown” affect only one specific portion of the image? How would, “pulldown” OR splicing tape thickness create such a gradual fade of ONLY the object?

      If the white lines at the top of the frames are evidence of a, “typical cement splice line”, why does it change shape from one frame to the next?

      If Meier had edited jumps into his film as you suggest, this should have been easily reproducible by anyone with a potlid, string and an 8mm film camera. Why has it never been attempted in forty years?

      Professor Zahi has a more detailed analysis focusing on the jumps:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BI-pt3L9I4

    • Taro

      So, the original link is gone(along with all comments). I tried to repost my comment on the main comments section but was denied. So, I reposted on the Facebook comments section. Hope it stays this time :\

      https://www.ufodigest.com/article/the-dancing-ufo-filmmaker-dan-drasin-comments-on-rhal-zahis-analysis-of-a-billy-meier-beamship-ufo-film/

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