Musician Deletes Footage of "UFO" Captured from Airplane Window

A still image of the object from Capelle’s video. (Leah Capelle / Twitter) — A still image of the object from Capelle’s video. *(Leah Capelle / Twitter)*

Los Angeles-based musician Leah Capelle shared a video to Twitter on February 3rd of what appears to be an unidentified flying object outside the window of a passenger jet leaving Chicago.

"Okay y'all, when I was flying home from Chicago I saw something spooky; my gut instinct was UFO but figured that couldn't be possible so then I thought military drone, but [I don’t know]," the accompanying caption read. "Thoughts?"

Capelle has since deleted the video, but not before it was taken and uploaded to the Latest UFO Sightings (LUFOS) YouTube channel.

The speed with which Capelle deleted the video had some wondering why she did so.

"Why was it already deleted from Twitter?" one viewer asked. "This is weird to me, if it was a hoax for attention they would leave it up as long as possible."

"Especially the [woman who shared the video] being a young musician and trying to gain a following," replied another viewer. "You would think she would leave it up for exposure. But instead, it seemed she got spooked or overwhelmed by people storming her with questions. She may also be questioning herself on what exactly was seen."

Other commenters on the LUFOS YouTube page wondered if the government or “men in black” were responsible for pressuring Capelle into removing the video.

Capelle had been responding to comments prior to the video’s deletion sometime on or before February 5th, including the following exchange.

"I saw something very similar in 2014," Bayardo Gonzalez said. "It was three white spheres/orbs in triangle formation. I did not see them move as fast as yours. They just followed the plane for a bit."

"So crazy, dang," replied Capelle.

"It makes you think...Did I just see what I think I saw?" Gonzalez asked. "Good you got it on video. How many did you see? I couldn’t tell if it was just one. I did not have a smartphone back in 2014 so I do not have video."

"I only saw one but it was moving so fast it’s hard to tell," replied Capelle.

“This needs to be news,” said Capelle during another Twitter exchange.

She did not reply to comments regarding the video’s authenticity or inquiries regarding its deletion.

In the video, Capelle first seems to notice the object hovering above some solar panels, while someone next to her is filming. She then grabs the camera to better record the image herself.

Capelle can be heard speaking with another person, whose voice is muffled, while viewing the object.

“Oh sh*t,” Capelle says. “Whoa, what is that?”

“Do you see that?” asks the other person.

"It’s like teleporting, it’s like a vacuum," Capelle says. "That’s insane."

A white object can be seen in the video entering the frame before disappearing and then reappearing onscreen. After reappearing, it quickly flies offscreen and the video ends.

Many who’ve seen the video are convinced that it represents authentic footage of an unexplained phenomenon.

Debunkers, in the absence of corroborating evidence from other passengers, have asserted that it’s a hoax created with video editing software.

The Singular Fortean Society’s photo and video analyst Emily Wayland said it’s too soon for definitive judgments.

"It’s impossible to know for sure without the original footage, but this could have been done with relatively common computer software," she said. "However, it’s not that easy to do. You’d have to be decently skilled to do it."

Investigator Tobias Wayland reached out to Capelle to ask if she would agree to an interview, and any subsequent response will be published as it is received.

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