September Clues - Layers of Deception - Part Two

An Independent Analysis

Preface

This analysis was originally conducted and published on 5th October 2016 at my original blogger website. This article an analysis of Simon Shack’s claims he made in his September Clues film. To the best of my knowledge to date, Simon Shack has never corrected any of the errors outlined in this analysis, which one may expect of a genuine truth-seeker.

Analysis

In this analysis I will focus on Simon Shack’s claim in his film September Clues regarding the plane’s nose bumping into a ‘layer-limit’ as the plane’s nose exits from the WTC South tower building in the Fox News ‘Chopper 5’ live coverage. In particular I will focus on the abrupt cut-off of the plane’s nose, closely studying the preceding frames leading up to the ‘Fade to Black’ sequence, so I can verify whether there is evidence to support Simon Shack’s claims of the plane’s nose being cut-off by a ‘layer-limit’ and also whether a ‘layer-limit’ is present at all in the Fox News ‘Chopper 5’ live coverage? 

Note: The reference links from which I conducted my video analysis of Simon Shack’s video is from his official YouTube channel, which is no longer available.

Abrupt cut-off of the plane’s nose analysis:

At 6:54 in the September Clues film Simon Shack asserts that the graphic inserted CGI plane’s nose visibly bumps into the layer-limit in the Fox News ‘Chopper 5’ live coverage. See below image screen-shot taken at 6:54 in September Clues film where the plane’s nose is abruptly cut-off.

Clearly in the above screen-shot image at 6:54 in September Clues, Simon Shack shows the plane’s nose appearing to be abruptly cut-off by an alleged ‘layer-limit’.

I find Shack’s theory confusing because in the Fox News Chopper 5 video sequences Shack uses in his September Clues film at 7:14 and 7:23 do not show an abrupt cut-off of the plane’s nose in the identical frames. Additionally, the plane’s nose appears to be intact in proceeding frames as the plane’s nose continues forward before the ‘Fade to Black’ sequence. How can this be if the plane’s nose according to Simon Shack is disappearing behind a layer-limit?

I decided to compare two Fox News Chopper 5 nose-out identical frames taken from Simon Shack’s film September Clues.

See below: Identical frame screen-shots at 6:50 and 7:14 in September Clues 

When analysing the two identical frames of the plane’s nose they did not appear to be identical at all! If we consider the plane nose which Simon Shack presents at 6:50 in his film compared to the plane’s nose in the identical image at 7:14 in his film, the 7:14 second image is different to the first. I decided to take a closer look and do a pixel analysis of the two plane noses.

See below:  Pixel Analysis:

In the identical frame at 7:14 in the September Clues film, softer pixels of the end of the plane's nose are present. How can this be if the plane's nose has bumped into a layer-limit mask, as Simon Shack claims in the earlier identical frame at 6:50? I decided to invert the colour of the two images, to see if this would help enhance the anomaly I was observing. (see below)

Inverted Colour Pixel Analysis:

The inverted colour analysis shows that there is a difference between the two images, showing the end of the 6:50 plane nose abruptly cut-off, and the 7:14 plane nose with extra softer pixelation area which is not cut-off.

I then looked at a 3rd “identical” frame showing the plane nose from 7:23 time-frame in Shack’s film. See below for analysis results of 3rd identical plane nose.

Again, softer pixels are observed with the end of the plane’s nose which was intact and not abruptly cut-off, like we see in the 6:50 identical frame showing the plane’s nose abruptly cut-off. How can this be? According to Shack’s theory, the plane’s nose is bumping into the “layer-limit”, which mask off part of the video frame, which the plane’s nose disappears behind.

We now have two identical frame images (7:14 & 7:23), showing the plane’s nose intact, and not abruptly cut-off.

See below: Example highlighting Simon Shack’s theory of the ‘layer-line limit. (I have added extra emphasis).

If the masking layer-limit was in place as Shack claims at 6:50 in his film, we would not be observing any pixel soft edges of the plane’s nose in the latter two identical frames he uses in his film at 7:14 and 7:23.

Below, see all three identical frames - 6:50, 7:14 and 7:23 of the plane nose for comparison purposes

In the pixel analysis it appears that pixels have been removed from the end of the plane nose in the 6:50 frame, compared to the other two identical frames of the plane nose, where pixels show no abrupt cut-off. This now calls into question whether a masking “layer-limit” is present at all in the video footage as Shack claims, due to the other two plane noses in 7:14 and 7:23, being intact, as they should not be intact if they were meant to be disappearing behind the layer-line, as Simon Shack suggests.

To test Simon Shack’s “layer-line limit” theory further, I did an analysis of the preceding frames in the Fox News Chopper 5 video footage to see if the plane’s nose disappears behind the layer-line limit – as it should, if it was continuing forward behind the layer-line limit, before the ‘Fade to Black’ sequence.

In the analysis below, I have used a Fox News Chopper 5 sequence which Shack uses in his film at 4:46. This particular sequence which Shack uses contains the abrupt cut-off of the plane nose. I thought this would be an ideal sequence to test and analyse his theory for evidence of a layer-line limit in the video footage. See below:

From my analysis above it appears that the plane’s nose remains intact in the preceding frames right through to the ‘Fade to Black’ sequence. There is no evidence of the plane nose disappearing behind a layer-line limit. This proves beyond any doubt from the video evidence in Shacks own film at 4:46, that there is no layer-line limit in the Fox News Chopper 5 video footage, because the plane nose does not disappear or get abruptly cut-off.

This is also supported by the other video evidence of the preceding frames in Shack’s film at 7:23 where he uses the Fox News Chopper 5 sequence which demonstrates the plane nose remaining intact throughout the complete sequence, with no abrupt cutting-off or disappearance behind any layer-line limit masking, in the preceding frames to the ‘Fade to Black’ sequence.

See below: Other preceding frames video evidence at 7:23

Analysis Conclusion

In my analysis I used three Fox News Chopper 5 identical sequences that Shack uses in his own film September Clues. Two of which were two different identical frames as shown in image 7:14 and 7:23, where I conclude that both plane noses are not abruptly cut-off as suggested by Shack in the 6:50 identical frame in his film.

To further support my analysis the evidence showed that the plane nose remained intact, and did not disappear behind a “layer-line limit” in the 4:46 identical frame analysis also.

Questions have to be asked and seriously considered

Does this suggest Shack has manipulated the plane nose to suit his theory regarding the “layer-line limit”? In the Pixel analysis, pixels appear to have been removed from this frame at 6:50 when compared to the other two plane noses in the two identical frames at 7:14 and 7:23 in his film.

From my own analysis using Shack’s own film evidence, it suggests that some type of manipulation has taken place to remove the softer pixels around the plane nose in the 6:50 frame. Perhaps this was done to make it look more convincing that a layer-line was present?

As we have seen from all the video evidence in Shack’s film, the preceding frames all show the plane nose intact leading up to the ‘Fade to black’ sequence, which would be impossible if there was a layer-line limit, as Simon Shack suggests.

Other supporting evidence suggesting Shack manipulated the plane nose becomes more apparent when you compare the identical frame sequence Shack used in his earlier version of his film September Clues.

See the screen-shot comparisons below:

In the earlier version of September Clues the plane’s nose isn’t abruptly cut-off by the Shack’s alleged layer-line limit, which is observed in the later September Clues film version. The frames are identical, yet the plane noses are very different. I an conclude that this is evidence of manipulation of the plane nose, either by Shack himself or someone else.    

Other researchers have raised questions about Shack’s “nose-in-nose-out” evidence in the past. below, I have there is an interesting video clip of Richard D. Hall discussing with Andrew Johnson, Shack’s analysis of the plane nose that is in his film regarding the Fox News Chopper 5 video. It is interesting to note that both Richard D. Hall and Andrew Johnson suggest that some type of manipulation has taken place regarding Shack’s evidence he presents in his analysis of the plane’s nose.

See short video clip below:

Concluding

I strongly question the possibility that Simon Shack (or someone else) has removed the end of the plane nose in the 6:50 frame in Shack’s film to support his false theory for a layer-line limit.

The video evidence analysis which I have conducted and presented in this article does NOT support any such layer-line limit theory as suggested by Shack in his film. It begs the question, has Shack himself manipulated the video frame to promote the idea of video fakery?


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