It seems every neighborhood has a local legend of supernatural content, and from what I’ve observed, most of these start out with some truth to them. But over the years these stories seem to grow with each iteration as each person conveying the story adds a little more to it in order to spice up the interest for those they are telling the story too.

But this doesn’t just happen with local legends, it also happens with things in the news. Recently I came upon a story about mysterious lights over China on July 7th of this year. The lights were reported as being such a concern that the Chinese shutdown some airports. Then, this clip appeared and was said to be the light seen overhead.

First off, this clip was actually shot on June 30th, not July 7th, the date that the Chinese incident was reported. Most importantly, this video has been confirmed as the Soyuz-U rocket launch from Kazakhstan, with the mission of taking supplies to the international space station. But, even then there are those that are sold that it is some sort of alien spacecraft.

This is but a recent example of how stories get elaborated by taking a single fact and embellishing upon those facts. This is something that has been taking place in the world of the paranormal for as long as man has been talking about the paranormal. But, who can blame them. Humans love a good story, so those telling the story will often feel compelled to spice it up a bit to garner the attention of their fellow man. Unfortunately, for those who are seeking the truth when it comes to the paranormal this type of embellishing just creates that much more information to sift through when trying to determine what bits of story apply to what they are investigating. Especially when there are those who will take bits of unrelated material and use them to enhance the story, or, purposely do so to commit fraud and gain from that fraud, whether it be monetary or simply attention.

For those that still may think that this is an alien spacecraft, here’s a shot of a missile from Vanderberg Air Force base. It has the same bright trail in the beginning that soon spreads out like the clip of the Soyuz-U rocket.