This is a short study regarding claims made by Simon Shack,
(real name Simon Hytten) in his September Clues film regarding the segment “The
Matrix”. Shack claims the backdrop is gone, and was erased. See below:
Shack also claims that there’s two different airplane paths,
asserting that the airplane was inserted into the video. See below:
Shack has conveniently cropped the video footage and altered
the ratio of the video, along without showing the viewer any zoomed out
perspective of the two videos, which makes his claims convincing. However it is
not convincing when the zoomed-out video perspectives are observed, and
ultimately Shack’s claim is proven false. See below:
The two zoomed out perspectives show that it was two
different pieces of news video coverage. Thus, showing that the video on the
right has no background due to the elevation and perspective, and looks as it
should look, and was not “erased” as Shack claims. See below:
Also, the video footage on the left shows a different
elevated perspective of the Hudson River, which is what you would expect to see
at that altitude from which the helicopter was videoing from. Additionally,
Shack’s argument regarding two different airplane paths is also self-explanatory,
as you would expect with different perspectives of the airplane path. So again,
Shack makes a false claim.
See short video study below:
Conclusion
Shack portrays two different pieces of news video as the
same, when they are not. With the cropping of the two pieces of video footage
makes the videos misleading and eliminating the full perspectives of each
video, which can deceive viewers who are not as discerning in their due
diligence when presented with false conclusions.
In this article I am going to study the veracity of the
claim made by Simon Shack (real name Simon Hytten) in his September Clues film,
where Shack asserts that the plane is not visible in the wide zoom-out sequence
in the NY Good Day news coverage video.
Firstly, I want to begin by prefacing the fact that Shack’s
analysis he used in his September Clues film was most commonly Flash Video
(FLV) format, which was used on the internet, particularly for online streaming
and embedded video content on platforms like YouTube, Hulu, and Vimeo. This is
reflected in his film, as you can observe the video footage he uses is of low
quality, and lacked finer details. Flash video quality was not inherently poor,
but its perceived quality depended heavily on encoding practices, source
material, and playback environment. However this does not excuse Shack’s
presentation of the video evidence, and his assertions he promotes.
Shack’s Starting Point
At 7:40 minutes into the September Clues film, Shack
investigates the final zoom-in and out sequence in the NY Good Day, where the
plane makes its appearance. Note, Shack’s starting point where he begins his
analysis of the zoomed-out shot. See below:
I want to draw attention below of the starting point where
Shack begins his analysis of the zoom sequence. Here Shack is not being totally
honest with his viewers, as he is not showing the full zoom starting sequence
point, and by doing so Shack has already created a phony bone of contention,
which I will highlight as we progress. See below:
Note above, in Fig A, Shack’s starting point is much more
zoomed in than Fig B, which is the correct starting point where the zoom
sequence begins, and it is for good reason that Shack has omitted this part
from his viewers.
Let’s continue. Shack implies in the video that the plane
makes its appearance only in the zoomed-in close-up sequence, showing the WTC
towers. See below:
To reinforce his point for “no-plane” in the wide shot,
Shack now reverses the video. See screen-shot sequence below:
Below, Shack stops the video at this point of the zoom-out
sequence. See below:
Below, Shack claims there was “no-plane” after 6 seconds
before impact. Note, Shack has not reversed the Zoom all the way out, but has
stopped short. WHY?
Below, it is notable, that for some reason, Shack does not
take the video zoom-out sequence all the way back to show the full zoomed-out
wide shot, (which was not the full zoomed-out shot sequence either, as I
explained at the beginning). This can be observed by the banner writing running
along the bottom of the screen, whereby the 9MPH is to the left of the NY Good
Day logo, instead of the right? I have done a comparison showing the video
still on the left showing the full zoomed-out shot compared to the video still
on the right. See below:
The question is, why has Shack stopped short of showing the
wide zoomed-out shot? The answer is simple, that if Shack had of continued his
search for the plane in the wider zoomed-out shot, he would have found the
plane present in the wide shot. See video clip below showing what Shack has
omitted in his film showing the plane in the wide zoom-out shot.
I have deliberately used lower quality video, similar to
what Shack used, which does show the plane, and I have isolated the area to
highlight the plane in the video. So Shack cannot claim that the video has been
tampered with or it is a later better quality video and had the plane inserted.
An even better quality video which was put on the archives
website shows the plane much more clearer in the wide shot. See below:
Below, I have synched the video to show the plane was indeed
visible in the wide shot, and also synched perfectly with another video,
showing the plane’s exact location.
The question now remains, why Shack omitted earlier video
footage of the wide zoom-out sequence from his viewers, and thus to falsely
lead them to a wrong conclusion, that the plane was “not visible” in the wide
zoom-out shot?
Shack’s presentation is questionable, and if it is a simple
error, then this would be okay, however, Shack has made no attempt to correct
this mistake/error, or for that matter, Shack has not made any attempt to
update any of a number of other mistakes/errors since the making of his film.
Moreover, Shack has doubled-down to keep promoting his false assertions about
the 9/11 plane videos. I have written many articles highlighting Shack’s claims
to bogus, and showing that he seems to be on a mission to deceive people rather
than expose the truth.
Even Ace Baker, who also promotes a similar position to
Shack regarding the videos of the plane later admitted he was wrong, in a blog
posting in 2009. See below:
Finally, I will leave the reader to decide and draw their
own conclusions. The question is, did Shack do this deliberately? In my opinion
his September Clues documentary is full of disinformation, and the movie should
be discarded as a propaganda piece. There is more than enough evidence to
support my position to call it what it is.
Please see below, further reading of my other analysis
articles covering Shack’s deceptions.
