Two Strange Airline Optical Illusions (and I Can Explain Only One)

A couple of years ago a Bangkok Airways pilot filmed passengers streamed off a jet bridge late one night in Phuket, Thailand. He was sitting in the cockpit of his aircraft and noticed that they were walking on the jet bridge but there was no plane anywhere in sight they could be getting off of.

As Fox Mulder learned from Dana Scully, there’s always a scientific explanation for the paranormal — no matter how implausible, In this case the jet bridge you see passengers walking along is actually empty and it’s a reflection from inside the airport.

I have no scientific explanation for this one, however. (HT: Twisted Sifter via Paul H.)

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  1. #1: It is my understanding that Thai people are very superstitious. That is why there are so many ghost movies from Thailand (also called the Land of Smiles or LOS for short). The first video is occurred in LOS which makes sense. Since what happens in LOS, stays in LOS, the ghostly phenomenon has not been seen in other countries.

  2. # 1: Passengers are boarding a plane from the terminal parked at the left-side of the screen not shown (on purpose?) in the footage.

  3. #2 is opened from the outside, probably at a training facility (notice the window view doesn’t change, it’s a screen).

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