I was initially reluctant to post it knowing that the debunkers out there and others would immediately label it as a computer generated image.

I have in fact shown it to a CGI expert who while doubting it's authenticity noted that nothing specifically labeled it computer generated.

While I must stress that I too agree that odds are this is not a real UFO, one must ask oneself: If indeed UFOs are real and can be filmed clearly, in light of thousands of witness accounts, would they really look that different to this if indeed captured close-up?

It is fair to say that if one can't at least entertain the possibility of such footage being real one rejects the notion of alien visitation to earth or at least common witness descriptions of UFOs. Of course it should be noted that such craft might be terrestrial in origin.

In fact, if we are not prepared to accept that there is a chance of a witness obtaining clear UFO footage we might as well all but stop skywatching.

Truth is that debunkers don't believe UFOs are real since they reject the notion that any intelligent non-human life can exist in the universe. This is human-supremacy in its most extreme manifestation. When their bubble is burst they kick, scream and froth at the mouth. When 'analysing' footage they work downwards from this 'a priori' assumption.

The disingenuous way in which debunkers approach this topic can be easily discerned looking at the footage below.

Had the UFO not been visible from the start of the clip the following observation would have immediately been made: 'How did the filmer know the UFO was there?'. In this case the UFO can be seen poking out from behind the hill at the outset of the clip so the debunker will then move to the next most convenient way to disprove the video:
 
'The camera follows the UFO too smoothly'. However we all know what would have been said if the witness didn't follow the craft smoothly; 'Why can't UFO witnesses ever hold a camera still?'

Debunkers simply go down a list until they find something to strike the footage out with: and they always find something. Funnily, if any of these debunkers were to witness a UFO personally they would surely be converted in minutes to the most fanatic believers. Such is their arrogance. 

Their own eyes they never do doubt.

Another group seriously hampering UFO research are the people that claim to be big-time UFO believers but also froth at the mouth and howl should any UFO footage come to light that doesn't meet their 'standards of authenticity'

These people will often make the comment 'Such footage is the reason why governments and universities don't take the UFO topic seriously'

This comment is rather contradictory. After all aren't governments supposed to be covering-up knowledge of UFO and ET topics?

If Governments aren't interested in UFOs with all their capabilities in regards to recording and tracking airborne objects then UFOs might well not exist: not that I for one minute think this is the case, but it should highlight the absurdity of the comment.

Sadly such people create as much reluctance on the part of witnesses to come forward as outright debunkers which begs the question:

Are these people the real nutcases of the UFO community who actually think that if they behave themselves Harvard might well be on the cusp of founding a 'UFO studies department', or are their motives more shadowy than this?

I must stress that I am not suggesting for one minute that researchers should not take a critical and logical approach to examining UFO footage. Obviously a hell of a lot of UFO footage is highly suspect and shows nothing of alien origin in the conventional, commonly understood sense (do humans really have any idea which of the things we perceive are or aren't terrestrial?).

However the constant use of the words 'fake' and 'hoax' are in fact counter-productive and designed to ridicule, silence and intimidate. Those that claim interest in this topic and continually use these terms are clearly all about demonstrating their dubious intellectual superiority over others and showing 'how good' they are while putting down others. Their interest in the topic is about massaging their own egos, not finding the truth.