Yukon Alaska Hwy Jan 20 2025 Case – Raw Dashcam Timestamp Jump + 21:51 Orb Photo (Higher Res)

[YukonJohnCan]

I am posting this for honest technical analysis and debunking only. No promotion, no book, no sales — just the raw evidence from my January 20, 2025 encounter on the Alaska Highway (Mile 777–801, Watson Lake, Yukon).


Key facts:

• Driving north alone at night.
• Dashcam running continuously.
• Object followed parallel ~10 minutes, central orb with 3 bright white feather-like blades/wings scanning ground.
• While narrating the orb shrinking/jetting off, craft drops down centerline.
• Raw dashcam timestamp jumps from ~8:24 to 10:00 (96 minutes missing time captured on hardware).
• At 21:51 (inside missing time), phone took photo of single bright orb in trees — I have zero memory of taking it. Higher resolution than dashcam stills.
• Same-night handwritten notes + drawings (Jan 20–24) match NUFORC report #187232: sphere with three feather-like surrounds, changed shape, took off.
• Hypnosis later confirmed details (grays in car, scanning/floating, observer mission).

Full unedited movie (dashcam, notes, drawings, photo, hypnosis):

Source: https://youtu.be/ISHZF3wDyFU


Source: https://youtu.be/bHYfy24JGmE?si=X_y1BBnMPmKV1eQV
this is a short clip a ufo flies right infront of my car..while i am dictating into my phone about an ufo i had just seen...looks like i was followed.

this is the picture i took on the side of the road

Mick West reviewed the dashcam footage, sent GPS-mapped analysis, but could not explain the object.


FotoForensics on the 21:51 orb photo (20250120_215152.jpg):

• No editing detected (ELA/noise uniform, no compression mismatches, no cloning).
• Metadata: Samsung Galaxy S21, Night Mode, ISO 6400, 1/4s shutter, DualShot stacking — consistent with untouched original.

Requesting:

• Photo forensics on the orb image (blooming, flare, prosaic source?).
• Timestamp jump verification (hardware glitch or real?).
• Any explanation fitting all data (dashcam + photo + notes + hypnosis).

Happy to provide originals or more files on request. Looking for serious scrutiny only.


Thanks.

 

[Harabeck]

Mick West reviewed the dashcam footage, sent GPS-mapped analysis, but could not explain the object.

And where is that? We should include it in this thread.

 

[Mendel]

this is a short clip a ufo flies right infront of my car..while i am dictating into my phone about an ufo i had just seen...looks like i was followed.

Where? When?

 

[MyMatesBrainwashed]

The red "orb" (around 10 mins into the over hour long video) does an incredible job of tracking the movements of the camera to appear stationary.

Skip anywhere forward, back and it's in exactly the same spot.

I doubt it's a ufo.

 

[Ravi]

Underwhelming "evidence" presented.

 

[Mick West]

And where is that? We should include it in this thread.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/5...try=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMxOC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw==

59.7440079,-127.3313094

At the time (Feb 2025) I said: "Hard to say. I'd say the most likely thing is the headlights of distant cars/trucks, like 30-40 miles in front of you. It reminds me of driving long roads in the desert. "

And also:

You'd get an illusion of a false horizon

So if there was something on the road at the top of that rise, it would look like it's in the sky.

 

[purpleivan]

What on earth is this video supposed to be showing. I wasn't going to watch 82 minutes of video, end to end, with no guide as to which parts are relevant, so I spent about 10 minutes skipping through it.

All I can see in it are some curved red arrows point at what are clearly lights on building, or other mundane objects, moving across the field of view, exactly as you'd expect when a the camera (attached to a vehicle) is going around bends in the road. The lights aren't moving, the camera is.

As for the "missing time" that occurs during an edit in the video, during which some kind of unexplained graphic is displayed, what is this supposed to demonstrate, other than that the camera was turned off for that time and then back on again later.

This appears to be an 82 minutes long video of someone taking a totally normal drive.

Is there something I'm missing?

 

[JMartJr]

@YukonJohnCan -- Could you maybe provide a link to the times in the video where the object is most clearly visible? I believe I saw a drawing of is sort of propeller-looking thing, but now cannot even find that! (Lot of video here for the interesting bits to hide in! ^_^)

And, parenthetically, a salute from one member of the White Beard Fellowship to another!

 

[John J.]

Hypnosis later confirmed details (grays in car, scanning/floating, observer mission).

With respect, hypnosis doesn't confirm anything.
Under hypnosis, Barney Hill reported seeing a red-haired man (...I think of a red-haired Irishman...") and a Nazi in a black coat and scarf watching him from the UFO that supposedly abducted him and his wife Betty in 1961.
Recording of session can be listened to at post #38, "Origin of Iconic Alien Face?" thread.

I've always felt Barney was honest in his attempts to describe what happened. But his account under hypnosis might not be an accurate retelling of what was there to be seen, and there are indications (in what Barney said on tape, and what we know of his and Betty's backgrounds) that the "Irishman" and "Nazi" might have some connection with wider concerns that he might have had.

 

[FatPhil]

Underwhelming "evidence" presented.

One might even call it "unbelievable". Lights were seen at night, that's all. Lights exist, they're visable at night, and seeing exists, so I'm led to the obvious 2+2+2=6 conclusion.

 

[JMartJr]

With respect, hypnosis doesn't confirm anything.
Under hypnosis, Barney Hill reported seeing a red-haired man (...I think of a red-haired Irishman...") and a Nazi in a black coat and scarf watching him from the UFO that supposedly abducted him and his wife Betty in 1961.
Recording of session can be listened to at post #38, "Origin of Iconic Alien Face?" thread.

I've always felt Barney was honest in his attempts to describe what happened. But his account under hypnosis might not be an accurate retelling of what was there to be seen, and there are indications (in what Barney said on tape, and what we know of his and Betty's backgrounds) that the "Irishman" and "Nazi" might have some connection with wider concerns that he might have had.

I agree. It is worth bearing in mind that the Hills' hypnotherapist did not believe their story to be literally true:

Because of sleep problems and anxiety, Barney began to see a psychiatrist who referred him to a colleague, Dr. Benjamin Simon, specializing in hypnosis. Perhaps under hypnosis the couple could recall what actually happened and their anxieties could be resolved. During several sessions, the two gave similar, but not identical, accounts that reflected Betty's dreams. This did not surprise Dr. Simon since it was clear that the couple had discussed the dreams in detail. Although he concluded that the abduction had been a fantasy, he thought the Hills were honest in their beliefs. In any case, the sessions had put an end to the couple's anxiety about the supposed abduction.

Source: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/c...science/alien-abduction-hardly-convincing-one

and

(Barney) had his first hypnotic regression session with Dr. Benjamin Simon in December 1963, and not long after that Dr. Simon also hypnotically regressed Betty.

The memories "recovered" during hypnotic regression were very similar to the narrative revealed in Betty's dreams.
....
It should be noted that although the Hills believed their accounts of being taken on board an alien spaceship were accurate, Dr. Simon believed them to be a fantasy based on Betty's dreams, the content of which would have been known to Barney. Fuller's account conveniently omits the psychiatrist's skepticism on this point.

Source: https://bigthink.com/the-past/a-two-stage-psychological-model-for-explaining-alien-abduction-stories/

I don't guess it is necessary here to go into the history of memories "recovered" through hypnosis and their roll in the Satanic Panics associated with childcare centers, or other moral panics. It does seem that the technique might have some value in helping patients deal with anxieties and such, as it seems to have with Barney and possibly Betty Hill. But the technique is not an infallible "truth fincer," and memories "recovered" by it may be real, false or (in my opinion, which can be supported if we wander off in that direction in this thread) implanted by the hypnotist.

 

[YukonJohnCan]

Thank you Mick for taking the time to look at the footage and posting your GPS analysis.


I'm sorry I didn't make two important things clear in the original post:

1. The full movie has a very detailed chapter index and timestamps so you can jump straight to any section you want (timestamp jump, center-line craft, 21:51 orb photo, same-night notes & drawings, hypnosis) without watching the entire drive.
2. The orb photo and key moments are much clearer when watched on the biggest screen possible.

All I want is the truth about what I saw. Everything I posted is completely original and unedited — raw dashcam, same-night notes, drawings, and the 21:51 photo I have zero memory of taking.


Please ask me anything. I'm happy to provide raw files or answer any questions.

 

[Mick West]

Sorry, John, you have posted a very long and confusing video, and if you want people to help, you need to be a lot clearer about exactly where the UFO is. At this point, I still have no idea what you mean by "the 21:51 photo"

Why not post this photo? And a zip file with the original image file?

 

[Mendel]

Sorry, John, you have posted a very long and confusing video

That's why I focused on the 1 minute video in the OP, but I couldn't figure out where or what the UFO is supposed to be.

 

[YukonJohnCan]

Sorry, John, you have posted a very long and confusing video, and if you want people to help, you need to be a lot clearer about exactly where the UFO is. At this point, I still have no idea what you mean by "the 21:51 photo"

Why not post this photo? And a zip file with the original image file?

Thank you Mick for taking the time to reply and for looking into this.


I'm sorry the long video made it confusing. I added a very detailed chapter index specifically so people don't have to watch the whole thing — you can jump straight to the key sections.


To be clear about the 21:51 photo:
It is the single bright orb image taken during the missing-time window (I have zero memory of taking it). I will post the two original full-resolution photos directly via, along with the raw dashcam file, so you can examine them.


I appreciate your help and am happy to provide anything else you need.

 

[YukonJohnCan]

Thank you Mick and everyone for your replies.


I'm happy to share the original 21:51 orb photo publicly so everyone can examine it.


Here is the untouched original file taken during the missing-time window (I have zero memory of taking this photo):


[Attach the image you just uploaded here — the one labeled 20250120_215152.jpg] plus my notes i took on the side of the road just after.


I also still have the full raw dashcam video available if anyone wants it.


Appreciate the help and analysis.

 

[JMartJr]

1. The full movie has a very detailed chapter index and timestamps so you can jump straight to any section you want (timestamp jump, center-line craft, 21:51 orb photo, same-night notes & drawings, hypnosis) without watching the entire drive.

Thanks, I'd totally missed that down in the video description.

1. The orb photo and key moments are much clearer when watched on the biggest screen possible.

On the biggest screen I have, I don't see any of the orbs but I did notice one thing -- they/it tends to be in the same place every time, according to the red arrow. That suggests a couple of possibilities.

1. Something in the sky that seems to be pacing a moving car and holding the same bearing on a long straight stretch of road may be a celestial object -- a star or planet (or the moon, but in your video I think the moon would have been very visible, so we can rule that out.)

Here is a video of the moon that illustrates the phenomenon, sort of (it's not the greatest example, but I haven't found a good one yet):


Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQt6SDtkdFm/


2. Another possibility this constant-bearing light suggests is that it is in fact moving with the car --it might be something within the car reflecting in your windshield. Either a light that comes on intermittently, or a reflective something in your car that sometimes is in enough light to reflect in the windshield.

I'm not saying either of those is definitely the "orb" that is always in the same place in your video, since I can't make out the orb it's not really possible for me to advise you much on that! But those possibilities would maybe be worth giving some consideration, as they would account for the lack of movement from shot to shot in the video.

(If interested, you might get some sort of app like Stellarium on your phone, that shows where the stars and planets are in real time. Just in case you ever see anything like this again, you can know whether it is an astronomical object.)

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I went to the timestamp for the UFO in the middle of the road -- what I think I'm seeing is very distant lights briefly visible in line with the road. If I'm seeing the right thing, it looks a bit like lights on the ground on a hill in front of you that are obscured by closer structures/geography after a second. What the lights are I can't tell you. If convenient, you might go drive that stretch of road again and look and see if they are still there, which would indicate a house on the hill or something. If they ARE still there, and if convenient, maybe swing back by in the daylight and see if you can spot what it is. (If I am looking at the wrong thing, please let me know, but that's the only thing I see following that timestamp.)

Hope that is of some help -- even if I am wrong, it might help you figure some stuff out or suggest a different idea to you.

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One quick word of caution -- folks sometimes post videos or reports here, expecting folks here to say "Oh, yes, this is completely inexplicable, must be aliens" and the like. That is not how brains here are wired -- folks here like to pick at puzzles and try to find more mundane explanations. In doing so, we sometimes get a little imperious-sounding in requests for information, it sometimes annoys people who make a report here. Don't take that personally, or as an attack. It's just folks trying to understand.

 

[Smythe Bacchus]

@YukonJohnCan when a vehicle is parked, there may be a timer based cutoff for accessories power to prevent battery drain. The dashcam may switch off soon after cutoff e.g. 30 secs later.

You pulled over at 20:16:06 (23:29 YouTube), Recording stops at 20:24:47 (33:09 YouTube) which is 8 mins and 29 secs later. Yet the elapsed time in YouTube is 9 mins and 40 secs. This is due to continuity in spliced video, e.g. recording skips backwards at 20:18:47 (26:09 YouTube) to 20:17:47 which adds 60 secs.

Dashcams may stop or restart if there is a problem with writing to a memory card, or a voltage drop or loose connection.

Dashcams may use motion detection to stop recording aka "parking mode". Parked recording may be stored separately to motion recording (i.e. not in the same sequence of videos).

There are a myriad of reasons for why there may be gaps in time when reviewing the recordings captured by a dashcam. Some products may just be unreliable and more so with age.

 

[purpleivan]

After @YukonJohnCan's post, drawing attention to the chapter markings, I took another look at the video, this time skipping through it to view any chapter named "ORB". As I thought, what is being reported as orbs, are the small dots and occasionally, short streaks of light.

Looking at the area driven through, on Google Earth, it's seems clear that there are very few buildings in the area, so I think that the bulk of the lights seen are not going to be from building lighting. However, there are a few buildings out there and given that it's dark and apparently pretty clear weather conditions (given that the lights appear to be pretty distant from the camera) then lights on buildings could be seen from many miles away. That being said, the most likely source of these points and streaks of light, is probably other vehicles on the road ahead.

These could be travelling in either direction, with the headlights of those travelling towards the camera, being seen directly, and those of vehicles heading away (so driving in the same direction as the camera car), seen reflected by the snow at the side of the road.

The appearance and disappearance of the lights, could be due to either the car with the camera in it, or the other vehicles on the road, moving up and down with the undulation of the terrain, so intermitently dropping in/out of sight of the camera, or making their way around bends. There doesn't need to be many vehicles on the road either, (i.e. there don't need to be one per lights identified as "ORB" in the video) as each vehicle on the road could potentially be seen multiple times, even appearing at times on opposite sides of the road, due to route the road weaves through the terrain ahead of the camera.

@YukonJohnCan is there a compelling reason, something that I'm not seeing, why these lights can't be those of other vehicles on the same road, seen a few miles ahead?