Does footage of a 1995 Mike Tyson fight show a ‘time traveller’ using a smartphone to record the bout?

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The first camera phone was sold in 2000, yet skeptics say they have spotted one in the footage of a Mike Tyson boxing match from 1995.

The clip appears to show a spectator standing in the front row using a smartphone to record Mike Tyson battle it out with Peter McNeeley in the ring.

Conspiracy theorist say it could only be a human time traveler from the future or an alien from an advanced technological civilization enjoying a holiday on Earth - while detractors say it could actually be an early digital camera.

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The clip appears to show a spectator standing in the front row using a smartphone to record Mike Tyson battle it out with Peter McNeeley in the ring. Conspiracy theorist say it could only be a human time traveler from the future or an alien from an advanced technological civilization enjoying a holiday on Earth

The match took place in Las Vegas Nevada and was the first time in four years Tyson had taken the ring.

It was the highest grossing fight in history during the time and gained international headlines, but now some believe it might have received universal attention.

The video was first published on YouTube in September 2015 by has since resurfaced by other conspiracy theorists searching for answers.

JammyBantam, the first YouTuber to release this bizarre sighting, explains the object has a lens in the center, just like a smartphone, and makes it clear that no camera’s in the 1990s were designed to look like the device in the clip –'it even flashes red ffs', he shared.

‘I dunno if it's a time traveller or not, but no one can explain what camera it is; a QV-100 doesn't have a silver bit on the right, and this camera doesn't seem to have a black line under the lens,’ JammyBantam shares in the video description.

Others baffled by this sighting have been passing the video around hoping someone has more information about the mysterious device.

Scott C Waring from UFOSightingsDaily.com published the video on his blog today, sharing his opinion with his followers.

‘What we have here is a time traveler coming back to watch their favorite fighter and sitting in the front row seats,’ he writes.

‘Back in 1995 they did have phones, but they didn’t yet have cameras on them.’

The video was first published on YouTube in September 2015 by has since resurfaced by other conspiracy theorists searching for answers. Some say this is a time traveler going back a few years to revisit their favorite fight

I dunno if it's a time traveller or not, but no one can explain what camera it is; a QV-100 doesn't have a silver bit on the right, and this camera doesn't seem to have a black line under the lens,’ YouTuber JammyBantam shares in the video description. But some say it does resembles the new cameras during the 1990s

‘Why wouldn’t a time traveler want to see Mike Tyson fight?’

Some aren’t completely sold and have brought up the idea that although it looks ‘very slim, small portable and has just a center camera’, there were camcorders in the 1990s that looked just like it.

I did some research and there were some very sophisticated camcorders for their time period that look somewhat like this,’ said YouTuber AllThings Creepy. Logitech and Casio cameras seem to fit the description and look of the device in the footage

‘I did some research and there were some very sophisticated camcorders for their time period that look somewhat like this,’ said YouTuber AllThings Creepy.

‘I think this could be a possible explanation and if so this is not a time traveler but this is just someone with a relatively new camera.’

Some aren’t completely sold and have brought up the idea that although it looks ‘very slim, small portable and has just a center camera’, there were camcorders in the 1990s that looked just like it. But others say it flashes in the video just like a modern-day smartphone

There have actually been quite a few time traveler claims over the past year.

Earlier this year, theorists created a stir about a Greek sculpture from 100 BC that they say showed a women holding a laptop – complete with USB ports.

The concept of this image has been a part of Greek funerary art for centuries and most likely pertains to the hope they that will still have the same earthly pleasures in the afterlife.

The match took place in Las Vegas Nevada and was the first time in four years Tyson had taken the ring. It was the highest grossing fight in history during the time and gained international headlines, but now some believe it might have received universal attention

A more recent one surfaced just last month when archaeologists in Mongolia released the first photos of an ancient woman found preserved in the Altai Mountains.

But one picture in particular is causing a stir online after it appears the 1,500-year-old mummy is wearing what appears to be Adidas boots. 

Earlier this year, theorists created a stir about a Greek sculpture from 100 BC that they say showed a women holding a laptop – complete with USB ports. The concept of this image has been a part of Greek funerary art for centuries, but skeptics claim the device was given to them by a time traveler 

Earlier this week, archaeologists in Mongolia released the first photos of an ancient woman found preserved in the Altai Mountains. But one picture in particular (left) is causing a stir online after it appears the 1,500-year-old mummy is wearing what appears to be Adidas boots (snowboarding boots pictured right)