UFO misperceptions - samples

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/264/dustlens.png

No, dust lens (the white ones) ....and ccd sensor dust lens (the black ones)!

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2127/shreveport.jpg

No, solar balloon!

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/9272/solarballooon.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3166/blimpballon.png

No, UFO balloon blimp!

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5145/ufo1.png

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/655/p5255b6d31b3f8417e49af5.jpg

no, ISS!

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/5871/sts126issflyaround.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3043/honolulu1fl6.jpg

no, Lens Flares! Bright lights reflecting in the internal lens camera system by an inversion through a central point (central symmetry)

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7942/honolulu2fx7.jpg



http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Doc]

Hi, Eleven! So good to see your work here! :ufo:

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs? ....Orbs?

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/9830/img1087ld0.jpg

No, talc powder thrown from my backyard in front of my camera!

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3250/p695042d454789gpx501wou.jpg

No, plane that clean its fuel tanks, lit by the rising sun:

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8276/5nov2006roscofffr014801.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

Hi, Eleven! So good to see your work here! :ufo:

Hi Doc! I won't let you down so easily...:biggrin2:


Welcome 11!

Hey! thanks! :)

[murmur]

Welcome 11!

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/5908/peruufo1.jpg

No, Lens Flare!

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2074/2093291318c133837f31b.jpg

No, birds, bugs, flies, etc.... with various camera settings!

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/791/wolverleyst2.png

No, 9 Tornados in formation! .... (and very bad Google streetview resolution, I have to say....:rolleyes:)

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/927/tornadosflypast.png

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2069/recadragedsc05709.jpg

No, miniature jellyfish parachute! That was a fake that included a modification of the EXIF datas of the original photo to make it appears legit. It was the only case with a full indetectable EXIF manipulation I've seen so far.

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/19/lavraimeduse.jpg


http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3276/londont.gif

No, lights reflections on windows glass....

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8226/1238535227orionhouse3.png

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6259/cameraartefact1.png

No, camera artefact after zooming on a fixed point! Venus here.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4165/cameraartefact2.png

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6129/camanoislandufo020609a.jpg

No, Lights reflection on windows glass, photo taken through the windows.

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/137/camanoislandufo020609af.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2372/imgp1895i.jpg

No, photo taken through windows with ceiling lamps reflection!

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5208/blink2p.gif

PS: The place is Dinard, France.

[Doc]

I've noticed that the resolution of my phone camera would be unlikely to ever produce a usable picture of the "real thing" if I was so lucky as to see one.

[Elevenaugust]

Huge UFO over Swirtzerland detected by radar?

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8213/ufoswiss2.jpg

No, radar dysfunction...

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1108/mesures.png
The center is were is located the malfunctioning radar:

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5843/radark.png

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5208/blink2p.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8484/1945lemondejack2.jpg

No, street lamp!

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/1237/1945lemondejackfil.png

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8565/lamperadiale.png

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5208/blink2p.gif

Credits RR0, Jérôme le Beau (http://rr0.org//science/crypto/ufo/enquete/dossier/LeMonde/index.html)

Thanks to "LÃ* et demain" ;)

[Elevenaugust]

Drone-shaped like UFO?

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/641/8721.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/8318/8722.jpg

No, cracked windshield!

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9537/repaired5708deewebb.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7084/crackdh.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

Thanks to Spf33! (http://droneteam.com/drt/index.php?topic=644.0)

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/5269/parhelie1.png

No, parhelion....('Sun dog')

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9549/parhelie.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/797/orag28060534det1.jpg

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3982/orag28060534det2.jpg

No, anti-hail rocket....

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8237/fuseeq.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5823/missile.jpg

No, rocket launch from the Vanderberg AFB.
The strange glowing effect is produced when unburned particles of propellant and water left in the vapor trail of a launch vehicle condenses, freezes and then expands high up in the less dense upper atmosphere....

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9072/bl24211deltaiistssrtrrl.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkOacdisdmgUFO?

No, coincidental sighting of both insect (first sinusoidal trajectory) illuminated by ambiant light and a meteor (straight trajectory at the end).

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8605/snapx.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Doc]

The Jellyfish parachute is similar to a picture I have that I know is a balloon. I have never published it because I was afraid it would be all over the internet as "real" or I'd be all over the internet as a "hoaxer". :doh:

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/729/ledufo.png

No, LED Balloon Floaties!!

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3319/ledufo2.png

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/1449/ledufo3.png


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw8WovNeAB4

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/7808/bird1.png

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2526/bird2.png

No, bird!

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5632/bird1.gif

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/4307/bird2.gif

Full hi-res GIFs freely avalaible here, the ones above being degraded due to automatic resizing while posting here.

Birds1 (http://"http://www.divshare.com/download/8718627-e1e")

Birds2 (http://"http://www.divshare.com/download/8718644-373")

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7919/3903670614e8b53e861fo.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9241/39231244282216776f60o.jpg

No, Ipod/Iphone plug-ins....

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5374/ufocameraovnissmall.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6040/ufocameragoldipod.png

http://www.apptism.com/apps/ufo-camera

http://www.apptism.com/apps/ufo-camera-silver

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3338/m12712.jpg

No, tall radio antenna array with six wired tether, in the Western Australia's Badgingarra National Park.
There is a ground-level enclosure. It has a fence around it, thus the wildlife and cattle cannot get in and graze, so the vegetation grows better there, and the ground is not disturbed, and so it appears darker than the surrounding terrain.
The triangular shape mirrors the outline of the six wires (the bright spots are where the wires are anchored to the ground)

SOURCE (http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15493)

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/5021/antenneradio1.png

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/7451/radiotower.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif
NOTE: this one is not THE antenna, but an example of what one can see in Australia.

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/636/photooriginale.jpg

Non, UFO blimp over "Stade de France", for show games, 2009 April.

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1518/photoballonsoucoupe1.jpg

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/7487/photoballonsoucoupe2.jpg

SOURCE (http://www.cnes-geipan.fr/geipan/actualites/13082009-Une-soucoupe-volante-dans-le-ciel-parisien.html)

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1148/p92203132.jpg

No, probably a corn waste ejected off the combine harvester. The same as those we can see on the ground.

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/985/p92203132m1.jpg

Crédits goes to RNCSC (http://francesurveillance.xooit.com/t2444-Analyse-image.htm) for the original photography.

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

U.F.O Bizarre clouds filmed over Moscow. October 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOWyZUI8a0g#)

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/1291/halo2v.jpg

No, very uncommon cloud formation called "hole-punch clouds".
They are usually caused when an aircraft intersects altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds.

Altocumulus are high-altitude clouds, usually white or gray in color, that occur in sheets or patches. Cirrocumulus also are high-altitude clouds made up of supercooled liquid water droplets and ice crystals.

An airplane passing through a mixed cloud layer while ascending or descending could disrupt the delicate coexistence between the ice crystals and the supercooled liquid water droplets, causing a hole to be punched in the sky.

Small-scale atmospheric movements, both up and down, caused by the jet stream, could cause a similar phenomenon.

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/3366/distrails2nd7.png

SOURCE (http://contrailscience.com/category/distrails/)

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/6605/distrails3nm0.png

SOURCE (http://www.crh.noaa.gov/grb/?n=holepunch)

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7181/holeinsky.jpg

SOURCE (http://newsoftomorrow.org/spip.php?article4625)

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8098/blink2.gif

NOTE:
In the original video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOWyZUI8a0g) , the sky brightness behind the darkest clouds create this striking contrast.

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/1999/2z99qpz.png


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCUYMwtjq7o

No, small jet by night....

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6029/itsajet.gif

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8098/blink2.gif

Special thanks to Marvin. :)

....And thanks also to "Alison Kruse" for letting us know exactly what NOT to do....

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxHKgjFlbBk

No, Spikey hot air balloon!

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4897/spikeyhotairballon.jpg

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8098/blink2.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4893/spidersweb1.gif

No, single cobweb strand illuminated by the camera flash and moving with the wind....

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/3512/spidersweb2.jpg

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7355/spider8.gif

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8098/blink2.gif

Special thanks to Nekitamo! :)

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9490/fenomenoverborras340147.jpg

No, failed RSM-56 Bulava ICBM (http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/utenriks/-det-var-en-mislykket-rakettutskytning-fra-ubaat-3052536.html), which was launched from a submarine!

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6554/dmitrydonskoylysf772434.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/486/rocket1w.jpg

[Elevenaugust]

UFOS?

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/736/sprite3d.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9899/sprites2.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z49yJtx8E14

No, "sprites" or "mega lightnings"

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4260/sprite3engh.jpg

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/5849/sprites.jpg

This may look like a flying saucer of movie fame, but it’s really an atmospheric phenomenon called a “sprite.” Sprites appear 35 to 80 miles above the earth’s surface; they can be set off when the lightning from a thunderstorm (only 7 to 10 miles high) excites the electric field farther up in the atmosphere. Though they appear above most thunderstorms, they appear so briefly—less then a second—and so high up that it’s not so shocking that they weren’t discovered until 1989. Like other similar phenomena called “elves,” “trolls” and “goblins,” sprites dance in the sky and are thought to be the source of some UFO sightings.

SOURCE (http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/02/27/picture-of-the-week%E2%80%94the-atmospheric-phenomenon-sprite/)

[Elevenaugust]

UFO sphere following a plane?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x71i5i_ovni-derriere-un-avion_tech

No, winglet of the plane.

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2170/wingletplane.png

Only the winglet is visible due to:
* Angle of the sun
* Angle that the right wing makes with the cameraman and that makes appears the rest of the wing invisible
* Badly focused camera

http://www.livevideo.com/video/TheCentralScrutinizer/412EECF48D89462DB2092B9F7C8D2B65/gottigo-s-ufo-sphere-chasing-.aspx

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8098/blink2.gif

Special thanks to MV of the French radio "Icietmaintenant" for this idea! ;)

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4089/lenticularcloud.jpg

No, lenticular cloud lit by rising sun.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8098/blink2.gif

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFf4zSnz0us

Wasn't able to find another url for the original video, anyone?

No, metal umbrella on the road sought of Devin's city (Bulgaria) + video forgery.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6186/image004jl.jpg

SOURCE (http://bufonet.com/?p=426)


Thanks to stiver! :)

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/7849/wtfid.jpg

No, tire under the water + image flipped upside down....
:)

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/9249/wtfidfake.jpg

SOURCE (http://www.ufocasebook.com/2010/hawthorneflorida042510.html)

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/8306/220807251235214ab3a0o.jpg

No, helicopter shoot at night with a long exposure mode. (Nikon D50 + 10s exposure)

SOURCE (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtmeyers/2208072512/#sizes/o/)

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5474/p2009082709550019781269.jpg

No, kite + leds

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/9732/xin21309071708395003643.jpg

SOURCE (http://www.ha.xinhuanet.com/add/hnnews/2010-09/17/content_20926837.htm)

:)

Thanks to 'Michel-Vallee' for his insight!

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/355/burne.png

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/222/p1090252e.jpg

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/1304/p1090253.jpg

No, F111 dump and burn during a show at Brisbane (Australia)!
(Note the camera lens effect that occurs when a very bright light hit the camcorder lens and that appears as a 'strange' beam of light)

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5228/800pxf111fueldumpavalon.jpg

SOURCE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Dff8WxNIs&feature=player_embedded)
[from 3'33" to 3'58"]

SOURCE (in French) (http://journaldelatribu.blogspot.com/2010/09/un-ovni-dans-le-ciel-de-brisbane.html)

:)

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/9234/mk1j.png

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/949/mk2.png

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8105/mk3w.png

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/5552/mk4.png

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/5830/mk5.png

No, mikrocopter/quadrocopter!!

....

[Elevenaugust]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3mc4s42L3o


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6_9Z3WLttw


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1b6e-d2Iqc

:)

[Elevenaugust]

Ufos?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ef3ajkfYqc


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik63JnMY7UY

No, just a flock of birds (possibly starlings)

http://a.imageshack.us/img696/5893/nuee5.jpg

http://a.imageshack.us/img593/2139/nuee8.jpg

http://a.imageshack.us/img219/7277/nuee3.jpg

SOURCE Photos (http://annagaloreleblog.blogs-de-voyage.fr/tag/%C3%A9tourneaux)

[Elevenaugust]

Green alien with red eyes at the window?

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5439/dsc00157vsresized.jpg

No, just a bunch of flowers enlightened by the camera flash through the window.

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7329/dsc00123karesized.jpg

:)

SOURCE (http://www.alien-ufos.com/personal-ufo-alien-experiences-alien-dreams/34624-alien-window.html)

[Lee]

Thank you, 11A! This thread is a wonderful resource. Great work, as always! :cool:

[Garuda]

Yes, indeed. Nice job! Thank you. :thumbup:

[Elevenaugust]

Close encounter?

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4073/closeencounter1copie.jpg

No, magnesium fire + cropped picture by the use of a post-process software (Picasa here):

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/6972/4182707628c9ef080d1fcop.jpg

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7752/magnesiumcopie.png

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/158/raw2959x2448autolevelsf.jpg

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/1416/ce99fake.png

See my full analysis on Ufocasebook (http://ufocasebook.conforums.com/index.cgi?board=general&num=1278662132&action=display&start=15)

[Elevenaugust]

Yes, indeed. Nice job! Thank you. :thumbup:



Thank you, 11A! This thread is a wonderful resource. Great work, as always! :cool:

Thank you to both of you! :)

Now, I'll add newest cases; might also serve for my further project as well.

[Elevenaugust]

Ufonaut?

http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/6690/miniufonaut.jpg

No, dog in a blurred and low-resolution shoot!


http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5097/duarte2.png

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/1282/duarte1.png

Credits goes to Andres Duarte, see here (http://usuarios.multimania.es/aduarte/investigaciones/foto_parque/english.htm) and here (http://tachiportal.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/nueva-restauracin-de-la-foto-del-parque-forestal/)

[SolFlickan]

This is sometimes called the world's oldest UFO picture.

77

It is not an UFO, it is in fact an object lying in the snow (probably a wooden ruler placed there to show the scale of the terrain). The photo one of a stereo pair in a collection called "Views Taken On The Summit Of Mt. Washington During The Winter Of 1870 - 71", and the stereo pair is listed as number 17:

78

This is number 17, described in the list above as showing "Frost architecture":

79

Pics can be found here:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Summit_Of_Mount_Washington_During_The_Win ter_Of_1870-71_-_view_17.verso.cropped.jpg#filehistory

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/8237/24831submitterfile1img0.jpg

No, lamps reflection on a window, taken from:

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8237/24831submitterfile1img0.jpg

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4588/mallcalama5.png

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/9837/enh3.png

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8631/lampbulb.png

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/204/part1photo22.jpg

No, poorly bad done fake by Robbert Van DeBroeke:

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/1606/part1photo22fake.jpg

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/1939/robbr.jpg

[Elevenaugust]

Giant black UFO in the center of the sun?

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3162/holeo.png

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3586/1848523355402ed05960z.jpg

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/8268/ov5610blksunwww.jpg

No, "black sun" effect in CMOS sensors.

Full explanations here (http://www.triplegate.com/2010/09/21/the-black-sun-effect-in-cmos-sensors/#more-389)

Can also be seen in videos as well:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmHSTUrKKQc

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/6448/img0350wv.jpg

Close-up:
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/8025/closeup1c.png

No, Streetlamp!

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/9127/dsc5510t.jpg

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/2434/dsc5511m.jpg

This weird effect is due to (with a 2s exposure and a 3.5 aperture value) the operator taking the still shoot during the first part of the exposure (allowing then the ambient low light to impress the ccd sensor) and then put down its camera during the second part of the exposure, while the shutter is still open but on close process (allowing the higher lights to continue to impress the ccd sensor).
The dot aspect is due to the light frequency (50Hz) invisible to the naked eyes, but not for the cameras.
In the samples above, some lights appears to have this 'dot effect' while some haven't, this is because the streetlamp light use discharge lamps with sodium vapor (yellow / orange) or mercury vapor (white / blue) which produce, regularly and at a define frequency, electric arcs in the middle of a gas, which ionizes and then produces light. The headlights lights of cars aren't produced this way (an incandescent tungsten filament that haven't the time to cool down to show any flicker) and gives a continue line in these samples.

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7408/1141614ah0.jpg

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/9217/28055submitterfile1ufo1.jpg

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/636/5nov2006roscofffr0148re.jpg

No, plane and its contrail lit by the rising sun.

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5373/contrail030412c.jpg

[Elevenaugust]

UFO following a plane?

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/9041/winglet1.png

No, winglet of the plane lit by the sun and view from a certain angle plus bad resolution:

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/701/winglet2.png

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7605/paul2c851x606.jpg

No, Dreamworks advertising balloon

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/8767/dreamworks.jpg

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs fleet above NYC?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv9fr_Ades0&feature=player_embedded

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/8714/56767895.jpg

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/1197/ballonsyellow.png

No! Celebration for the 100 years of 'Gran Via' with yellow balloons

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6339/350010167772150storiesl.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8593/56775671.jpg

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTC1TpmJPMQ

No, thai lantern!

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/3732/lab13031.jpg

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6628/lanterne.jpg

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/329/lanternesthai11268030c4.jpg

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/6259/cameraartefact1.png

No, camera that can't properly focused on a dot of light (Venus here) in a pitch black night (no reference point to focuse on), the shape varie due to the shape of the camera shutter.

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4165/cameraartefact2.png

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/3503/240410origcrop.jpg

No! Lens flare!

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/6927/240410editcrop.jpg

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/9462/09021903alienlightpilla.jpg

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6454/space119cd03.jpg

No, zenithal light pillar:

Light pillars are a kind of optical phenomenon which is formed by the reflection of sunlight or moonlight by ice crystals that are present in the Earth's atmosphere.

The light pillar looks like a thin column that extends vertically above and/or below the source of light. The light pillar is prominently visible when the Sun is low or lies below the horizon. It normally forms an arc that extends from five to ten degrees beyond the solar disc. Light pillars can sometimes also be seen arising from the Moon.

Light pillars are formed by reflection from ice crystals with roughly horizontal faces.

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1300/lp3q.png

It can also be created by artificial lights:

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5599/pillarstapebig.jpg

Full explanations at atoptics (http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/lpil.htm)
Pillars to the zenith here (http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/pilpic22.htm)

The lights are a form of light pillar and are produced by flat plate shaped ice crystals in layers of ice fog above the city.

Why do the lines of light converge on the zenith?
The diagram at right shows rays from just one nearby city light shining upwards onto crystals at different heights.

Only crystals on a column roughly midway between the light and the observer give a reflection into the eye because the small crystal mirrors are nearly horizontal and the incident and reflected rays must make equal angles to the crystal faces.

The higher the crystal, the more closely does the reflected ray come from the direction of the zenith. Therefore, when there is a cloud of crystals, their reflections appear as a line of light that points directly overhead, the zenith.

Why are the lines broken?
That night there must have been several layers of crystals at different heights over the city with zones in between them either without ice crystals or with crystals that were not specially oriented.

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8269/zenli.jpg

[Elevenaugust]

More samples of light pillars:

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3987/mikehollingshead2011012.jpg

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/4538/fe6d38655.jpg

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/9342/article11172640310ad7b0.jpg

[Edgar Fouche]

I must say I really enjoyed the postings and pictures on this thread. Ed

[newyorklily]

Great thread, 11A. I'm learning a lot from it. Thanks for making it.

[Doc]

Eleven, you have an amazing talent which you obviously work hard to put to good use. (You also have more affectionate nicknames than most of us!) :biggrin2:

[Elevenaugust]

Thank you all for your kind words! Nice to see that we are among friends here. :)

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6889/2008tc3train.jpg

No, the aftermath of a bright fireball-class meteor ("shooting star") or bolide. Usually referred to as a "persistent train" or "dust-train".

Source: NASA APOD (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081108.html)
Related article: universetoday.com (http://www.universetoday.com/20842/first-images-of-asteroid-2008-tc3-impact-aftermath/)

Another example also from 2008:
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5236/greenland1.jpg
Source: spaceweather.com (http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=27&month=02&year=2008)

Special thanks to C.H.U.D. from ATS. :)

[theavenger]

Excellent post, Eleven. Thank you.

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a664k7Rsbsw

Nope, light aircraft at a lower altitude and a lower speed + parallax due to the high difference between the speed difference of the two planes:

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/5442/a110m.jpg

Red: apparent move on the video
Blue: apparent move due to parallax (the observer's plane flies to the right)
Green: the apparent displacement due to the light aircraft's own move.

This can be simplified (for better understanding) as below:

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/8932/vidoaviontourismep.png

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6785/04102757.jpg

[Elevenaugust]

UFOs?

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/820/washinv.jpg

No, Lens flares and deliberate attempt to hide them...

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6600/carrousel.jpg

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2584/18851357.jpg

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

UFO?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtVRxrr3HDc

No, "Hangar One Vodka" blimp shoot under low resolution settings.

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/233/superposition.jpg

[Elevenaugust]

UFO?

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3134/fortbelvoir1957.png

No, smoke rings:

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/5238/ringl.jpg

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/4182/34887586m.jpg

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7859/smokerings.jpg

http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/9623/smokerings2.png

source (http://blogs.knoxnews.com/photo/2009/06/the-bonnaroo-buddy.html)

[Elevenaugust]

Not to be confused with volcano smoke rings that are generally white:

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4947/smokering05.jpg

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/3052/smokering01.jpg

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/4912/smokering03.jpg

source (http://curiousphotos.blogspot.com/2011/02/volcanoes-starts-releasing-smoke-rings.html)

[nullreality]

Well, congratulations! This sort of exposure is vitally needed if we are ever going to separate the wheat from the chaff in UFO investigations.

You are to be commended for your labor and persistence. Bravo!

[JoeBG]

Did ancient indians observed flying machines ?

137
138

Probably these jewels represent the most common fishes they used to see:

139
140

http://whofortedblog.com/2011/09/17/ancient-alien-aircraft/

[nibs]

Joe ~ excellent comparison. Perception is everything!

Curious, is the the "quote" function not available in this forum? I wanted to quote Joe but didn't see the option...

[Garuda]

Joe ~ excellent comparison. Perception is everything!

Curious, is the the "quote" function not available in this forum? I wanted to quote Joe but didn't see the option...

Underneath each message, on the right, there is an 'reply with quote' option. :)

[majicbar]

UFOs?

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3250/p695042d454789gpx501wou.jpg

No, plane that clean its fuel tanks, lit by the rising sun:

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8276/5nov2006roscofffr014801.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/404/blink2e.gif

Actually these are just normal contrails; when cleaning out tanks, or rebalancing, the outer tips of the wing will be seen to have a short contrail of fuel.

[zenmaster]

Was looking at The Outpost Forum home page, and noticed a UFO Casebook newsfeed: "Best Ever Photo of UFO Debunked" (http://www.ufocasebook.com/2012/cornwallufo.html).
But, I think we had it "debunked" first (http://lucianarchy.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=uforeports&action=display&thread=2406) (as a bird, of course).
http://www.ufocasebook.com/2008/britsnaps.jpg

[Elevenaugust]

Actually these are just normal contrails; when cleaning out tanks, or rebalancing, the outer tips of the wing will be seen to have a short contrail of fuel.

Hi majicbar,

You're right, my samples are rather only short contrails lit by the sun rise, planes cleaning out tanks will gives for the contrail this appearance:

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4040/degazageoct2003paysgall.jpg

This one occurred above Wales in 2003 October.

[Marvin]

Something to look out for:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw8WovNeAB4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGy14xMvB0M


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cusp1uw8yR0

[majicbar]

Hi majicbar,

You're right, my samples are rather only short contrails lit by the sun rise, planes cleaning out tanks will gives for the contrail this appearance:

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4040/degazageoct2003paysgall.jpg


This one occurred above Wales in 2003 October.

I recall this as being the result of a meteor, which given the very large proportion of vapor in the resulting "contrail" would indicate that it was likely more a mini comet being destroyed at the end in the large cloud at the end. Supposedly this type is more common than thought, but this is the first photo that I've seen of the phenomena. One worry over this type of meteor is that it has been seen on military satellites that were designed to find nuclear explosions and missile launches, the larger ones could if they lasted longer leave a Tunguska like explosion and large scale devastation.

[Marvin]

One of these days this will pop up:


http://gizmodo.com/5940510/watching-49-quadrocopters-fly-and-swarm-across-the-night-sky-is-pretty-freaky

[CasperParks]

One of these days this will pop up:


http://gizmodo.com/5940510/watching-49-quadrocopters-fly-and-swarm-across-the-night-sky-is-pretty-freaky

I'd be afraid of loosing an expensive toy...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ShGl5rQK3ew#!