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Post your UFO photos! or ghost..

Wow!

It definitely "pulsates".

It is definitely far away from the camera.

It definitely moves towards the camera.

It definitely moves freely.


It's definitely.....a plastic bag!
 
I also noticed the other day after my childs birthday, I was releasing a bunch of helium balloons into the air. After a few seconds, they got far enough away to appear to be small round orbs, when actualy they wernt but maybe a few 100 feet in the sky. The only thought that came to my mind was "Wow, those look just like ufo's!"
 
I think that it's funny how often I get UFOs and blobs and I'm not even trying. The ghost photograph of myself at the Abbey is very spooky. When I was recently back there I found the light that I believe reflected off the mist that was creeping into the small "bowl" where the abbey is located.

The main reason the Abbey is haunted is that it is very OLD, and rather unlike anything in Brussels. It's kinda spooky, and very quiet even in the daytime. I found it a wonderful refuge in the middle of the city. I later found out that people tend NOT to walk there EVER (no matter how messy and crowded other areas are) and that sometimes one will "risk" taking their dog for a walk there after dark (as the dog will alert you to spooks). Still, sadly NO GHOSTS in my newest batch of photos from the Abbey. I'm so let down that there doesn't even seem to be one orb.

I think Richard Wiseman did some work on why people are "afraid" of certain places, but I'm not sure where to find it.

hmmm maybe a new thread....
 
My Montell Williams UFO hoax.
About 1980 Montell had a bunch of UFO wingnuts on his show and asked the NYarea Skeptics to provide a fake pic. This is the actual UFO which was photographed on a blue background with a Polaroid camera. It was deemed to be like the one that had abducted her by one of the guests.
The original is about twice as big as this image and is a bit the worse for wear.
Actually, that looks like a full moon over Uranus.
Hey. Bad Asstronomer. What moon might that be?
 

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Patricio Elicer said:
Well, folks, this thread is very aproppriate to me. I think I'm giving up skepticism, I not only managed to take a picture of a UFO, but I filmed a UFO. It was a revelation on how wrong skeptics are, regarding our visitors from other worlds.

Let me tell you a short story. I was taking fresh air at my balcony a few nights ago, when I saw an undoubtly manifestation of extraterrestrial intelligence in front of my eyes. It was obviously of intelligent origin, maybe not a piloted alien craft, but an alien survelliance craft.

I know most of you at this board are skeptics (I used to be one of them), so I guess you'll ask for evidence. I was lucky enough to have the time to grab my video camera and catch a few seconds of this alien craft on tape.

Here's the hard evidence I present to all of you:

http://www.mediamax.com/pelicer/Hosted/OVNI-G.wmv

And the light finally came to me, brothers and sisters.

:rolleyes: :covereyes
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The bit with it going behind the tree is cool. :D
 
Jeff Corey said:
My Montell Williams UFO hoax.
About 1980 Montell had a bunch of UFO wingnuts on his show and asked the NYarea Skeptics to provide a fake pic. This is the actual UFO which was photographed on a blue background with a Polaroid camera. It was deemed to be like the one that had abducted her by one of the guests.
The original is about twice as big as this image and is a bit the worse for wear.
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Looks like a craft from planet pancake. :)
 
wipeout said:
The bit with it going behind the tree is cool. :D
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Hehe, thank you! :p

I love the trick, the accoustic illusion (exterior mic) and the visual illusion add up to a perfect illusion that you are seeing an object in the open, far away from the camera.

This video has at least two notorious imperfections, however, namely: 1) the UFO light is a bit too shaky, and 2) is over-saturated especially on the tree take. But I did it on my own, without any assistance, and on a very low budget :D .

I made up this video to confront UFO believers with whom I've been holding a long and heated debate on another forum. They posted a similar video filmed in Brazil some years back, which some of them consider to be irrefutable proof of alien visitation. My intention was to show that the effect can be replicated by trickery. They chose to reject my alternative explanation because of the video imperfections.

Maybe I'll start a new thread on the "Brazilian Case" later. I have the original video provided by a local UFO organization. Who say yes? ...
 
jim, I love your ghost! He was a farmer that got crushed by his tractor...oohhh....I can already start making up a history!!!
 
Patricio Elicer said:
Hehe, thank you! :p

I love the trick, the accoustic illusion (exterior mic) and the visual illusion add up to a perfect illusion that you are seeing an object in the open, far away from the camera.

This video has at least two notorious imperfections, however, namely: 1) the UFO light is a bit too shaky, and 2) is over-saturated especially on the tree take. But I did it on my own, without any assistance, and on a very low budget :D .

I made up this video to confront UFO believers with whom I've been holding a long and heated debate on another forum. They posted a similar video filmed in Brazil some years back, which some of them consider to be irrefutable proof of alien visitation. My intention was to show that the effect can be replicated by trickery. They chose to reject my alternative explanation because of the video imperfections.

Maybe I'll start a new thread on the "Brazilian Case" later. I have the original video provided by a local UFO organization. Who say yes? ...
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It looked like a white balloon floating on air currents. Or maybe an interior reflection on exterior glass. How did you do it, if I may ask?
 
Deetee said:
Me, but only if you tell me how you did your trick...
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CLD said:
It looked like a white balloon floating on air currents. Or maybe an interior reflection on exterior glass. How did you do it, if I may ask?
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Deetee and CLD,

Thanks for your interest, I'll be glad to explain how I did the trick. But first, I must give credit to someone on the internet, whose name escapes me at the moment, for the idea.

Basically the UFO is a reflection of a light on a window glass, as CLD correctly guessed. But there are many details and subtleties to the trick, because the idea, of course, is to leave a strong impression that it is an object floating in the sky far away from the camera.

Basic materials I used:

- A flashlight
- A piece of aluminium foil
- A piece of cardboard
- An analog video camera (why "analog", I'll discuss later)
- A wired external mic for the camera.

First, I prepared the flaslight by covering the screen with a piece of aluminium foil, leaving only a 5 mm diameter hole in the center, so as the light looked circular and concentrated in a small dot. I also masked the light with several layers of yellow colored plastic (the one used to wrap candies) to reduce the light intensity and to minimize reflection beams on the glass.

All the action took place in a closed room on a 17th floor. To create the auditive illussion that the UFO is floating in the air I used the external mic to capture various outside noises; I simply left it hanging down from the windowsill with the window closed.

The most "revealing" part of the trick, and the most difficult to accomplish at the same time, is to create the illusion that the UFO goes behind distant objects. This is the "real killer" as the guy from whom I learned the trick labeled it. In my case I made the UFO go behind a tree. To do it, I cut a piece of carboard with irregularities on the borders, to act as branches, and attached it to the back of a seat. As the light from the flashlight is blocked by the cardboard (inside the room) it creates the desired effect. This is the hardest part of the trick, because you have to carefully create and align the obstacles so that the "shadow" coincides with the external real objects.

Now, on the camera. I chose to use an analog one, as opposed to a digital one, for two main reasons (which I have not checked yet): 1) Analog cameras have lower video resolution, this is desirable for the UFO not to appear too sharp and well defined, 2) Analog cameras are more sensitive to light.

With the help of an assistant, I think it's possible to do a fake of this kind that defies all scrutiny. All UFO convolutions can be done smoothly and in one take, without editing. Other "obstacles" can be added as well.

Well, that's it!. It'll be fun if someone else give it a try to create a better fake of this kind. Just send it to a UFO organization and you'll get headlines :).

I'll start another thread later on the Brazilian case, I'd like to know people's take on that. It can be quite puzzling to figure it out, although I suspect it is a fake similar to the one I described.
 
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Patricio, that was a wonderful illusion made all the more impressive by its simplicity. I wonder if you could doctor the tinfoil "mask" on the flashlight to project a more traditional saucer shape that features interior (different colored) cabin lights?
 
CLD said:
Patricio, that was a wonderful illusion made all the more impressive by its simplicity. I wonder if you could doctor the tinfoil "mask" on the flashlight to project a more traditional saucer shape that features interior (different colored) cabin lights?
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I think the UFO's shape can be changed easily, I'll try it later. Good idea.
 
These aren't my pictures, but I got them from the TAPS site. I know there is nothing paranormal about them, but are they smoke, light fogging, something completely different? I think they are the result of two different problems, but I don't know what. Maybe CF can take a look?

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Photo #2:

 
how did I miss this one!!!!

right in the middle of Paris, it was early morning, so no one had noticed it yet.

 
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