Re-analysis Of "Notched UFO" Effect In Some Images
It started with the Derbyshire
UFO photographs. Captured on videotape October 5th, 2001 in the UK, a striking
saucer shape from a powerfully self-illuminated flying object hit the UFO
News and even some UK papers. It wasn't but shortly after that when scores
of similar UFOs began to pop-up on video and digital camera shots the world
over. There was an immediate comparison to the (still) remarkable STS-75
UFO footage (also referred to as the "smoking gun" evidence from
NASA's blocked transmissions as expertly catalogued in the video The Secret NASA Transmissions: The Smoking Gun). This comparison prompted many to jump to the
defense of the Derbyshire UFO image, as well as the images below taken
in Israel. Ourselves included.
STS-75 object. One of hundreds of
UFOs captured in the "tether" footage
Unfortunately, there
appears to be a repeatable anomaly in video and digital cameras (even some
35 mm cameras) which cause a reflection of the lens aperatus and zoom bracket
of the camera to highly distort both reflective particles in a flash shot
(ie, orbs) as well
as distant, bright lights when the zoom and focus are taken beyond its
true reach. The resulting image produces this "notched" saucer
shape, usually with concentric rings or a center plug knocked out of the
center (where the focal point inverts upon itself). At left is a typical,
classic "orb" photo, though produced by overzoom and beyond focal
range on a camcorder shooting a distant, bright light.
A 'reflective' orb appears
less instense and rightly lit, usually, as seen at right. It is commonly
produed by dust or water vapor or other particulates close to the camera,
outside of the focal field and often super illuminated by a flash and many
are captured indoors.We ardently defended the original viewpoint that the Derbyshire and Israeli photos were not an effect of lens/zoom/focus, or that the zoom bracket in the cameras effected the image to produce the "notch". But time and experimentation have both proven us wrong.
