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Jul 23, 2023 19:20 |  #241

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I shot these two some time back I haven't got a skuby doo what they are, Im not even saying the could be a UFO or anything, I just can't match it to anything.

I would be pleased if anyone can identity it.

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The two white things are UFOs if they were flying. All it takes is flying and being unidentified. If they were falling, then they might not qualify technically. Hovering objects are often considered UFOs, though.

The white things look like machine parts. Beyond that, I haven't a clue.


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Jul 23, 2023 19:26 |  #242

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The two white things are UFOs if they were flying. All it takes is flying and being unidentified. If they were falling, then they might not qualify technically. Hovering objects are often considered UFOs, though.

The white things look like machine parts. Beyond that, I haven't a clue.


I went googling rc flying things just in case thats what it was, but can't find anything similar, certainly wasn't a plane.

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Jul 23, 2023 20:21 |  #243

Pagman wrote in post #19543748 (external link)
I shot these two some time back I haven't got a skuby doo what they are, Im not even saying the could be a UFO or anything, I just can't match it to anything.

I would be pleased if anyone can identity it.

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What was your location and time? That would help determine what sort of object(s) we are looking at. It could be anything from a deflated weather balloon to??? As of now, that image has no context other than something in the sky.

One time in the 90's I saw a blimp over Solberg Airport in New Jersey. That airport hosted several blimps, and still does to this day to the best of my knowledge. It was Halloween, and for some reason, people reported the blimp to the local authorities as a UFO. I tried to find a reference, but found a more recent example in 2020:
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My point is that even many eyewitnesses get it wrong, and report what they think they see. Also, very mundane things have been reported as UFOs and this may be one of those mundane things.




  
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Jul 23, 2023 20:36 |  #244

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My point is that even many eyewitnesses get it wrong, and report what they think they see. Also, very mundane things have been reported as UFOs and this may be one of those mundane things.

Indeed - I understand that even though a number of Security staff at Gatwick in 2018 claimed to have seen "drones" none were ever found, nor was there ever any video footage of same.


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Jul 23, 2023 20:50 |  #245

Capn Jack wrote in post #19543791 (external link)
What was your location and time? That would help determine what sort of object(s) we are looking at. It could be anything from a deflated weather balloon to??? As of now, that image has no context other than something in the sky.

One time in the 90's I saw a blimp over Solberg Airport in New Jersey. That airport hosted several blimps, and still does to this day to the best of my knowledge. It was Halloween, and for some reason, people reported the blimp to the local authorities as a UFO. I tried to find a reference, but found a more recent example in 2020:
https://nypost.com …-really-a-goodyear-blimp/ (external link)

My point is that even many eyewitnesses get it wrong, and report what they think they see. Also, very mundane things have been reported as UFOs and this may be one of those mundane things.


It was from the UK in Sep 2018, I checked on the aircraft tracker apps to see if anything was showing - including ads-b that shows mil as long as they are using the transponders.

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Jul 23, 2023 21:17 |  #246

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It was from the UK in Sep 2018, I checked on the aircraft tracker apps to see if anything was showing - including ads-b that shows mil as long as they are using the transponders.

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I'm sorry, but more detail is needed. The United Kingdom is larger than some USA states. "Sep 2018" also encompasses a lot of time. It could be a meteor that other people witnessed at that time. The image should have that information in the EXIF.

Look at my blimp example- people noticed something at the same date, time, and location. Someone in Pennsylvania, only an hour drive west, would not have seen it. Or someone in NJ an hour earlier or later. New Jersey is smaller than the UK.

In the USA, many planes don't need ADS-B. Likewise, amateur (or professional, for that matter) rockets and WX balloons don't have ADS-B. The aircraft tracker apps don't have to show all aircraft either. FlightAware may not show light planes flying under visual flight rules.

Some things were imaged, but they don't look rigid, suggesting they were made by people.




  
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Jul 23, 2023 21:38 |  #247

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I'm sorry, but more detail is needed. The United Kingdom is larger than some USA states. "Sep 2018" also encompasses a lot of time. It could be a meteor that other people witnessed at that time. The image should have that information in the EXIF.

Look at my blimp example- people noticed something at the same date, time, and location. Someone in Pennsylvania, only an hour drive west, would not have seen it. Or someone in NJ an hour earlier or later. New Jersey is smaller than the UK.

In the USA, many planes don't need ADS-B. Likewise, amateur (or professional, for that matter) rockets and WX balloons don't have ADS-B. The aircraft tracker apps don't have to show all aircraft either. FlightAware may not show light planes flying under visual flight rules.

Some things were imaged, but they don't look rigid, suggesting they were made by people.

It was taken at 11:28 AM.

I'm not going to give my exact location for obvious reasons, I didn't hear anything I was taking pics of planes flying over at the time - when it just caught my eye in the distance so I got the shot of it, the close up pic was a heavy crop from the centre.
At a guess I would say what ever it was - was being parachuted as the piece in the upper part of the pic shows what could have been the chute, and if you look at the object it looks like strings/ropes coming off it.
I just dont know of any toys like that.

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Jul 23, 2023 22:59 as a reply to  @ Pagman's post |  #248

How big do you estimate these things were? I can't tell how far you were from them.


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Jul 23, 2023 23:09 |  #249

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How big do you estimate these things were? I can't tell how far you were from them.


I havn't got a clue, that pic with both parts was a crop from 6000 to 1750 long side, I really don't knpw the size of it - it could have been large and mikes away, or small toy size and under a mile away.

And the other one was an even closer crop, it looks to have a double T Tail but no wings.

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Jul 24, 2023 01:02 |  #250

looks like a deflated balloon falling in the second pic...

the "orb" is obviously an artefact, I have many in my photos...

What a lot of people here are trying to get across (and we're genuinely not trying to slag you off) is that while something MAY be unidentified, and while many people see unidentified things (things that look like craft even) in the sky; this does NOT justify instantly citing alien beings and/or does not evidence any likelihood that thee are alien races living out in the cosmos.

Many American prototype aircraft would have given rise to all sorts of UFO (as alien craft) theories that were just plain wrong...

There is NO evidence AT ALL that there is any other intelligent race in the universe...NONE...

I'm not saying there aren't any, or that it's impossible that there are, I’m just saying how about we hold of on that idea until there is actually some evidence to think it...




  
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Jul 24, 2023 01:09 |  #251

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It was taken at 11:28 AM.

Then there may have been bright sun on the two objects, making them look metallic when they weren't?


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Jul 24, 2023 01:28 |  #252

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Then there may have been bright sun on the two objects, making them look metallic when they weren't?


I don't think I said it was metallic it looks white to me.

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Jul 24, 2023 01:38 |  #253

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Jul 24, 2023 01:48 |  #254

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looks like a deflated balloon falling in the second pic...

the "orb" is obviously an artefact, I have many in my photos...

What a lot of people here are trying to get across (and we're genuinely not trying to slag you off) is that while something MAY be unidentified, and while many people see unidentified things (things that look like craft even) in the sky; this does NOT justify instantly citing alien beings and/or does not evidence any likelihood that thee are alien races living out in the cosmos.

Many American prototype aircraft would have given rise to all sorts of UFO (as alien craft) theories that were just plain wrong...

There is NO evidence AT ALL that there is any other intelligent race in the universe...NONE...

I'm not saying there aren't any, or that it's impossible that there are, I’m just saying how about we hold of on that idea until there is actually some evidence to think it...

Do balloons have stright angular surfaces with sharp points?

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Jul 24, 2023 02:16 |  #255

They do if they are made out of a metalic or foil material as this one looks to be.

There is also something higher than the main body...maybe dragging it into a shape as it falls...




  
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