Ufo Photos

kidakida Join Date: 2003-02-20 Member: 13778Members
edited August 2003 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">a bit old, but very interesting</div> <img src='http://hesemann.watchers.ca/ufo-photos/may2001-02.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
<img src='http://hesemann.watchers.ca/ufo-photos/may2001-01.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>


<!--QuoteBegin--Michael Heseman+--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Michael Heseman)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->UFO over Mount Popo

It´s the most dangerous vulcano in the world. Should he explode, more than 25 Million people are affected - Mexico City, the world's third largest
city, is only 45 miles away. Since October 2000, the Popocatepetl, the "smoking mountain" in the highlands of Mexico, is active again. For several times, between October 2000 and January 2001, ten thousands of people living in its immediate surrounding, were evacuated. Mexico's authorities are under constant alert, since the sleeping giant (altitude: 5452 metres) does not rest. Between January 22 and 24, 2001, several ash eruptions were recorded. But the most violent eruption happened in the night of December 18/19, 2000. For several hours, the vulcano spat glowing lava, released gigantic ash clouds towering above its crater. Brave press photographers followed the spectacle from a safe distance; among them Alfonso Reyes of the news magazine "Milenio".



When the first light of the dawn appeared, at 6.10 a.m., he shot a spectacular photo for his magazine, using a 20 seconds exposure. In this very moment, a luminous disc came down from the skies, circled around the fire-spitting crater and shot off again - all banned on film by Reyes. The photo appeared on the front page of "Milenio" on December 21, 2000. What you see here is an original print Michael Hesemann just obtained from Mexico (thanks to Daniel Munoz). Since the beginning of its activity in 1994, again and again UFOs were seen, photographed and filmed over the Popocatepetl. "Obviously Extraterrestrials have a strong interest in this very dangerous vulcano", concluded Mexico's prominent TV host and UFO researcher Jaime Maussan. For several times he was able to predict vulcanic acivities just because of an increase of UFO sightings over the mountain.  <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

some other cool ones:
<img src='http://hesemann.watchers.ca/ufo-photos/july2001-03.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
what do you think?

Comments

  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    Shiny. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • alius42alius42 Join Date: 2002-07-23 Member: 987Members
    Obviously just a weather balloon.

    alius
  • ByekaByeka Name changed from Freak83 Toronto Join Date: 2003-03-13 Member: 14484Members, Constellation
    Almost looks as if the photo has been edited... not that I'd say anything against it. I believe in aliens, who couldn't after watching Taken. I believed in them before that too though.
  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    edited August 2003
    a 20 second exposure is a LOOONNG exposure (blur is noticeable from hand-shake with anything above 1/125th of a second... obviously this was done with a tripod)... For the rest of the picture to be that perfectly balanced it would have had to have been very dark... and the smoke doesn't seem blured enough for such an exposure...

    The smoke just seems to clarified for such a long exposure length.


    I'm sure aliens are out there somewhere, for us to be alone in the universe is silly, but this may not be aliens...
  • JezpuhJezpuh Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15157Banned
  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
  • BOZOBOZO Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 3973Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Shadow
    Look's more liek PhotoShop over Mount PoPo to me.
  • KungFuSquirrelKungFuSquirrel Basher of Muttons Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 103Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    edited August 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--404NotFound+Aug 22 2003, 01:24 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (404NotFound @ Aug 22 2003, 01:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The smoke just seems to clarified for such a long exposure length. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Well, one thing to keep in mind. If you're ever outside and see thunderheads (cumulonimbus clouds, for the technical types <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->) off in the distance, keep a close eye on them... you'll see very slow expansion as the cloud grows larger and larger. It's actually not all that slow, but at that distance and size, it looks very slow by the time you see it from so far away. Same can be said for plumes of smoke or anything coming out a volcano (which applies in this case because it's just the spew of smoke and ash, not the actual initial eruption, which would be much quicker). There's some blur noticeable, so I could perhaps believe the exposure length time (or perhaps a number close to it, but exagerrated in re-tellings of the story <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> )

    Regardless, that still doesn't mean the photo is fake -or- genuine. But it does look pretty cool. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
  • GrimmGrimm Join Date: 2003-04-13 Member: 15448Members
    The alien thing with the white smoke trail looks like a rocket from Halflife.
  • AngelusAngelus Join Date: 2002-12-14 Member: 10810Members, Constellation
    to me, the second picture seems to be a missile being confused by such a large heat signature as the volcano.... with the white trail being its vapour/smoke trail...

    Who would be stupid enough to have a dogfight there would be anybodies guess tho i spose....
  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    What I find odd is why almost everyone automatically considers UFO's to be aliens. A UFO is just that, an unidentified flying object. It could really be anything, heh. Of course, I'm not ruling aliens out, I'm just pointing out that if that was a confirmed UFO, that doesn't nescessarily mean that aliens have come down for a closer look. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • DreadDread Join Date: 2002-07-24 Member: 993Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Angelus+Aug 23 2003, 06:53 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Angelus @ Aug 23 2003, 06:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> to me, the second picture seems to be a missile being confused by such a large heat signature as the volcano.... with the white trail being its vapour/smoke trail...

    Who would be stupid enough to have a dogfight there would be anybodies guess tho i spose.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It's too bright to be missile and why it would turn away if it would have locked on to the volcano? Also that turning just seems to be too quick and smooth for a missile.

    It's either a photoshop or radioactive bird.
  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Insane+Aug 23 2003, 07:16 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Insane @ Aug 23 2003, 07:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> What I find odd is why almost everyone automatically considers UFO's to be aliens. A UFO is just that, an unidentified flying object. It could really be anything, heh. Of course, I'm not ruling aliens out, I'm just pointing out that if that was a confirmed UFO, that doesn't nescessarily mean that aliens have come down for a closer look. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Who was talking about aliens? We were only admiring the shiny lights... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    <img src='http://www.desertcrisis.com/users/doomaniac/QuakeCon2003/DCP01039.JPG' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

    :D
  • Dirty_Harry_PotterDirty_Harry_Potter Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9500Members
    Quakecon i presume.... (said to the rythm of Doctor livinstone i presume <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->)
  • KeitaroSempaiKeitaroSempai Join Date: 2003-06-04 Member: 17003Members
    give me my ufo back maniac :<!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • The_Real_QuasarThe_Real_Quasar Has the I.Q. of 12,000 P.E. Teachers Join Date: 2002-11-26 Member: 9998Members
    What?!
    MOTHER!?
    Ok, sorry. These earth-things are funny! They believe in Gods!
    Alright, I'll go home now.
    Been fun gu- food.
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