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UFO near Tonopah!

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Last year October my buddy Steeph and I passed the famous city of Tonopah on our way to Nellis, coming from a fantastic day at Fallon.
We stopped by to take some pictures near the village for fun and continued our way to Nellis.

Tonopah, as the most of you know, is famous for its secret airbase in the middle of the desert and was once home of the F-117 project during its real dark days and of course the Constant Peg program (Migs). Tonopah lays also in the same desert as Groomlake, also known as Area-51. Some believe (not me!!) that this is the place where the Americans operate flying saucers and where they keep Aliens captive.

Here it comes.... After I came home last year form a great trip i found out that I lost my Tonopah pics. To bad but life goes on. But earlier this week I found that CF card again and imported them into Lightroom and found THIS!

Left above the Tonopah sign you see something that looks like a UFO. This is not shoped and its just a converted RAW image that shows the very same object.
Do you know what it is? Is it a reflection like a glare? Fact is that it does appear on two of 15 pic that I shot that night. It was a bright night as well, so its not an aeroplane in a cloud.

Fact is that it is FUN to see it at that place ;-)

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Were is the picture.
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Post by lazyweasel »

For some reason the theme to the X-Files is playing in my head when I look at this shot Frank!! :shock:
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Post by Leeuwarden »

That's funny... I have the "Twilight Zone" tune playing in my head... Actually that tune is always in my head.... :drinking:
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That would be stupid! Keeping Aliens at area 51 (topsecret), when they are flying above the town...
but the pic is fun! I love the mysterie...
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is it no reflection from the light from a car???
YOU DON'T NEED WHITE LENSES IF YOU GOT A WHITE CAMERA.
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topgun1984 wrote:is it no reflection from the light from a car???
Bingo, although it's diffraction instead of a reflection, better known as a 'flare'. But I guess you could see it as an UFO if you really want to :D.
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Post by Hans.Jacobs »

I think it is Doc Brown and Marty McFly in their Delorean back from the future... :good:

nice pic Frank, also nice you got the Tonopah sign on the same photo! would be nice if you can post some more photos of your trip...

best regards,
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topgun1984 wrote:is it no reflection from the light from a car???
That's how a lot of 'UFO' pictures can be explained. But real believers are hard to convince.
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SpotterNL wrote:
topgun1984 wrote:is it no reflection from the light from a car???
Bingo, although it's diffraction instead of a reflection, better known as a 'flare'. But I guess you could see it as an UFO if you really want to :D.
that's what i meant... but i do believe that there is something else then just our puddle of mud ;)
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Post by Kleintje Pils »

As Frank says it appears on 2 pictures, my question is, is there a car on the 2nd pic as well?
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Post by Glidepath »

Remco, razersharp remark.

however: would the projected light on the road flare also?,
@ Frank: measure the distance between the lights of the front car, but take into account other sets of lights, in the background.... do the same with them. outcome: same distance or same relative distance between te lights, its flare.

then again:
could be a UFO indeed. Not the same type craft I was on board on though....that one was way to swift for a picture like this.
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Post by Kleintje Pils »

Another remark: Did you see it with your own eyes? :wink:
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Post by Dr.T »

Did u use a (uv) filter infront of youre objective???

I used to get these UFO's as well when i started to make industrial nightshots.

Then i screwed of my filter and everybody returned to their home planet :wink:

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Post by Flying Flea Builder »

Indeed, it looks like the in-lens reflectionof the carlights. The green shining is caused by the lens coating or the spectral amplitude. However, nice pic and always food for discussion !


ps: Not an UFO anymore but an IFO.
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