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Old 06-14-2009, 07:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Clear photos of weird black triangle

Could this be the first decent set of UFO photos, or has someone done a good job with a model? It's certainly not blurry, nor does it look Photoshopped.

Is it an experimental craft?







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The UFO Casebook received the following submission with three photographs.

On May 26, 2009, at 12:30 PM, I was outside watching some thunderstorms pass by over my home. I had my camera with me, hoping to get a photo or two of some lightning.

Instead this strange looking jet plane came from the northwest, and headed south. I thought that maybe it was a new type of aircraft the military was flying.

I didn't hear any engine sound, but then again, there was thunder in the background.

The sighting occurred in Greenville, South Carolina. Camera used was a Minolta Z5.

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Old 06-14-2009, 07:22 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Paper plane.
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Old 06-14-2009, 08:29 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Paper plane.
I'd agree if the lamppost wasn't there for perspective. It's also not close to the lamppost, as the camera has focused on the lamppost but the craft is slightly out of focus.

If it was this easy to create this sort of image with paper planes, we'd have seen a lot more before now.
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Old 06-14-2009, 09:32 AM   #4 (permalink)
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The National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS), has catalogued the Triangle sightings, sifting through and combining databases to take a hard look at the mystery craft. Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, NIDS is a privately funded science institute with a strong research focusing on aerial phenomena.The results of their study have just been released and lead to some unnerving, still puzzling conclusions.

The study points out: "The United States is currently experiencing a wave of Flying Triangle sightings that may have intensified in the 1990s, especially towards the latter part of the 1990s. The wave continues. The Flying Triangles are being openly deployed over and near population centers, including in the vicinity of major Interstate Highways."

SPACE.com -- Silent Running: 'Black Triangle' Sightings on the Rise
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Also, I'd just like to point out that there were many black triangle sightings just before the F117A was revealed to the public Maybe Aurora is finally about to be revealed to us?
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Old 06-14-2009, 11:55 AM   #6 (permalink)
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It's obviously an interstellar craft from another galaxy piloted by advanced alien beings who are considering sharing their advanced technology with us, but are concerned about human's propensity for war and environmental destruction.
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It's obviously an interstellar craft from another galaxy piloted by advanced alien beings who are considering sharing their advanced technology with us, but are concerned about human's propensity for war and environmental destruction.
Too much imagination
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It's obviously been photoshopped in a vain attempt to hide the truth :
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RC plane maybe?
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Redhead, I love you now. I just heard that song yesterday, at the end of an edition of NPR's "This American Life" program where a guy was talking about his father who runs an amateur SETI website intended to be read by visiting aliens. I thought the song was about 8 kinds of awesome (not to mention y) and meant to go look for it. I had a feeling it was Karen Carpenter; her voice is pretty recognizable. But now thanks to you I get to hear the song again today without even having to hunt for it.
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Hehehe, I just listened to that same episode less than an hour ago.


(and that video is 10 kinds of awesome!)
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Looks like an 'Aurora'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(aircraft)

I read some interesting stuff about how, since the SR-71 program was canceled years ago, defense geeks noticed that the Air Force commanders weren't making any noise about needing a new spy plane. Why wouldn't they want a spy plane?

It's known as 'Aurora' because of a project codename on the 'secret' section of the military budget that apparently wasn't crossed through with a Sharpie like it should have been.

And how many years was the SR-71 program kept a secret? It didnt officially exist for ten years or so. They threw a tarp over them before they were even off the runway.

This is my favorite Aurora story:

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In late August 1989, while working as an engineer on the jack-up barge GSF Galveston Key in the North Sea, Chris Gibson and another witness saw an unfamiliar isosceles triangle-shaped delta aircraft, apparently refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker and accompanied by a pair of F-111 bombers. Gibson and his friend observed this spectacle for several minutes, until the aircraft went out of sight. Having dismissed the F-117, Mirage IV and fully-swept wing F-111 as the identity of this unfamiliar aircraft, Gibson drew a sketch of the formation. Gibson had been in the Royal Observer Corps' trophy-winning international aircraft recognition team since 1980; in other words, he was highly skilled and experienced at identifying military aircraft. Despite this, Gibson was unable to identify the aircraft he saw flying over the North Sea.[7]
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1) Why was the Exif data stripped?
2) Is it even possible to get such sharp, straight edges from an object that isn't within a few feet of the camera? (Even that would be difficult.)



In fact, that line is so perfectly straight and defined that I'm suspecting marquee tool involvement.



Well, at least the poster's IFO isn't lonely now anyway.

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It's obviously an interstellar craft from another galaxy piloted by advanced alien beings who are considering sharing their advanced technology with us, but are concerned about human's propensity for war and environmental destruction.
nooo, you haz it all wrong.

its the ceiling catz from Alfa Centauri with shipz piloted by hungry pussiez who plan 2 borrow all teh salmon and tuna, 4evr. But on teh way the hoomanz all wantsed 2 be taken aboard ship, cause dey wantsed 2 haz sexual fetishez wit wittle gray hoomans, who haz big black eyez. While strapped 2 hospital bedz.

Teh ceiling catz think hoomans r kreepy, and flewed away. kthxbai!
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nooo, you haz it all wrong.

its the ceiling catz from Alfa Centauri with shipz piloted by hungry pussiez who plan 2 borrow all teh salmon and tuna, 4evr. But on teh way the hoomanz all wantsed 2 be taken aboard ship, cause dey wantsed 2 haz sexual fetishez wit wittle gray hoomans, who haz big black eyez. While strapped 2 hospital bedz.

Teh ceiling catz think hoomans r kreepy, and flewed away. kthxbai!
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Based on camera focus, it's a fairly small object. Largest I'll put it is 20 ft long. It can be as small as 4 or 5 feet long.
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