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Those of you who either attend some of the mainstream conferences, or buy commercial videos of UFO footage – will probably have seen footage obtained by a technique known as ‘Solar Obliteration’, or ‘Solar Obscuration’. The technique is fairly simple, but must be performed carefully, since it involves pointing both eyesight and a camcorder ‘at the sun’, although you do keep a solid object, such as a wall or roof in between you and the direct sun. This technique cuts out most of the glare from the sun, allowing other aerial objects to be more visible. When I have seen this type of footage, I have always been most unimpressed, as quite clearly people are deluding themselves by looking at insects and windborne debris as ‘UFOs’. My viewpoint has often caused a few disagreements! As is usually the case with any ‘mystery photo’ or ‘mystery video’, the only way to confirm suspicions is to attempt to replicate the footage with known rational causes. An enforced few days off work, coupled with a run of fine sunny days (a rarity the British summer of 2000!), allowed me to try my own recording. The results largely confirmed my suspicions, as the sky was full of insects and windborne seedheads - these really were quite obvious. However, the effects of the Cosmic Joker, or ‘Q’ should not be discounted, and they came into play once again. On the morning of 23rd August, I recorded 20-plus objects that were rather reminiscent of the infamous ‘ice crystals’ of the various shuttle mission footage. The photos below show both types of ‘UFO’.
My own feeling is that the small objects moving in a straight line on parallel tarjectories are more likely to be daylight meteors, but the jury is still out on analysis by myself and others. A short clip was shown at the August APRA meeting, with no firm conclusion . The research continues...
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