My son saw his first UFO 4-23-14

originally posted by: GoldenObserver
I live in WV and can attest to the activity of SOME kind of UFO (not saying it is alien, but definitely strange) in the Tri-State area, if that helps. What I seen was 1 light stationary for a time, then a flash and GONE.

A second later a friend of mine on the phone said that he saw something moving very fast at his home a few miles away flashing red, blue, and green.

If that is one of the triangles I have seen them around here before. Very beautiful to watch mid-flight.

My son and his girlfriend said it was a triangle..... 2 years ago my other son and I saw a different looking triangle it looked more like the TR3b a guy at work found the drawing of that on the internet and darn if we didn't get any photos at that time.

Your right they are beautiful to watch and silent too.

a reply to: FraZZleD38

NVM

originally posted by: Arbitrageur
a reply to: FraZZleD38

I tried to find a horizon by lightening the image and couldn't find any horizon, but I did find some interesting things. Looks somewhat like a tower like object in the foreground with lights on it, then maybe another tower in the background with lights on it. Since there's no horizon in between, I'm not convinced anything in this image is flying, though I suppose it's possible. Because of the different distances there would appear to be relative motion between stationary lights on the ground giving the illusion of a UFO moving.

When I see the moon just over the treetops while driving it looks like the moon is flying over the treetops in a similar illusion.

Can he identify that structure in the foreground? Given that and the direction he might be able to see if there is a structure in the background as viewed from that angle with lights on it that would match this.

Looks like an arm holding something to me

That's funny I can see that too!!! But I know my son he's not like that. I saw her face as he was telling me what happened. She looked totally scared.

originally posted by: FraZZleD38
That's funny I can see that too!!! But I know my son he's not like that. I saw her face as he was telling me what happened. She looked totally scared.

Yeah that's just a funny illusion, I see an arm too but I'm sure that's not what we're looking at.

originally posted by: FraZZleD38
This is where he says they saw it.......

Thanks for this....do you know what spot the picture was taken? Was it near one of the blue arrows? If so which one? Also I'm a little confused about the arrows saying he chased it but they seem to be pointing sort of away from the UFO? Was the UFO hovering in that spot or was it moving too?

a reply to: Kratos40
Yes it's not a good enhancement but as I said, I was only looking for a horizon, and I lightened it to show that there just isn't one visible. Whatever was used to take the picture wasn't very sensitive to light, or didn't have much ability to increase the exposure time, or both. Also it's only 3468 byte image, so it's just such a small file there's not much in it to tease out with any software.

Without the horizon as a reference frame, it's hard to tell what's on the ground and what's in the sky, but obviously the foreground object whatever it is (fencepost?) is on the ground.

a reply to: FraZZleD38

Could it have been a light aircraft either coming in to land or taking off from Victory Field Airport ?

originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: FraZZleD38

Could it have been a light aircraft either coming in to land or taking off from Victory Field Airport ?

They said it was quiet. I don't know of any planes that are quiet. And the Victory Field I searched for a run way but all I see is a field with no where to land. Also Victory Field is north of the street. My son said the object was on the south side of the street. I'm hoping to get pictures in the daylight tomorrow.

originally posted by: Arbitrageur

originally posted by: FraZZleD38
That's funny I can see that too!!! But I know my son he's not like that. I saw her face as he was telling me what happened. She looked totally scared.

Yeah that's just a funny illusion, I see an arm too but I'm sure that's not what we're looking at.

originally posted by: FraZZleD38
This is where he says they saw it.......

Thanks for this....do you know what spot the picture was taken? Was itNot exactly that's why I'm checking it out tomorrow. near one of the blue arrows? If so which one? Also I'm a little confused about the arrows saying he chased it but they seem to be pointing sort of away from the UFO? Was the UFO hovering in that spot or was it moving too? It was hovering then when he stopped it raised up and took off to the west.

a reply to: Kratos40
Yes it's not a good enhancement but as I said, I was only looking for a horizon, and I lightened it to show that there just isn't one visible. Whatever was used to take the picture wasn't very sensitive to light,It was his cell phone or didn't have much ability to increase the exposure time, or both. Also it's only 3468 byte image, so it's just such a small file there's not much in it to tease out with any software.

Without the horizon as a reference frame, it's hard to tell what's on the ground and what's in the sky, but obviously the foreground object whatever it is (fencepost?) is on the ground.

Well it's getting late I want to thank everyone for all your help. I hope I can find the spot he was standing in tomorrow. If I do I'll post a photo of it in the day light. Again I really appreciate all your help.

a reply to: FraZZleD38

And the Victory Field I searched for a run way but all I see is a field with no where to land.

Here's FAA details for Victory Field Airport , it has two turf runways.
Victory Field

To me it seems like a likely candidate as it is almost exactly where you say the sighting was.
In the airport notes there's mention of an 100ft tower 2,5 miles NE of that location , you could check to see if that is lit up at night .

a reply to: FraZZleD38

UFO's loved ploughed fields.

Oh and doesn't it seem strange that aliens craft from a distant galaxy get scared off by a kid in a car???????

Did your son report any humming sounds, feelings of static electricity in the air. How about electronics? Any mal-functions with car or phones or other? How about psychological phenoms? Any feelings or thoughts conveyed during his sighting? Any residual feelings or messages I guess other than the normal fear and bewilderment?

originally posted by: Kratos40
Based on the original picture, I know some ATS people can tease out some details from the darkness. No offense to Arbigatreur, but that was awful.

Not much can be done with a photo that has only 1407 colours, with 97.5% of all the pixels having just 6 colours.

originally posted by: FraZZleD38
This is where he says they saw it.......

Based on that image and using Google's Street View, this is what I got.



Looking at that post with the mailbox, I think this is very close to the place where the photo was taken, but for the post to cross the white line it means the photo was taken from the field and not from the road, pointing south instead of north, and in that case the camera was pointing more or less in the same direction as in the following image.

a reply to: Arbitrageur

If entertain possiblity its ufo, then this image could be showing some sort of energy based "elevator" that greyish area and then could that greenish are be actual alien being in the ground area of greyish area, it kinda looks like hes tall and slim looking up long hands on the side. Thats just how i see it but ofcourse i wasnt there experiencing the situation but i can entertain this possibility, i seen some weird objects in the sky also.

originally posted by: FraZZleD38
Well it's getting late I want to thank everyone for all your help. I hope I can find the spot he was standing in tomorrow. If I do I'll post a photo of it in the day light.

Thanks for following up, it's nice to see some research like this! Hope you can post something of the same view from the same spot in daylight which should at least help us identify the foreground object which probably hadn't moved if it's a fencepost as you suspect.

a reply to: ArMaP
Thanks ArMaP, I was going to try something similar but when FraZZleD38 said they might try to post a daytime image from the same spot I decided to just wait and see if that is posted.

Good research here, I have a question as well, anyone know whether it was windy, or still, this will also affect the sound question.

a reply to: researcher88
I used to watch airplanes come in for a landing at the airport from a water tower just outside the airport. I could almost always see the planes long before I could hear them. So wouldn't dismiss an airplane explanation just because you can't hear it.

Also at Chicago O'hare, from the ground, I could see over a dozen planes stacked up for landings in the glide paths, and I couldn't hear any of them, until they got reasonably close.

Takeoffs are much noisier than landings though.

Yes, wind speed and direction can affect how much sound you hear from the plane.

originally posted by: Arbitrageur

When I see the moon just over the treetops while driving it looks like the moon is flying over the treetops in a similar illusion.

Can he identify that structure in the foreground? Given that and the direction he might be able to see if there is a structure in the background as viewed from that angle with lights on it that would match this.

I think the structure in the foreground is a reflection of the guy's upheld camera taking the picture and reflecting off of his car window, much like what we recently saw with the deer camera "UFO". I'm basing this on the fact that the structure seems to be interrupting the horizontal grey/blue line which is presumably the car's windowsill or possibly a paint line on the side of the road. If it were a structure like a telephone pole or tower it should appear on the opposite side of that horizontal line.

It doesn't explain the lights but it probably explains the one enhanceable feature in the photo.

Using my proprietary image editing software, I've managed to further enhance the photo:
i59.photobucket.com...


(just kidding guys )