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originally posted by: Scdfa
The problem as I see it is simple: You, and people like you, are not aware that alien contact is a reality.
originally posted by: Scdfa
You want a photo that will finally be the one that will convince you that aliens are here. A photo that will knock you off the fence you're sitting on, and lift all the doubt from your soul, and make you shout "Hallelujah! I finally have the proof I needed!"
originally posted by: Scdfa
Then believe it. That's up to you, and it's not a hard thing to do. In fact, no belief is really required
originally posted by: Scdfa
When it comes to judging a photograph of a purported alien ship, people who have never seen one are poor judges. But people who don't know if they really exist are terrible judges.
originally posted by: ArMaP
originally posted by: Scdfa
And as I said, when it comes to judging a photograph of a purported alien ship, people who are unsure whether alien contact is real make terrible judges.
Is someone that never saw a penguin a terrible judge of a photo that has a penguin?
originally posted by: Scdfa
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
originally posted by: Scdfa
See, this pretty much sums up what I thought was the problem, and the reason for the poor reception this photo received.
The problem as I see it is simple: You, and people like you, are not aware that alien contact is a reality.
As a result, you look to pictures like this great photograph for answers.
For THE answer.
You want a photo that will finally be the one that will convince you that aliens are here. A photo that will knock you off the fence you're sitting on, and lift all the doubt from your soul, and make you shout "Hallelujah! I finally have the proof I needed!"
I'm not sure why all of that matters when we are trying to discern whether or not this image is genuine.
Whether or not there may or may not be other evidence of intelligent aliens visiting Earth really has no relevance to the veracity of this image. All we are trying to do is verify THIS image -- and THIS image has some issues that make it suspect (e.g., the compression artifacts seem to be wrong).
Actually, it matters a great deal.
And as I said, when it comes to judging a photograph of a purported alien ship, people who are unsure whether alien contact is real make terrible judges.
originally posted by: wmd_2008
originally posted by: Scdfa
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
originally posted by: Scdfa
See, this pretty much sums up what I thought was the problem, and the reason for the poor reception this photo received.
The problem as I see it is simple: You, and people like you, are not aware that alien contact is a reality.
As a result, you look to pictures like this great photograph for answers.
For THE answer.
You want a photo that will finally be the one that will convince you that aliens are here. A photo that will knock you off the fence you're sitting on, and lift all the doubt from your soul, and make you shout "Hallelujah! I finally have the proof I needed!"
I'm not sure why all of that matters when we are trying to discern whether or not this image is genuine.
Whether or not there may or may not be other evidence of intelligent aliens visiting Earth really has no relevance to the veracity of this image. All we are trying to do is verify THIS image -- and THIS image has some issues that make it suspect (e.g., the compression artifacts seem to be wrong).
Actually, it matters a great deal.
And as I said, when it comes to judging a photograph of a purported alien ship, people who are unsure whether alien contact is real make terrible judges.
Well first of all MANY on here have been into photography for a LONG LONG time (me 35 years) many of us use our expertise to take pictures of the night sky etc look here Members Astrophotography
We can also tell a lot about an image just by looking at it the OBJECT in the OP picture does look wrong the lighting of it is not consistent with the rest of the image, also most pictures from ufo sites tend to have no exif data attached on digital images this would let is know time,date,aperture,shutter speed,iso rating, focal length,make/model of camera and other useful information with this you can confirm /back up or prove the claims made re the image are wrong.
Here is a shot I took at night which looks like your typical light in the sky picture.
When I took that I just lifted my camera left the settings the same as the last image I had taken and got the image above.
As the object started to turn and move away I changed exposure settings to show what it was in this image.
That shows enough detail to confirm it was a helicopter.
The problem I SEE now with ufo claims today is although more people have a camera we don't get better images because most are smartphone or small compact cameras which are almost useless at night (don't believe manufacturers hype) they have small image sensors which do not work well at night.
So what I am saying to YOU there are plenty of members on here that look at the sky day & night that have the expertise to look at images and although they may have seem some strange things they have the equipment and knowledge to work out what they are seeing.
I joined here to see images that would prove ufo's (alien) to me have I seen one yet NO, but if I do I will back it 100%, if think the person is mistaken I WILL try to show why!
So, your response is "just believe it"?
Prove it and we'll believe it. As it stands there is absolutely no proof of any of this, none.
I want proof, I want something that a team of scientists can study and research and say to the world that this is genuine and real.
I would just like to point out that there is a difference between UFO and ALIEN SHIP.
It comes down to this... logical minds need evidence.
It comes down to this... logical minds need evidence. No real and solid evidence currently exists.
originally posted by: mirageman
Choice777 - correct me if I am wrong but I suspect you posted this because you believe aliens are real, were highly impressed by this picture and really thought other forum members would be congratulating you on a great find.
However you seemed to have become somewhat disappointed and defensive because others have doubted it's authenticity.
originally posted by: galadofwarthethird
a reply to: Choice777
Unfortunately picture and stories are proof of nothing. # you can have video of aliens shaking hands with the president and then walking into a saucer and it would still mean nothing. The only way real proof comes is in up close and personal kind, on a mass level, the kind which will disturb pretty much everything going in your life and everybody else.
But to tell the truth if it ever comes to that. Well it will likely go down as well as it did for the natives when Columbus discovered Americas, the conquistadors alone killed a quarter of the original populations, much less all that followed latter from the civilized world.
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originally posted by: Choice777
All i'm saying when looking at this photo is : hey look, another photo that will probably turn out to be a standard type of ship of X race from X solar system ONCE we have disclosure.
originally posted by: Choice777
There's absolutelly zero chances that we're the only life form in the universe, numbers just peak for themselves...oh and the occasional photo.
All i'm saying when looking at this photo is : hey look, another photo that will probably turn out to be a standard type of ship of X race from X solar system ONCE we have disclosure. There's absolutely zero chances that we're the only life form in the universe, numbers just peak for themselves...oh and the occasional photo.
originally posted by: wmd_2008
originally posted by: Choice777
There's absolutelly zero chances that we're the only life form in the universe, numbers just peak for themselves...oh and the occasional photo.
I agree 100% we will not be the only life in the universe BUT also due to the numbers size etc the chances of 2 races existing at the same time and within traveling distance is also SLIM!
I have yet to see a really convincing photo !
originally posted by: mirageman
a reply to: Choice777
So whether we have been visited and are being visited is still a huge question mark for me. When I was younger I was definitely in the pro-alien camp but as I've looked at the data myself on cases it becomes apparent that despite the huge mountains of evidence there really isn't anything absolutely proving aliens ever have visited this planet.
But then again people think Bigfoot, Nessie, Champ, the Yeti, Ghosts and psychic powers are real. Again plenty of evidence. Nothing conclusive as yet.
All i'm saying when looking at this photo is : hey look, another photo that will probably turn out to be a standard type of ship of X race from X solar system ONCE we have disclosure....
Personally I don't think this particular photo is a good one of an alien spacecraft. Nor are those hills directly behind Trawsfynydd, where the ship appears to be, as huge as you seem to think.
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
What I mean is say that each of those civilizations was space-faring for 2 million years before dying into extinction (extinction as a civilization)
A guys corpse on top of an unaccesable coal pile 10 feet high, perfectly clean body/ clean clothes, 60 miles from his home, no signs of death except a forensic legal guy whatever they're called that do an autopsy said ''he shows signs of effectively having died of fear, died of shock from too much adrenaline'', dies with his eyes open, mouth open if i remember corectly, and has a bunch of weird marks on his upper body, electric shock marks covered! in some strange green substance that appears to have been applied to heal his burns. The substance was compared by the police or that autopsy guy with a database of over 5-6000 substances and came back unknown.
''In May 1955, Vallée first sighted an unidentified flying object over his Pontoise home. Six years later in 1961, while working on the staff of the French Space Committee, Vallée witnessed the destruction of the tracking tapes of an unknown object orbiting the earth. ... A superior came and erased the tape....''
Vallée's opposition to the ETH theory is summarised in his paper, "Five Arguments Against the Extraterrestrial Origin of Unidentified Flying Objects", Journal of Scientific Exploration, 1990:
Scientific opinion has generally followed public opinion in the belief that unidentified flying objects either do not exist (the "natural phenomena hypothesis") or, if they do, must represent evidence of a visitation by some advanced race of space travellers (the extraterrestrial hypothesis or "ETH"). It is the view of the author that research on UFOs need not be restricted to these two alternatives. On the contrary, the accumulated data base exhibits several patterns tending to indicate that UFOs are real, represent a previously unrecognized phenomenon, and that the facts do not support the common concept of "space visitors." Five specific arguments articulated here contradict the ETH:
unexplained close encounters are far more numerous than required for any physical survey of the earth;
the humanoid body structure of the alleged "aliens" is not likely to have originated on another planet and is not biologically adapted to space travel;
the reported behavior in thousands of abduction reports contradicts the hypothesis of genetic or scientific experimentation on humans by an advanced race;
the extension of the phenomenon throughout recorded human history demonstrates that UFOs are not a contemporary phenomenon; and
the apparent ability of UFOs to manipulate space and time suggests radically different and richer alternatives.
originally posted by: Choice777
Come on...really ? The case of the japanese 737 or 747 ..7 series boieng that had a lot of diagrams and accounts by both pilots plus the planes weather radar picked up the object, plus if i remeber corectly either ground or air verification by a 2nd party ?
How about that is the single most amazing case in UK history where a police officer out in his patrol car was on his way to investigate some weird acting cows, he's confronted by a ufo in the middle of the road by his account, and wakes up 400 yards up the road with 20-40 minutes missing. This event happened in extremely close proximity to an event HE investigated just 5-6 months before. Obviously HE or THAT location was tagged by the ufo. What was the ufo missing and that he found 5-6 months before ? A guys corpse on top of an unaccesable coal pile 10 feet high,