Strange object out the window on flight (photos)

This was taken on my Samsung Impression camera phone on a flight from Indianapolis to Newark on July 22, 2010.

I was just randomly taking pictures of clouds and the ground out the window throughout the flight as well as the rest of my trip. I didn't even notice this until the other day as I was rifling through old photos on my laptop.

There is a strange something in the upper middle area out in the sky above the wing off in the distance. At first I thought it might be a spec of water on the window, but a picture taken from a similar angle shows nothing there. I've included both of the pictures for your observation. Technophiles feel free to examine the pictures to your liking. These are unaltered and are the raw picture straight from my phone. Thoughts?

Object is in near the top of the picture above the wing.


Same angle, object is not there (for comparison).

reply to post by AJStein


Looks like a reflection of the inner of a camera, possibly a bulb flash.

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hmmmm guys dont know what im looking at s in dont know how to read headers ands such but here is a run i did on Google chrome's developer software.
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very strange pic

reply to post by Oozii


I thought about that, but the Samsung Impression doesn't actually have a flashbulb on it. It's just a plain camera. Plus I took about 20 other pictures out the window and didn't get anything like this so I wasn't totally sold on that.

SAMSUNG IMPRESSION CAMERA

reply to post by AJStein


Reflection from a reading light inside the plane?
Can anyone zoom in?

I can see what appears to be the refection of the widow around it..Maybe

reply to post by tamenie


I did copy the JPEGs out of the original folder using good old CTRL+C into a separate folder on my laptop before uploading so I could keep straight the two I wanted to upload. That might have skewed the date on the picture. I had taken about 200 pictures on my trip.

Also - I apologize, but I posted the wrong date in my original post. The pictures were taken on July 22, 2010 not July 29. It's late and I just made a typing error. Sorry about that.

reply to post by backinblack


I hadn't even noticed the reflection around it. There is a strange dual halo around it, isn't there?

You're probably right then; it's probably just from something inside the plane.

reply to post by AJStein


I cant blame you. If I took the pic i'd be too busy thinking WTF to look at anything else..

Originally posted by AJStein
reply to post by backinblack

 

I hadn't even noticed the reflection around it. There is a strange dual halo around it, isn't there?

You're probably right then; it's probably just from something inside the plane.

I don't know what it is either but when you shoot through glass, especially multiplane as might on an plane, you might get internal window reflections (not lens reflections). However, keep an open mind because the pro-reflection replies are just speculation. That backwards E could have been "out there". You might never know.

reply to post by The Shrike


I agree though it looks to be right in the centre of the halo effect.
Could be a coincedence so try zooming in.
The original should be a big enough file to get a reasonable pic.

Thanks AJS for the photo
I took the liberty to enlarge the backwards e part. Here's the result, the best I can do with my lousy computer equipment:
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Looks like a reflection of a watch face to me..

You can see the hands etc..

reply to post by Mclaneinc


I've never worn a watch, but maybe someone in the seat in front of me had one on.

Don't planes have two or three semi-thick panes of glass between you and the outside? Maybe it was some kind of wonkers reflection going on.

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I'm guessing reflection.

Originally posted by AJStein
reply to post by Mclaneinc

 

I've never worn a watch, but maybe someone in the seat in front of me had one on.

Don't planes have two or three semi-thick panes of glass between you and the outside? Maybe it was some kind of wonkers reflection going on.

Yes they do, I say its a reflection as I can't see any substance or solidness to the object.

reply to post by Mclaneinc


After seeing some of these blowups of it, I'm guessing reflection too. I appreciate everyone's feedback and taking the time to analyze it.

I'm actually somewhat relieved. I really didn't like the idea that dancing space potatoes were following me in a plane.

reply to post by AJStein


It looks to me like the "hole" you see in the window panes of airplanes. These tiny holes are located in the top center region of the porthole. I'm not sure if they are present in all portholes, or only on certain models and I am not even sure why they are there. I would estimate the diameter of these holes to be 1 mm.

reply to post by AJStein


Thing is , its NOT quite the same angle is it? The problem is , that theres a good chance that what you saw there was a reflection in the glass of the window. If it had actualy been the very same angle as the first shot, I bet you would have seen the very same little reflection there, but its NOT quite the same, and the angle is different enough that you could expect the reflection to disappear.