Incredible UFO Filmed By Commercial Pilot above Costa Rica skies on 23 January 2013

The object appears to be slightly elliptical and also appears to be rotating in flight.

Did anyone else notice that?

Originally posted by Jaellma
The object appears to be slightly elliptical and also appears to be rotating in flight.

Did anyone else notice that?

The "object" only appears in the optics of the camera.

Araya says he was recording with his cell phone when suddenly the camera screen saw the object moving, When he looked out of the aircraft there was nothing, said the pilot.
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Did anyone notice that?

And here is the complete report by channel 7 Costa Rica.

Originally posted by Arken

Originally posted by hellobruce

Originally posted by Arken
This incredible and clear Footage

Clear footage of lense flare.... what is so incredible about it?

"The Incredible" is... your post...

In which kind of "Lens Flares World" do you live?

No one expert, with a brief knowledge of photographic skills, can subscribe your opinion.

The object is real and fast, really fast, and everyone can see that it shine when it pass throught the sunrays.

Lens flare my A$$ !

Arken your posts are always interesting and usually very accurate, if ever wrong! Thanks so much for such great contributions!

WOW, it definetly has a reflective surface, as it turns you can see the sun reflect off its surface. strange how as the plane turns, at the same angle the object seems to turn, Im not sure about this.

1st he was not filming the UFO dead give-away right there! He was just filming.

2nd When the UFO moves across the screen or his field of view the videographer does nothing to track it or follow it!

3rd He admits to not seeing it, yet an object that size would catch your eye unless you were filming without looking through the view finder which leads me to the final one...

4th It is a lens flare. It tracks perfectly opposite of the sun, both in length of filming and in the height below the suns apparent position. And the Filmer does not see it, does not see a bright white object being a pilot with good eyes would quickly spot it unless the were ignoring the camera and then noticed it after the fact.

Sorry but this is a HOAX!

reply to post by DenyObfuscation


You seem to know what your talking about!

Can you just briefly explain to me the principle that contorts a shadow around a lens flair artifact?

Also I think what people should also bear in mind is, the person filming this anomaly is A PROFESSIONAL pilot, this man will hold qualifications that are far and beyond what anybody on here will hold, he is a very smart man, he ultimately knows how to fly a plane now I dont know about aviation standards ion Costa Rica, but I imagine there fairly strict. He is a knowledgeable man, and if he does not know what lens flare is, he should probably not be flying a commercial plane, agreed?

reply to post by abeverage


I agree, its just a little to convenient, and seems to just be a reflection, or lense flare

reply to post by Tuttle

You seem to know what your talking about!

Just what I've read and seen for myself through my own crap camera. The reflection and flare is obvious to anyone who has used a camera with the Sun in frame.

Can you just briefly explain to me the principle that contorts a shadow around a lens flair artifact?

No clue, however I did notice a point where the "craft" seemed to separate from the "shadow" and leave it behind.
I'm not concerned with the "shadow" aspect myself simply because I know it's not a real object.

He is a knowledgeable man, and if he does not know what lens flare is, he should probably not be flying a commercial plane, agreed?

As far as I know, such technical knowledge of this aspect of photography would not be required to fly.

reply to post by Glassbender777
Convenient, and easy explanation.

Anything to not burst and explode brain vessels are welcome wholeheartedly.

reply to post by miniatus


Any other still photos of lens flares you want to add as part of your apples to oranges comparison? The term "blow hard" comes to mind...

You need to look at motion video and do some comparisons, you'll find the motion of that object is NOT consistent with a lens flare.

I'm gonna go with HAARP-flare on this one

No offense but this is not incredible video.

Hmmm Lens Flare for me im afraid.

Object appears on screen the moment the sun is fully in camera, it follows a path opposite the suns path, at one point you can see its sitting and being tracked 100% with furthest part of the suns lens flare (the object sits in the direct outer center edge of a crescent flare made by the sun and the lens).

And the object fades and vanishes the moment the sun leaves frame. Which a real object being observed wouldn't do.

Either the guy did capture a UFO and by a monumental freak of timing accidentally the UFO followed the exact predicted position of various parts of the suns lens flare or its simply just part of the lens flare itself. Thing is seeing a UFO is a low probability in of itself, but to see one, film one AND have it follow the path of the lens flare, as well as appearing and disappearing the same time as the sun pops into and out of frame...

Nope sorry, way to improbable. If anything id say the object was a reflection of the sun in whatever cover was protecting the camera unit.

Edit:- so this was filmed with a Cellphone cam through a planes window. Hmmm well theres your problem. As for him not seeing it but the camera did, well unless he had his head in the same position as the cameras lens he might not see the suns reflection on the plane window the camera could, all it can take is a minor shift in position to change a reflections position by quite a bit relative to the viewer pretty easily (ie making a reflection visible to one observer and not to another only a small distance away).

reply to post by Arken


There is an interesting disturbance of the Sun's rays during the passage.
Some sort of reflection perhaps.
Thanks for the posting.

It's Al Gore in his Eco-Craft "Excelsior" en route to save the world...

reply to post by Gu1tarJohn


No way. Are you serial?

reply to post by DenyObfuscation


Then it's off to finally kill man-bear-pig once and for all...

It tracks the same as the sun passing through the footage; plus when it hits the middle you can clearly see the space around it light up. Lens flare makes for a good candidate but I can not be 100% sure and don't want to draw any conclusions.

reply to post by shivaX

oh dam that was a funny picture,,

but the video indeed seems real in my opinion, is there some sort of vapor thing going aroud it at somepoint?
------also got a ufo pic with my worst camera--

not so sure if thats a lens flare...