tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post1256883817271009159..comments2024-03-24T20:16:30.097-07:00Comments on The Big Study: THE UFO BEAUTY CONTEST, TWO. The Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-39163390555505943832013-12-08T07:21:33.796-08:002013-12-08T07:21:33.796-08:00Coral Lorenzen claimed to know this lady who took ...Coral Lorenzen claimed to know this lady who took that photo well, and was sure of her credibility. Coral's testimony for the witness here has been ignored, and the larger UFO community went on to assume that since someone said that this looked like an illuminated cloud, then that's all it was. I'm not sure what to make of the community's response, but what I believe has happened is that UFOlogists run so scared that whenever a situation arises where defense of position starts in a bigger than normal hole, they punt and throw the case away. I certainly make the same judgements all the time [the difference, perhaps, being that I don't throw it away, but rather just don't publicly feature such incidents in writings.]The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-5744383843716005112013-12-07T21:05:46.457-08:002013-12-07T21:05:46.457-08:00the holloman 1957 photo, has i been proven as natu...the holloman 1957 photo, has i been proven as natural or still considered unknown / unidentified ? i cannot even guess what it is.. a time elapse photo of some bright cloud ? or long exposure of some kind taken at night ? i tried to google the background of this photo but all i got mostly the holloman landings hoax stuff.. <br /><br />certainly one of the best photo of all the photo you compiled for this postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-76863730235551438902013-12-01T10:50:25.933-08:002013-12-01T10:50:25.933-08:00I'm an ignoramus on this photo. The "stor...I'm an ignoramus on this photo. The "story" is a good one despite it being a single-witness case. I'm not sure who the UFO investigator on this was or if there even was one close to the time of the incident. I like the OZ factor in the tale, but the photo [as available] is pretty punk. [in that what you see is not greatly confirmative of the clarity claimed by the witness.] By much over boosting the contrast you can clearly see what he says is the diminishing cone-top protruding mainly away from the viewer but the shape still isn't convincing of a precise cone. Not that it makes much difference, but it nicer when a photo looks exactly like what the witness says without interpretation. The case rides on the integrity of the witness which people give him due to who he allegedly is. The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-3964032128433863102013-12-01T10:42:44.110-08:002013-12-01T10:42:44.110-08:00To my ears this photo has elicited very little com...To my ears this photo has elicited very little commentary at all.The reason seems to be that it has remained secretive --- anonymous witness, and no proper follow-up of any information at all by Coral. I put this non-status entirely on her until I get more information.<br /><br />The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-58827489788016906922013-11-30T23:47:39.253-08:002013-11-30T23:47:39.253-08:00prof , what is your take on the yacanto cordoba uf...prof , what is your take on the yacanto cordoba ufo photo in 1960 by argentine air force officer ? <br /><br />http://www.ufocasebook.com/yacantophotograph1960.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-92011859535086110832013-11-30T23:41:03.650-08:002013-11-30T23:41:03.650-08:00the pichaco peak photo, what is the concensus amon...the pichaco peak photo, what is the concensus among UFO researchers ? is it deemed real or fake or another grey area photo ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-47700474755698842862013-11-21T03:38:11.872-08:002013-11-21T03:38:11.872-08:00The Christmas-lights UFO over central CT is beauti...The Christmas-lights UFO over central CT is beautiful yet menacing to me...The Iran UFO and Lake Baskatong Quebec UFO both have me think they're legit because of they way they appear illuminated (don't know why that would even make a difference, but this is just subjective impressions of course).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-6293346079957119412013-11-20T18:06:38.841-08:002013-11-20T18:06:38.841-08:00Prof I don't see why your calm level headed ap...Prof I don't see why your calm level headed approach t'these things can't be the universal approach t'pretty much ev'rythin'.<br /><br />In the end it all boils down t'this someone presents data in the form of a professional or amateur anecdote or professional or amateur image etc etc etc after which assertions're made questions're posed then' anyone who wants t'take those assertions or questions further does so.<br /><br />Meanwhile anyone who can't see what the fuss's about goes off an' finds somethin' they do see what all the fuss's about.<br /><br />The end.<br /><br />If there's anythin' to my seeming interactions with my abstract angels where I had the sense they were dependent in some almost ecologically Miley Cyrus Lady Gaga kind o' way on my attention it may be all the highly extended hyper inflated fuss an' froth generated by the peevish interactions between so-called skeptics an so-called Forteans has actu'ly created Redfern's Gap [where golden age phenomena've been succeeded by piddlin' age phenomena] because the buggers no longer have to put in any kind of serious effort to place themselves to the fore of our thoughts.alanborkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333017272673090593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-23637810710849000282013-11-18T17:20:57.743-08:002013-11-18T17:20:57.743-08:00To a degree the photos I chose must reflect whatev...To a degree the photos I chose must reflect whatever prejudices I was juggling when I decided to pick them. A part of that bias is my trying to present things of interest to everyone [so I didn't pick completely goofy things], and for the most part I tried to put up photos which might have a chance of being legit. [so I didn't put up Adamskis nor Walters nor admitted hoaxes.] And beneath those sort-of reasonable criteria my radial symmetry, kind-of mechanical, bias expresses itself. Still I fight it. And if available I read the investigations --- sometimes pushing an image far away. The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-20157709650469993222013-11-18T12:56:35.246-08:002013-11-18T12:56:35.246-08:00I suppose for me, the key is perhaps that the obje...I suppose for me, the key is perhaps that the object look 'metallic'. The glowing spots don't do much for me (though they might do more in video form). I think, Professor, this is, like you say, identifying the object as 'technology'. A glowy spot can be many things from lens flare to stars to insects; a metallic object is either a UFO or a hoax (or a misidentified conventional aircraft, maybe). Now again, there's nothing that says UFOs must be metallic, reflective (indeed, many reports place them as matte), or anything else. Portholes/windows or antennae also indicate something in the photos-- again, 'real' object or hoax. Lights, BOLs, mothmen, etc., may (?!) be able to create forms and colors, but I have to draw the line at portholes or antennae, which clearly indicate workmanship more than a vague oblong/oval shape or light might do. Finally, I notice that almost all the selections this time around are disc-shaped with a raised center inasmuch as visible.brunonoreply@blogger.com