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Serious question from a skeptic - practical realities of taking clearvideo/stills of UFO's?
I'm limiting this to what seem like technically oriented groups, not
including UFO forums in an attempt to avoid slobbering tirades from the tinfoil hat brigade. I'm wondering why it is, in all the incidents of "UFO" sightings, including some that have made the news, any images that aren't obvious hoaxes (and many that are) are always grainy, shaky, indistinct blobs blurs, pinpoint lights etc. Okay, the conspiracy buff's default is always going to be that anything the gov't has is instantly going to be hidden and disavowed by the MIB. Maybe my perception is incorrect, but it seems powerful consumer photographic gear has been available for some time and there are legions of skilled photography and videography enthusiasts amateur and professional. How hard would it be to get that suped-up telephoto or zoom lens trained on the objects in question to get something resembling a clear shot in the case of something like this http://youtube.com/watch?v=MAox0pcZZxo where the objects are clearly visible for some time, seemingly plenty of time for someone who's skilled to get their gear onto a tripod and get a reasonably close-up shot. Or do I have a mistaken notion of how powerful the available optics are? The News stations show clear, distinct shots of the fast-moving Space Shuttle when it's well into its trajectory on launch days, I would guess from at least as far if not farther than these objects are from the cameras. The above link is an incident that occurred over a major city and apparently caused quite a buzz. *Nobody* there had good gear they could whip out to take some pics? I would think a major city has astronomy buffs and universities who have fairly sophisticated gear already set up to photograph distant objects. Wouldn't capturing something at airliner altitude be quite possible? Thanks |
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