UFO Terrorizes Flickr Photo Site
A user on Flickr, rajman1977, has stirred up a bit of interest with a series of photos called "Bizarre Thing in Sky".
The photos were supposedly taken by rajman while visiting his fiance's parents in California. They show what he describes as a "bizarre thing in [the] sky." It gets more interesting: Last month, someone names Chad claimed he saw a similar object while hiking near Lake Tahoe, a sighting he shared on Coast to Coast, George Noory's paranormal radio show site.
We're guessing Chad and rajman1977 are probably the same person, or they at least know one another.
Sure, it's probably a fake, but the crazy part is the photo-manipulation frenzy the image has started on Flickr from just about anybody with a decent photo-editing program like Photoshop.
To prove just how easy it is to make something fake, one user went through the trouble of recreating the "UFO" with computer-generated graphics. In an hour and a half, he had a more convincing space craft than either Chad or Rajman.The object looks to be about the size of a bicycle, is way too clear in most of the photos, and honestly looks like a prop from the '70s version of 'Battlestar Galactica.'
One dead give away is this photo, where part of the power line simply disappears making it appear as if the craft is below the power lines. The photo is likely the work of a skilled, but amateur PhotoShopper.
Several people have suggested that this is part of a viral marketing campaign for the upcoming 'Transformers' film. There is a stark similarity between the font on the craft to that of the robots in the film. However, we believe that the studio could probably afford a better fake.
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shock jock @ May 24th 2007 2:28PM
Did you hear about the gardener who was kicked out of the club after he borrowed tools for his rocky garden and returned a bunch of knappy-headed hoes? Oh yeah, the photo: the line doesn't dissapear into the side of the model, but it is obviously a tire with goofy glue-ons (not to be confused with Klingons)
jamez @ May 25th 2007 1:21AM
The power line doesn't disappear into the craft. The color of the shielding on the cable appears to blend it. If you look further down the cable you'll see what I mean. These photos look very good. The fellows that took them need to come forward and state thier case. Also I've seen a few attemps to duplicate this, but nothing comes close so far. I don't believe it either way. Too many people screaming hoax with no credentials and visa versa.
Ken Oz @ May 25th 2007 12:50PM
This Picture of a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) has been circulating the web for the past week.
The object is man made and is a Drone.The Drone has been produced using the Hutchison Effect principle/Tesla Coils.
http://hutchison2006.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2007-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2008-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=13
bohica @ May 28th 2007 10:54PM
"To prove just how easy it is to make something fake, one user went through the trouble of recreating the "UFO" with computer-generated graphics. In an hour and a half, he had a more convincing space craft than either Chad or Rajman."
Are you serious!!!! The example provided does not even come close to Chad or Rajmans photos. Terrence I think you need to re-examine and compare the photos and the CGI example. The photos are way better than the attempt to recreate them. Why would you make a statement like that? Are you blind or just not well informed. That's why I hate Google news search. You get bogus news articles along with the real ones.
tristan @ Sep 25th 2007 10:32PM
> One dead give away is this photo, where part of the power line simply disappears making it appear as if the craft is below the power lines. The photo is likely the work of a skilled, but amateur PhotoShopper.
actually, no, if you zoom on the photo, you can see that it's not the case. the wire that seems to disapear is actually formed by a black wire spiralling around a metal wire. the black wire is behind so it makes the wire seem to disapear, but if you zoom (e.g. with photoshop), you can see no problem in the photo.
the drone photo is now here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xing4jj/786751751/ (click "all sizes" to see the original).
G Campbell @ Jan 16th 2008 9:45PM
It is easy to dismiss UFO sightings as a hoax, or insanity, or misidentifaction. Until you see one. Think about it
Andi @ Jan 16th 2008 10:00PM
They're just patiently waiting for us to blow ourselves up...we provide an interesting study of what NOT to do :(
Arumus @ Jan 17th 2008 2:04AM
Look carefully at the Texas photo and then go to
Flickr.com and take a look at the photos taken of
a very close cousin that was taken in northern California. The photos show that they are not the same craft although very much alike.
The Texas photo has an additional box like looking appendage at the rear of the craft.
The crafts, if real, are not alien in nature and
would be our own.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xing4jj/786751751/
This is the address of the flickr site.
matty @ Jan 17th 2008 6:31AM
dudes mom is probably pissed he took apart the blender.
Art T. @ Mar 31st 2008 2:28PM
I believe this is a man made Drone, just like many other open minded people do. I have seen many photos of this Drone, from many different people. I have on My computor, many documents that show drawings made at Palo Alto that look very similar to this Drone, these documents date back to 1980.
I also think that We are on the verge of going to new places in space, that is if the Governments of the world don't kill Us All first.