Furry Art, UFOs, and the McMinnville photos
Over on FA a furry artist whose work I like a lot (Baron Engel) posted some 'flying saucer' art from a project he's working on. I complimented him on it, especially praising his work on an Adamski saucer and on the famous McMinnville UFO picture. Then he dropped the bomb.
"McMinnville? Never heard of it."
This is what I'm talking about. Maybe the most famous UFO picture ever taken, it's certainly among the most heavily researched. It's one of the clearest pictures of a UFO ever taken, and at the same time it's been the most frustrating to those who tried to figure out just how the picture was taken. The photo has been shipped around to film and SFX people for over 50 years now, and has probably been examined as often as the Kennedy Assassination footage, and the only consensus is, "However they did it, I can't figure it out."
Even the Condon Commission reportedly stated after examining the picture that "The simplest and most likely explanation is that this is indeed a photograph of an aerial vehicle of a technology advanced beyond anything known on Earth at this time."
If there is a "real" UFO photo, this is probably it.
Of course, that opens up another whole can of worms. I don't believe that alien sentients would come to Earth for no better reason then just to fly their vessels over the planet willy-nilly, unless of course Earth is being used for the equivalent for Intergalactic Driver's Ed. ("Now, Zorglob, let up the Inertial Shunts slowly... slowly...")
However, the only other solution (if it is indeed a flying ship, which is a big "if") would be for the UFO to have been made by someone hear on Earth who then kept it secret. From everyone. For over 50 years. And that I simply cannot accept. Scientists who destroy their miracle invention to keep it from the greedy hands of corrupt humanity are popular in genre fiction, but in the real world most scientists and engineers who create something a generation ahead of everyone else can't wait to brag.
The picture may well be the rarity of rarities -- a photo of a genuine paranormal event.
"McMinnville? Never heard of it."
This is what I'm talking about. Maybe the most famous UFO picture ever taken, it's certainly among the most heavily researched. It's one of the clearest pictures of a UFO ever taken, and at the same time it's been the most frustrating to those who tried to figure out just how the picture was taken. The photo has been shipped around to film and SFX people for over 50 years now, and has probably been examined as often as the Kennedy Assassination footage, and the only consensus is, "However they did it, I can't figure it out."
Even the Condon Commission reportedly stated after examining the picture that "The simplest and most likely explanation is that this is indeed a photograph of an aerial vehicle of a technology advanced beyond anything known on Earth at this time."
If there is a "real" UFO photo, this is probably it.
Of course, that opens up another whole can of worms. I don't believe that alien sentients would come to Earth for no better reason then just to fly their vessels over the planet willy-nilly, unless of course Earth is being used for the equivalent for Intergalactic Driver's Ed. ("Now, Zorglob, let up the Inertial Shunts slowly... slowly...")
However, the only other solution (if it is indeed a flying ship, which is a big "if") would be for the UFO to have been made by someone hear on Earth who then kept it secret. From everyone. For over 50 years. And that I simply cannot accept. Scientists who destroy their miracle invention to keep it from the greedy hands of corrupt humanity are popular in genre fiction, but in the real world most scientists and engineers who create something a generation ahead of everyone else can't wait to brag.
The picture may well be the rarity of rarities -- a photo of a genuine paranormal event.