Originally posted by Ghost01
That's a very genuine photo! As for what the object in the picture is, I honestly don't know. You have me scratching my head on this. The fact of the matter is this:
The disk-shaped object in the picture is most likely something moble (a air or spacecraft is a very reasonable guess). Being a moble object, we really can't tell where it came from!
Tim, before shooting off in this direction, you should at least consider what Shadowhawk said above:
Stu Brown of POPULAR SCIENCE magazine had a good print of the Russian satellite image. That circular "object" appeared to be simply a bubble in the film.
A photo glitch is always a distinct possibility. With a large format first-hand print, a photo analysis expert can relatively easily find out if a certain feature of a photo is genuine or an artefact of the photographing/printing process. Of course I don't know if Mr. Stu Brown is such an expert, but one should be able to find out.
Also, looking at the colours of the "object" (which look very similar to those of the surrounding landscape), the "film bubble" explanation is at least a plausible option.
Regards
yf
