Hovering silver sphere in Dulce (picture included)

First off I was unsure if I should put this in the Alien/UFO catagory or Area 51, so mods feel free to move if necessary.


Basically I found this image about 4 years ago when messing around on GlobeXplorer, which was the coolest at the time. This was before Google Earth, so this is a simple B&W photo. Hearing about Dulce and all of its lore, I went searching for anything suspicious on GlobeXplorer.

After searching randomly around the town of Dulce, I came across this frame which shows some sort of hovering metallic sphere. I say hovering because if you look, you can see a shadow underneath. Now this could be some sort of comms tower, but I saved this frame because I remembered reading about these roaming sentinels that patrolled around Dulce. Now I am a little bit more skeptical than I was at the time, but nevertheless this is still a semi-interesting pic.

Having been interested in this kind of thing for many years now, and having joined ATS recently, I figured that I would post this to see what you ATS'rs think. I have never posted an image so hopefully this works. I will try to figure out how to get a zoomed in version of the sphere and post that, but in the meantime, let me know what your take is on this.

[edit on 7-3-2007 by Don Wahn]

Seriosuly, I find it hard to believe that no one has anything positive or negative to say about this picture. Ive seen the kind of discussion that goes on within these walls, and I honestly thought that at least one person would have commented.

I swear that it was not manipulated in any way prior to my posting. This is the real picture that was posted for all to see in 2003.

Do you have the coordinates for this image? It certainly looks interesting. It appears that it is definitely reflective and it is definitely in the air. I think we could rule out it being a weather balloon because it looks like its at a low altitude. The size of the shadow would indicate that it is pretty low. Am I right in thinking that?

Originally posted by Don Wahn
Seriosuly, I find it hard to believe that no one has anything positive or negative to say about this picture. Ive seen the kind of discussion that goes on within these walls, and I honestly thought that at least one person would have commented.

I swear that it was not manipulated in any way prior to my posting. This is the real picture that was posted for all to see in 2003.

I am curious about the 'ridge' this item seems to be hovering over. Interesting picture - I am gonna goof around with google earth to see about getting a clearer zoomed in version of that ridge....
Its a UFO because it is unidentified - and from the 'drop shadow' - it seems to be hovering...

Also, if possible - since I am having a heck of a time finding this needle in a haystack - could you post some coordinates ???

Appreciate it!

Why do the shadows of the trees go to the north-east, and the shadow of the "ufo" goes to the south-west?

I think this is just an optical illusion caused by 2 spots in the road.

Looks like a fire-watch tower.

It's in a clear cut, with an un-improved trail leading up to it.

Photographed from directly overhead, with the sun casting a shadow, it would appear to be hovering.

Just my 2 cent,
Lex

It appears to me that it is no bigger then any of those shrubs. It would be bigger if it were any higher then those bushes, which tells me its at ground level and fairly small. Or if higher then even smaller

Interesting photo. Whatever this object is, it appears to have a small diameter, as the visible roads only accommodate one vehicle, and tend to run 8' - 10' in width.

It's not uncommon to encounter barren swaths like this in an otherwise vegetated area. This one appears to straddle an elevated rise on the west...shows signs of water erosion, and ends near the bottom of the photo. There's a similar, but smaller swath showing erosion, located near the Northwest corner of the photo.

The shadow corresponds to the obvious shadow being cast by the large juniper directly to the South, and West of the object (just follow the direction of the shadow being cast by the object). The sun appears to be at 1 o'clock.

The shrubs are Juniper, commonly called 'New Mexico Cedar'. Older growth specimans can run 25' in height, but would tend to average half of that. I have an 18 footer outside my backdoor. This is the best I can do for a photo of this type of juniper terrain: /2sms62

One curious element here; if this was a permanent structure such as a tower, you would normally see evidence of vehicle tracks, or a foot trail leading to it from the road...curious hikers, hunters, and gun toting beer drinkers.

Peace &
Good Fortune
OBE1

EDIT: After further scrutiny, I'm pretty sure this object is located over a drainage, or what is normally referred to as an 'arroyo' in NM.

[edit on 8-3-2007 by OBE1]

Originally posted by Tiloke Reborn
Why do the shadows of the trees go to the north-east, and the shadow of the "ufo" goes to the south-west?

I think this is just an optical illusion caused by 2 spots in the road.

Which was supplied by swamp gas from the swamp that is out of the picture frame. This swamp gas decided to be enhanced by the conjunction of the sun and Venus enabling a spherical object to be detected by cameras.

As for your shadows... I know not where you are looking - perhaps in that swamp that is out of the picture frame?
Not to be mean or anything folks - but everyone can clearly see that all the shadows are correct in nature - including the one below the orb of "2 spots in the road swamp gas".

I would have said ok - perhaps it is if you said it could be a cell tower or perhaps a radar dish - something... but 2 spots in the road???
hmm.

My apologies in not being able to provide any coordinates for this image.

As I stated above, I captured it back in 2003 and honestly the last thing I was thinking of was trying to get coordinates, let alone if GlobeXplorer provided them in 2003. Mind you they would have been very helpful at this time.

Thanks for the opinions!

Dulce is known for strange behavior but I don't see anything unusual with the photos you pasted. They are far too out of focus to be able to clearly distinguish any ufos.

Originally posted by SocialistAgenda
Dulce is known for strange behavior but I don't see anything unusual with the photos you pasted. They are far too out of focus to be able to clearly distinguish any ufos.

I am not saying that I think it is a UFO. It just seems strange that a shiny metallic orb would be sitting in the middle of nowhere. Does it not seem in the least bit odd that this object is "hovering" or "elevated" at all

Originally posted by Tiloke Reborn
Why do the shadows of the trees go to the north-east, and the shadow of the "ufo" goes to the south-west?

I think this is just an optical illusion caused by 2 spots in the road.

What trees? If this is typical terrain from central New Mexico, the dark spots are just low lying scrub brush. Their shadows are very short and can't tlle how they're oriented.

My first reaction is that this is an intriguing image. Too small to serve as evidence of anything, but if we should spot more of them...

Originally posted by disownedsky

Originally posted by Tiloke Reborn
Why do the shadows of the trees go to the north-east, and the shadow of the "ufo" goes to the south-west?

I think this is just an optical illusion caused by 2 spots in the road.

What trees? If this is typical terrain from central New Mexico, the dark spots are just low lying scrub brush. Their shadows are very short and can't tlle how they're oriented.

My first reaction is that this is an intriguing image. Too small to serve as evidence of anything, but if we should spot more of them...

I really wish I could get the coordinates for this 'thing' - it would be very telling - especially if this object is still there... then there could be a possible explanation - such as radar tower or something. Google Earth's maps of the area really stink... don't they appear pretty dark? I mean, its the whole area... hundreds of miles of mapped land that looks like it was taken at dusk... perhaps it was - but the imagery is very dark.

i know i wish we had the cords. perhaps nasa worl wind would have better shots? it still would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
thx for sharing tho. cool pic for what its worth.
peace

Does anyone know if it is possible to move a thread to another forum? I feel that this might be better suited for the Area 51+ section?

Anyone know?