Cool, so it's japanese...so whats it say? Is there any translation?

Originally posted by jarheadjock
To me it looks like a Stargate. Maybe they found one of the lost Stargates here on Earth?!?

Excellent thought! It could be. Too bad the guy did not think to launch something up into it with a wrist rocket to see what would happen. But hey, the guy has major cohonies just standing under it.

I very saddened by all of the stupid skeptism here. Worst of all was a supposed moderator who exposed how closed minded he was when he stated something to the effect that this thing is fake because it does not look ET enough. Like he really knows what an ET craft is supposed to look like.

Fantastic pictures. I dont belive for one second that this is CGI. Those writings are really cool too. It looks like some kind of probe to me, I dont think there are any pilots in it. May very well be one of the best real UFO pictures ever!

If the photographer was speaking the truth (which I very much doubt) then these photos would be worth a small fortune.

The mainstream newsmedia would pay a high price for photos or video footage of this kind of quality if they were genune. No one in their right mind would post them on a website for free unless they were being dishonest about their origin, and doing it for a prank.

That's why pretty much all the videos you see on Youtube and Google are fake or prosaic.

I am trying to prove that I can do it. If anyone could do it, there would be models of this all over this thread. Perhaps you should build one and post it here? Anyone can photograph a model as well, but I do not see anyone proving that out by doing it either. Just talk from folks like you.

I'm trying to think up some keyword searches for this image. I'm drawing a blank. So in the spirit of collaboration....post some keywords you would include in a Google image search.

If I could read the writing on the craft, and had a keyboard that would type them, I would use that. Perhaps somebody will come up with a translation that you can plug into google and use?

Originally posted by Drexon


Then there's the placement of the letters. Why is the "fu" sign placed up-side-down on the far right of the craft, but in the middle of it placed 'right'?

Oh, and they look like CGI if you ask me, sorry.

That is exactly what happens when you do not UV Map a computer model correctly. Your textures, in this case the writing, appear backwards or upside down.

Good work on the model groingrinder.

I like to see users actually trying something rather than just talking.

Even if the photos are not of a computer model etc, it is still worth it to show that yes, this could be produced in this way.

excellent work groingrinder, I can tell your very good at this kind of stuff.

I on the other hand, only been modeling on and off for 2 yrs. I really don't do much at all.

This can be done in anim8tor as well, but yours will probably look much better than mine lol.

I did this in 15 minutes.




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Its nice models, but there's more to CG than just raw material. The original is a very good CG work if it is CG, IMO. Granted, I'm not an expert. But lighting is very good and the model (again, if it is a model) is very detailed if you look closer.

The text is somewhat suspicious though, because it doesnt make any sense. Something that "they" want us to see would be more obvious and easier to understand. Just writing things like that for personal use doesnt make much sense.

I'm guessing the creator of this put it there as a puzzle. It probably says something real stupid

Thank you Dulcimer. I am not nearly as brainy as most of the people who frequent these threads, so I am lost doing the intensive research that gets things done around here. I am doing what I know to try and contribute.

XPhiles thank you for jumping in with both feet and doing something! It warms my heart to see a fellow modeler demonstrating the craft. I like using a NURBS modeler, because you can construct things by drawing curves. I am kind of lost when in a POLYGON modeler. I eagerly await your completed model.

Originally posted by merka

The text is somewhat suspicious though, because it doesnt make any sense. Something that "they" want us to see would be more obvious and easier to understand. Just writing things like that for personal use doesnt make much sense.

I'm guessing the creator of this put it there as a puzzle. It probably says something real stupid

The text could have been done by somebody who does not understand Japanese. They might have used it merely because it looked "alien" to them. Perhaps they did not know when a character is right side up or backwards?

It's good that these guys are posting their pictures they made. It helps proves the fact that making pictures like what's on coast to coast is not easy. As you can see they can get the basic shape of the "thing" but they are FAR from getting anywhere close to what the pics on C2C are. Very far from them. Like I said in my previous post, not even a fraction. Getting the basic shape down is one thing, but you can very much tell they are 3D models in a computer program where you cannot tell in the C2C pictures.

As for the writing being Japanese, if it is some kind of Japanese made technology that would be cool. But first thing that comes to mind when I read that is maybe the Japanese language, or something like it originated from something extra terrestrial. Could be why they are similar. Just a theory.

[edit on 7-5-2007 by d1k]