The photo author: "It appeared to be hovering for a while (about 10 minutes) and then took off so fast it basically disappeared.

I was just able to get this shot taken before it disappeared"

Some notes:

1) Clearly the object was not over the house, the object is in distance.

2) So you took this photo only just a second before it "took off so fast it basically disappeared".

Just to be precise.

I live near the Rose Bowl and have seen several stealth bombers and fighters in flight. My thought was, this doesn't looked blurred at all, and those things move! It's so curious about the distorted wing too as already mentioned. Good pic!

Originally posted by yuefo
I live near the Rose Bowl and have seen several stealth bombers and fighters in flight. My thought was, this doesn't looked blurred at all, and those things move! It's so curious about the distorted wing too as already mentioned. Good pic!

Not only do they move, they usually also leave trails from the jets. Although that picture is oversaturated and so the trails, if they existed, would probably not be visible in this picture anyways.

Nice pic OP.
It really is very interesting. I know you mentioned that it flew away at fast rate of speed and made no noise.
In relation to your photograph which way did it take off?

When it did take off, did you notice any lights or glowing that would indicate a propulsion system?

Thanks

Originally posted by QuietSoul
Looks like a kite to me~

Me too. I would call hoax on this thread but I guess there is no way of really knowing if the poster is telling the truth or not. Just seems like a simple kids kite to me. Maybe even an ultralight.



[edit on 22-7-2007 by zerotime]

It really looks like a kite to me. I tried to see if I could figure out which way the wind was blowing but couldnt, also tried to see some string and couldnt.
But it sure looks like a kite that ive seen many times.

And if it sat there long enough to go find the camera more people would have seen it and im sure it would have been a news item.

btw did you get any pics with the phone? Might help your story.

I gotta side with the folks who said B-2.It would help to know the location though.

It may also be a drone. There are several in-production or development utilizing the general shape of a B-2.

Acting as a reconnaissance aircraft, that'd make sense for it to seemingly not move for awhile, then make a high-speed maneuver away.

I was leaning toward the B-2 theory, but I've tried to match the angle of the wings as best I could. I don't think a B-2 matches very well with the original image. Now I'm leaning toward the kite theory.







[edit on 22-7-2007 by Tuning Spork]

I believe this is another photo-shopped hoax. I took the image and zoomed in on the target. Then I reduced the brightness and saw speckles surrounding the object which are not present in the surrounding air. These speckles form a square around the "UFO". I believe the speckles are representing an alternate background from the photo-shopped image (likely a B2). Here is my photo detective work for your scrutiny...



I of course could be wrong. I wish I were and we saw a real UFO. I hope I see one in my lifetime.

it looks like a handgun.. revolver.. six shooter... ya know! but.. other than that.. looks like the bomber-

b-2's fly that low???

AllSeeingI, are you saying that when there are those little "chicken-pox"
bumps around the subject, that subject was superimposed upon the
background artificially?

I too would hate to see that another ATS member is trying to hoax this
forum, but if that is the case, we need to know ASAP. I hope the O.P.
will follow-up and either swear that this is a genuine unaltered photo, or
admit that he tried to pull a fast one so we can forgive and move on.
-cwm

I dont know how this will play into this in the end but "ExcitableBoy", the OP uses the ID of "Zabilgy" at photobucket where the photo resides and "Zabilgy" is a previously banned member (from 2005) here. Just FYI, using SG's lead....

May have no bearing on this but ya never kno, eh? May show intent or play into the OP's character....

[edit on 22-7-2007 by Lost_Mind]

could the "speckles" signify i certain energy emitting from the craft? it looks like the air surrounding the UFO is distorted.

Originally posted by AllSeeingI
I believe this is another photo-shopped hoax. I took the image and zoomed in on the target. Then I reduced the brightness and saw speckles surrounding the object which are not present in the surrounding air. These speckles form a square around the "UFO".

AllSeeingI, the EXIF data (posted on page 1) show that the photo came straight out of a Canon camera, and not that it had ever gone through PhotoShop (or any other program).

In my opinion, the boxy speckles are probably just an artifact of the image's effect on the way the camera photographs objects with such a light/dark contrast as a dark object against the daylit sky.

This may be a hoax, but it's not a PhotoShopped hoax.

edit: P.S. removed.

[edit on 22-7-2007 by Tuning Spork]