Originally posted by greeneyedleo
I see no reason to believe it is anything but a bird.

Very good. My first thought was that of a bird as well.

I have seen similar pics show up on ATS and every time I have seen a pic like this it has always ended up being a bird.

This pic you posted shows a great example of how it is just a bird. Looking at it, you can clearly see the body and the wings of the bird. The comparison picture you offer makes it even easier to see what it is.

Good job



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It is threads like this that make me wonder why I come to ATS at times. Of course it's a bird. But some people are blind to the truth even when it's right in front of them. To me, something is wrong when some want "space aliens" and "space ships" in their lives so bad that it causes them to look at a bird, yet think they see "space ship".

Originally posted by Unity_99
Why is there light reflecting under the "wing" of this bird that's shadows and contrasts are occurring in such a way as to appear metallic?

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I share that opinion with you. That is something that has to be explained.
From that distance it should have been completely dark especially below the wing, if it was a bird that is.

interesting replies so far, thanks for them!

@Blueracer: I honestly don't know what it is, that's what i posted and asked. If I thought i knew for sure what it is, I wouldn't ask. Of course it can be a bird, but it does look like an odd one if it is. I apologize if you find my post stupid, atleast others are trying to come up with a constructive conclusion in a more polite way. I don't have a need to identify every dot in the sky as an alien craft, just so you know.

It does look like it might be a bird, but the first thing that popped into my head was a helicopter of some sort. Interesting photo tho, thanks for sharing.

Chrono

This UFO has now been identified. It IS a BIRD, the object matches all the correct characteristics for photographing a bird in flight. From the overall shape (looks like a Seagull to me) to the objects flight dynamics. GreenEyedLeo and ArMaP, as well others have correctly called this one. This case is closed in any logical opinion. Good job everyone for being so fast to jump on this (maybe cause we have seen it before, many times). But I hope this thread doesn't mutate into a secondary thread about "skeptics", please lets not go there guys, this is only science. And to the OP, thanks for sharing, you never know until you ask.

Originally posted by jkrog08
This UFO has now been identified. It IS a BIRD, the object matches all the correct characteristics for photographing a bird in flight. From the overall shape (looks like a Seagull to me) to the objects flight dynamics. GreenEyedLeo and ArMaP, as well others have correctly called this one. This case is closed in any logical opinion. Good job everyone for being so fast to jump on this (maybe cause we have seen it before, many times). But I hope this thread doesn't mutate into a secondary thread about "skeptics", please lets not go there guys, this is only science. And to the OP, thanks for sharing, you never know until you ask.

This really sounds like "people move on, nothing to see here"...
I am not convinced by the analysis by Armap and GreenEyedLeo.
It could be a bird, could be not. I have also some pictures showing spots in the sky. One of them looks really like a UFO but it is too small to determine what it really is, so it remains a UFO, just like this one.
In my opinion it looks too metallic to be a bird.

Yeah, the fact that it looks like a bird doesn't make it being a bird.

I think that's logical..

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Edit: Sorry, wrong button.

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Originally posted by jkrog08
This UFO has now been identified. It IS a BIRD, the object matches all the correct characteristics for photographing a bird in flight. From the overall shape (looks like a Seagull to me) to the objects flight dynamics. GreenEyedLeo and ArMaP, as well others have correctly called this one. This case is closed in any logical opinion. Good job everyone for being so fast to jump on this (maybe cause we have seen it before, many times). But I hope this thread doesn't mutate into a secondary thread about "skeptics", please lets not go there guys, this is only science. And to the OP, thanks for sharing, you never know until you ask.

Logical opinion? From a blurry photo that elicits various responses as to what it may be? What gives you this "special" gift to say the case is closed? Where do you get this authority? Leave the case alone for others express their opinion also. Know it alls - hah!

Originally posted by Regenstorm
It could be a bird, could be not.

Off course it can be another thing, even if it looks like a bird, there is really no way of knowing.

But at what point do we stop demanding more evidence?

If you see someone at a distance that looks like a friend of yours, it could be or it could not be. He gets closer and you see that, although not really close for you to recognise his face, you see that the way he walks and his other characteristics are the same as those of your friend.

That is my position in this case, I see enough things in the photo to think it's a bird.

I have also some pictures showing spots in the sky. One of them looks really like a UFO but it is too small to determine what it really is, so it remains a UFO, just like this one.

So, it looks like a UFO, but as it is too small to be really identified it remains a UFO? Isn't that a contradiction? How can something "look really like a UFO" but, because it's not recognisable, remains a UFO? Aren't you using the word "UFO" with two different meanings?

In my opinion it looks too metallic to be a bird.

That's the problem with low quality photos (and the reason people ask "what's this"), without enough information we have to go by our opinions only.

Mine was already posted, I think it's a bird.