what I notice is you're quick to jump on the possibilities of his photos being forged--out of hand.
As am I, except I'm more apt to go for misidentification, versus deliberate hoax. I just want to eliminate the obvious first before crying "smoking
gun"...and as mentioned, there are numerous hoaxers in the field.
Would you like to comment on the three that I provided out of my archives. Do you think they are faked also?
I would.
The first is likely the sunlight reflected off a weather balloon, especially given that this is obviously an Arctic weather station.
The second is (as mentioned by Durden) most likely lens flare.
The third however, I would firmly keep in the unexplained category...though it's possible they may be glare from the side view mirrors of the cars
parked towards the bottom of the picture....Film can do some funny things sometimes, especially older cameras...but I'm leaning more towards just
keeping it as a mystery....
Is everything faked? Everything?
No, but much is, and even more is misinterpreted. Given the way the field has been made to appear ridiculous, many (myself included), simply want to
eliminate the more mundane possibilities before leaping to the fantastic.
[edit on 16-11-2004 by Gazrok]