What the heck is this thing?

CP489 · 23rd May 2007, 05:42 AM

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/pa...ml?theme=light

Any ideas?

I put this here because it's being called a "UFO", which, until it is identified, it technically is.

The writing on the underside is "alien" to me.

Interesting.

aggle-rithm · 23rd May 2007, 05:45 AM

Is that Klingon writing on it?

It looks like some kind of camping gear from Sharper Image.

ETA: If the aliens are trying to keep themselves hidden, this is a crappy design. If they aren't, then how come only loonies see them?

Hitch · 23rd May 2007, 05:49 AM

Streetlight?

Wowbagger · 23rd May 2007, 05:54 AM

I'm guessing it is a craft belonging to an amateur 3D graphics artist, of some sort.

CP489 · 23rd May 2007, 05:54 AM

For the record, I think it's a decently done photoshop.

Ripley Twenty-Nine · 23rd May 2007, 05:55 AM

It looks like a movie prop to me.

"I just took the clearest pictures ever taken of an alien spacecraft. I might have just made the greatest discovery in the history of the world: Proof of extraterrestrial life visiting Earth. But what should I do with this incredible evidence?
Aha! I'll post these pictures on a website that deals with ghosts, Bigfoot and UFOs, and not tell anyone where I saw this!"

CP489 · 23rd May 2007, 05:57 AM

It does say, here:

http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?I...ry=Environment

Capitola, California.

aggle-rithm · 23rd May 2007, 05:59 AM

Originally Posted by CP489

It does say, here:

http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?I...ry=Environment

Capitola, California.

"Chad" needs to have his head examined. Literally.

Lothian · 23rd May 2007, 05:59 AM

Nice, the round bit looks like a car tyre.

It look much smaller in the second picture to the third which is a shame as it suggests photoshop. I would rather they had spent hours chucking the thing up in the air trying to get a good pic.

aggle-rithm · 23rd May 2007, 06:02 AM

The top part is a section of a whisk Photoshopped in.

Ripley Twenty-Nine · 23rd May 2007, 06:32 AM

Originally Posted by Hitch

Streetlight?

Hahaha.. Great thread.

Freethinker · 23rd May 2007, 06:35 AM

The EXIF data on the images has been stripped of camera data and only shows that the image has been processed by Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0. That may only have been used to resize, but the second link indicates it was taken by a digital camera, which normally writes its info to the EXIF data.

tkingdoll · 23rd May 2007, 06:45 AM

I call Photoshop - what's particuarly suspect is all the different angles they've managed to get despite there being huge trees in the way. I mean, the 2nd pic from the bottom was surely taken from a helicopter? There are also differences in the type of foliage from pic to pic, and the height and size of the craft.

And if it was real, it would be all over national and international news.

Nice job though. Good spot with the whisk, aggle.

Miss Whiplash · 23rd May 2007, 06:47 AM

These are parts of a scale model put together in new and interesting ways. The writing looks like Klingon. Agreed with the whisk. The angle of light on the craft doesn't quite match the angle of sunlight on the the background in some pics.

slyjoe · 23rd May 2007, 07:10 AM

I would agree with The Vampire - scale model. The link in post 7 shows supposedly the same craft, with a slightly different arrangement of the appendages. Some letters are Klingon, others I can't tell.

So, I guess we can conclude that the aliens use part of the Klingon alphabet and reconfigure their spacecraft in a week.

SirPhilip · 23rd May 2007, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by CP489

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/pa...ml?theme=light

Any ideas?

I put this here because it's being called a "UFO", which, until it is identified, it technically is.

The writing on the underside is "alien" to me.

Interesting.

This is what we 3DCG geeks call an average attempt at photorerealism. An alternative explanation is a race of advanced jellyfish from a nearby system have invaded our solar system and it's time to break out the ICBMs and fight a bunch of communists with some seriously gay looking military hardware.

Bikewer · 23rd May 2007, 07:48 AM

Someone on a TV program said it was a high-tech barman's lemon juicer.

You hold the handle, center the thing over the glass, and squish the lemon down onto the vertical tines. Maybe they were joking, but it looks feasible.

aggle-rithm · 23rd May 2007, 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by slyjoe

I would agree with The Vampire - scale model. The link in post 7 shows supposedly the same craft, with a slightly different arrangement of the appendages. Some letters are Klingon, others I can't tell.

So, I guess we can conclude that the aliens use part of the Klingon alphabet and reconfigure their spacecraft in a week.

Perhaps they've been monitoring our television broadcasts and are emulating the race they assume to be the heroes.

BPSCG · 23rd May 2007, 08:18 AM

Note the resolution of the foliage in the bottom photo. The leaves in the upper right corner are in pretty sharp focus. The buds just below it are blurrier, suggesting they are farther away. But then the lemon juicer whisk thingie itself - which is obviously farther away than the foliage - is in very sharp focus.

Never mind the lemon juicer whisk thingie; show me the cell phone camera that did that!

Locknar · 23rd May 2007, 08:20 AM

Dang it! I thought nobody saw me when I was flying about....

Truth be told, that is my ship....I was sent to this planet to observe and then bring peace, love and understanding.

However, now that I've been discovered I have to destroy you...sorry folks, that's the breaks...no hard feelings

FramerDave · 23rd May 2007, 08:26 AM

It's refreshing to see a nice clear photo of a UFO for a change, and good to see the aliens are finally using some imagination in their design and breaking away from the tired old saucers.

MkVIII Imperial drone, maybe?

osmosis · 23rd May 2007, 08:29 AM

That must be ExtremeSkeptic's mothership.

tkingdoll · 23rd May 2007, 08:43 AM

How is the damn thing flying anyway?

No room for an engine or power cells or whatever. And no emissions. If you're going to fake a spacecraft, at least fake one that looks like it could be in the air by itself.

kitakaze · 23rd May 2007, 08:52 AM

Maybe these are just my culture goggles but some of the writing appears to be Japanese katakana. Specifically, フ (fu)　ソ　(so) and ロ (ro).

Correa Neto · 23rd May 2007, 09:08 AM

"If you can read this, you are too close"

I liked the ship's concept.

Geeky woo "theory" on how it works:
Energy is haversted from the environment by the "antennas" in the top and sent to the radial pannel-like structures that act as repulsors, providing lift and vectoring. Modular design allow use for multiple missions by adding sensor palletes, etc.

What energy? Energy, dude, all of them are a single one, and you know that!

steve s · 23rd May 2007, 09:29 AM

Also the ambient light doesn't quite match up. Note how dark the shadows in the trees are. But the underside of the craft is brightly lit.

Steve S.

Miss Whiplash · 23rd May 2007, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by tkingdoll

How is the damn thing flying anyway?

No room for an engine or power cells or whatever. And no emissions. If you're going to fake a spacecraft, at least fake one that looks like it could be in the air by itself.

Now, Teek. You know space aliens are so advanced they no longer need to worry about such things. They simply levitate the craft.

ThatSoundAgain · 23rd May 2007, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by Bikewer

Someone on a TV program said it was a high-tech barman's lemon juicer.

You hold the handle, center the thing over the glass, and squish the lemon down onto the vertical tines. Maybe they were joking, but it looks feasible.

Hmm.. Designing a juicer like that would make it a serious danger to the person operating it. You'd have a number of pointy rods on top, right where you apply the most force. Not a good thing.

Ripley Twenty-Nine · 23rd May 2007, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by Correa Neto

"If you can read this, you are too close"

I liked the ship's concept.

Geeky woo "theory" on how it works:
Energy is haversted from the environment by the "antennas" in the top and sent to the radial pannel-like structures that act as repulsors, providing lift and vectoring. Modular design allow use for multiple missions by adding sensor palletes, etc.

What energy? Energy, dude, all of them are a single one, and you know that!

Points subtracted for not invoking Quantum theory in your explanation.

Pythra · 23rd May 2007, 10:31 AM

It's me. You're all so rude, saying I look like a whisk or whatever. Words hurt too you know. I bet you aren't all supermodels either so don't be so judgemental.

Aepervius · 23rd May 2007, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by kitakaze

Maybe these are just my culture goggles but some of the writing appears to be Japanese katakana. Specifically, フ (fu)　ソ　(so) and ロ (ro).

Actually somebody on another forum was saying this was japanese was was saying something liek "fish knife"... Does your culture extend to know how to write fish-knife (to check that) ?

NobbyNobbs · 23rd May 2007, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by Bikewer

Someone on a TV program said it was a high-tech barman's lemon juicer.

You hold the handle, center the thing over the glass, and squish the lemon down onto the vertical tines. Maybe they were joking, but it looks feasible.

Nah, the lemon juicer rocket ships look like this.

CynicalSkeptic · 23rd May 2007, 10:49 AM

I, for one, welcome our new alien-lemonjuicer-egg-whisk overlords.

NobbyNobbs · 23rd May 2007, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by NobbyNobbs

Nah, the lemon juicer rocket ships look like this.

Or then again, there may be an invasion of these.

Explorer · 23rd May 2007, 11:21 AM

The final shot in the series shows the light coming from the right hand side, with the majority of the "craft" in shadow on the left. However, the bush just below is bathed in strong sunlight coming from the left, or from behind the photographer. Whichever, this demonstrates that this is a set up in my view.

Skeptic Guy · 23rd May 2007, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by Correa Neto

"If you can read this, you are too close"

I liked the ship's concept.

Geeky woo "theory" on how it works:
Energy is haversted from the environment by the "antennas" in the top and sent to the radial pannel-like structures that act as repulsors, providing lift and vectoring. Modular design allow use for multiple missions by adding sensor palletes, etc.

What energy? Energy, dude, all of them are a single one, and you know that!

Energy runs through all living things and is only there for us once we start to perceive. These aliens clearly understand this and are much more advanced than us.

Arkan_Wolfshade · 23rd May 2007, 11:44 AM

Babylon 5 Shadow font? http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare...nt.html#shadow
Star Wars New Aurabesh? http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare...ffont.html#MEW
Star Wars Naboo? http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare...ont.html#naboo
Enemy Mine Drac? http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/4965/tfont.html
V? http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/4965/tfont.html

Bikewer · 23rd May 2007, 12:19 PM

Nobbynobs...I saw that one while Iwas searching Google images....Looks pretty spaceship-like to me!

kitakaze · 23rd May 2007, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by Aepervius

Actually somebody on another forum was saying this was japanese was was saying something liek "fish knife"... Does your culture extend to know how to write fish-knife (to check that) ?

I disagree with whoever that person was. They certainly aren't Japanese. The Japanese that I recognized has been used willy-nilly. It certainly doesn't say 'fish-knife' as there's only three characters that are undeniably Japanese, yet one is backwards and all are syllabic without any meaning in the manner they are presented. Looks like what sci-fi geeks do when they try to make funky alien writing from a western perspective.

Ossai · 23rd May 2007, 12:24 PM

The large part sticking out looks to be a powered antenna.

23rd May 2007, 05:42 AM	#1
CP489 Critical Thinker Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 323	What the heck is this thing? http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/pa...ml?theme=light Any ideas? I put this here because it's being called a "UFO", which, until it is identified, it technically is. The writing on the underside is "alien" to me. Interesting.
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23rd May 2007, 05:45 AM	#2
aggle-rithm Ardent Formulist Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 14,150	Is that Klingon writing on it? It looks like some kind of camping gear from Sharper Image. ETA: If the aliens are trying to keep themselves hidden, this is a crappy design. If they aren't, then how come only loonies see them?
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23rd May 2007, 05:49 AM	#3
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23rd May 2007, 05:54 AM	#4
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23rd May 2007, 05:54 AM	#5
CP489 Critical Thinker Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 323	For the record, I think it's a decently done photoshop.
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23rd May 2007, 05:55 AM	#6
Ripley Twenty-Nine Muse Join Date: May 2005 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 867	It looks like a movie prop to me. "I just took the clearest pictures ever taken of an alien spacecraft. I might have just made the greatest discovery in the history of the world: Proof of extraterrestrial life visiting Earth. But what should I do with this incredible evidence? Aha! I'll post these pictures on a website that deals with ghosts, Bigfoot and UFOs, and not tell anyone where I saw this!"
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23rd May 2007, 05:57 AM	#7
CP489 Critical Thinker Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 323	It does say, here: http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?I...ry=Environment Capitola, California.
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23rd May 2007, 05:59 AM	#8
aggle-rithm Ardent Formulist Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 14,150	Originally Posted by CP489 It does say, here: http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?I...ry=Environment Capitola, California. "Chad" needs to have his head examined. Literally.
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23rd May 2007, 05:59 AM	#9
Lothian Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: https://twitter.com/CV4UK Posts: 10,373	Nice, the round bit looks like a car tyre. It look much smaller in the second picture to the third which is a shame as it suggests photoshop. I would rather they had spent hours chucking the thing up in the air trying to get a good pic.

23rd May 2007, 06:02 AM	#10
aggle-rithm Ardent Formulist Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 14,150	The top part is a section of a whisk Photoshopped in.
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Ripley Twenty-Nine Muse Join Date: May 2005 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 867	Originally Posted by Hitch Streetlight? Hahaha.. Great thread.
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23rd May 2007, 06:45 AM	#13
tkingdoll AKA TEEK Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Up Myself Posts: 12,471	I call Photoshop - what's particuarly suspect is all the different angles they've managed to get despite there being huge trees in the way. I mean, the 2nd pic from the bottom was surely taken from a helicopter? There are also differences in the type of foliage from pic to pic, and the height and size of the craft. And if it was real, it would be all over national and international news. Nice job though. Good spot with the whisk, aggle.
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23rd May 2007, 06:47 AM	#14
Miss Whiplash Nettlesome Harpy Join Date: May 2006 Location: 53 Miles West of Venus Posts: 1,583	These are parts of a scale model put together in new and interesting ways. The writing looks like Klingon. Agreed with the whisk. The angle of light on the craft doesn't quite match the angle of sunlight on the the background in some pics.
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23rd May 2007, 07:10 AM	#15
slyjoe Muse Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Near Harmonica Virgins Posts: 972	I would agree with The Vampire - scale model. The link in post 7 shows supposedly the same craft, with a slightly different arrangement of the appendages. Some letters are Klingon, others I can't tell. So, I guess we can conclude that the aliens use part of the Klingon alphabet and reconfigure their spacecraft in a week.
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SirPhilip Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Athens, Ohio Posts: 2,444	Originally Posted by CP489 http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/pa...ml?theme=light Any ideas? I put this here because it's being called a "UFO", which, until it is identified, it technically is. The writing on the underside is "alien" to me. Interesting. This is what we 3DCG geeks call an average attempt at photorerealism. An alternative explanation is a race of advanced jellyfish from a nearby system have invaded our solar system and it's time to break out the ICBMs and fight a bunch of communists with some seriously gay looking military hardware.
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23rd May 2007, 07:48 AM	#17
Bikewer Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St. Louis, Mo. Posts: 9,525	Someone on a TV program said it was a high-tech barman's lemon juicer. You hold the handle, center the thing over the glass, and squish the lemon down onto the vertical tines. Maybe they were joking, but it looks feasible.

23rd May 2007, 07:48 AM	#18
aggle-rithm Ardent Formulist Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 14,150	Originally Posted by slyjoe I would agree with The Vampire - scale model. The link in post 7 shows supposedly the same craft, with a slightly different arrangement of the appendages. Some letters are Klingon, others I can't tell. So, I guess we can conclude that the aliens use part of the Klingon alphabet and reconfigure their spacecraft in a week. Perhaps they've been monitoring our television broadcasts and are emulating the race they assume to be the heroes.
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23rd May 2007, 08:18 AM	#19
BPSCG Cannibal Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Looting Fafner's Cave Posts: 17,556	Note the resolution of the foliage in the bottom photo. The leaves in the upper right corner are in pretty sharp focus. The buds just below it are blurrier, suggesting they are farther away. But then the lemon juicer whisk thingie itself - which is obviously farther away than the foliage - is in very sharp focus. Never mind the lemon juicer whisk thingie; show me the cell phone camera that did that!
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Locknar Sum of all evils ^tm Deputy Admin Join Date: May 2007 Location: 25.50 N, 77.54 W Posts: 14,195	Dang it! Dang it! I thought nobody saw me when I was flying about.... Truth be told, that is my ship....I was sent to this planet to observe and then bring peace, love and understanding. However, now that I've been discovered I have to destroy you...sorry folks, that's the breaks...no hard feelings

23rd May 2007, 08:26 AM	#21
FramerDave Muse Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 726	It's refreshing to see a nice clear photo of a UFO for a change, and good to see the aliens are finally using some imagination in their design and breaking away from the tired old saucers. MkVIII Imperial drone, maybe?
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tkingdoll AKA TEEK Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Up Myself Posts: 12,471	How is the damn thing flying anyway? No room for an engine or power cells or whatever. And no emissions. If you're going to fake a spacecraft, at least fake one that looks like it could be in the air by itself.
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23rd May 2007, 09:29 AM	#26
steve s Illuminator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,661	Also the ambient light doesn't quite match up. Note how dark the shadows in the trees are. But the underside of the craft is brightly lit. Steve S.
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23rd May 2007, 09:42 AM	#27
Miss Whiplash Nettlesome Harpy Join Date: May 2006 Location: 53 Miles West of Venus Posts: 1,583	Originally Posted by tkingdoll How is the damn thing flying anyway? No room for an engine or power cells or whatever. And no emissions. If you're going to fake a spacecraft, at least fake one that looks like it could be in the air by itself. Now, Teek. You know space aliens are so advanced they no longer need to worry about such things. They simply levitate the craft.
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23rd May 2007, 09:53 AM	#28
ThatSoundAgain Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: cph Posts: 1,270	Originally Posted by Bikewer Someone on a TV program said it was a high-tech barman's lemon juicer. You hold the handle, center the thing over the glass, and squish the lemon down onto the vertical tines. Maybe they were joking, but it looks feasible. Hmm.. Designing a juicer like that would make it a serious danger to the person operating it. You'd have a number of pointy rods on top, right where you apply the most force. Not a good thing.

23rd May 2007, 10:31 AM	#29
Ripley Twenty-Nine Muse Join Date: May 2005 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 867	Originally Posted by Correa Neto "If you can read this, you are too close" I liked the ship's concept. Geeky woo "theory" on how it works: Energy is haversted from the environment by the "antennas" in the top and sent to the radial pannel-like structures that act as repulsors, providing lift and vectoring. Modular design allow use for multiple missions by adding sensor palletes, etc. What energy? Energy, dude, all of them are a single one, and you know that! Points subtracted for not invoking Quantum theory in your explanation.
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23rd May 2007, 10:31 AM	#30
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23rd May 2007, 10:42 AM	#31
Aepervius Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bierland. I mean , germany. Posts: 7,752	Originally Posted by kitakaze Maybe these are just my culture goggles but some of the writing appears to be Japanese katakana. Specifically, フ (fu)　ソ　(so) and ロ (ro). Actually somebody on another forum was saying this was japanese was was saying something liek "fish knife"... Does your culture extend to know how to write fish-knife (to check that) ?
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23rd May 2007, 10:49 AM	#33
CynicalSkeptic Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: state of denial Posts: 1,360	I, for one, welcome our new alien-lemonjuicer-egg-whisk overlords.

23rd May 2007, 10:49 AM	#34
NobbyNobbs Gazerbeam's Protege Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Mended Drum Posts: 5,630	Originally Posted by NobbyNobbs Nah, the lemon juicer rocket ships look like this. Or then again, there may be an invasion of these.
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23rd May 2007, 11:21 AM	#35
Explorer Muse Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 959	The final shot in the series shows the light coming from the right hand side, with the majority of the "craft" in shadow on the left. However, the bush just below is bathed in strong sunlight coming from the left, or from behind the photographer. Whichever, this demonstrates that this is a set up in my view.
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