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Miscellaneous Examples Of UFO Luminous Phenomena

 

In addition to the detailed examples of surface and extended luminosity, there are a variety of interesting minor luminous structures.

Luminous spikes
Spiky Details
These are two views of a photo which is Blue Book case #11159 (Mooresville, NC), 11/16/66[footnote 1]. There are no details of the case available in my immediate references. However, note the extremely interesting linear features in the luminosity.

It is difficult to account for these features. They do, however, have some resemblance to phenomena in cloud chambers, where energetic particles leave tracks in moisture saturated air. Also possibly relevant is the following note from a Project Blue Book document unrelated to the case:

"As shown by Macky[footnote 2] droplets of water suspended in an electrical field sufficiently intense to induce breakdown will display sparking over phenomena and will become deformed. Under very strong fields, the droplets become drawn out into filaments and disrupt with attendant electrical discharges along their surfaces or through them."[footnote 3]

These linear phenomena are on one side of the object. On the other are some clusters of glowing particles.

There is some hint of an internal object, conic in shape. If so, the lower lobe of the luminosity may be a structure similar to the luminous ventral cone seen in the 1967 Fargo photo, trailing away from the direction of motion.
Bob Campbell Photo 1

Bob Campbell Photo 2
These two photos were taken by television newsman Bob Campbell in Sherman, TX on 8/2/65 (less than 24 hours before the Tulsa photo) at 3AM, using a 4x5 Speed Graphic loaded with Tri-X film.[footnote 4]

The first photo shows a brightly luminous extension from the object center, surrounded by a glowing halo. The object itself has a variety of regularly spaced bumps or luminous areas. The extension appears to come from one of three bright bands on the cylindrical objects.

The second photo shows the same object apparently ejecting some sort of luminous material which is subject to gravity.

See the report for more details.
NL-12 This photo shows a luminous object with a filamentary glow being emitted from the bottom. The luminosity appears to be pointing downward at an angle, which may be opposite the direction of travel.[footnote 5]

The object had risen from a snow-covered field in the town of Fargo, ND, 2/25/67

The brightness of the object can be inferred from the presence of the Milky way in the photograph.

Footnotes

1. Steiger, Project Blue Book, ISBN 0-345-26091-0-195

2. Macky, W.A., Proc. Roy. Soc., London, Ser A, pp 565-567

3. Steiger, Project Blue Book, ISBN 0-345-26091-0-195, p 244

4. Hynek, The UFO Experience, ISBN 0-345-27361-3

5. Hynek, The UFO Experience, ISBN 0-345-27361-3

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