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From: Bob Shell <bob@bobshell.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 10:03:19 -0500
Fwd Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 02:52:05 -0500
Subject: Re: 'UFO Sphere/Orb' over Brooklyn, NY 

>Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 08:20:41 +1030
>From: JJ <fierycelt@full-moon.com> [Jennifer Jarvis]
>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
>Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Re: 'UFO Sphere/Orb' over Brooklyn, NY
>Hello Bob and other list members.

>In my posting I did NOT  include the photographs, as this was
>not the "focus" of my question. [The inclusion was mine. --ebk]

>The witness had described, in some detail, the movements of the
>"unknown," and that the whole event had a duration of
>approximately 12 minutes.  I notice, also, that the object had
>been seen in the direction of Kennedy Airport, by the witness,
>BEFORE he had looked through his camera viewfinder.

>Could a lens flare behave in such a fashion, AND move around for
>12 minutes?

>My question to the list was, in fact, asking if anyone had had
>any experience with "rapport"/"communication" etc. with
>"UNKNOWNS."

>My area of study is not so much photographic, as "communication."

>Thank you.

>JJ

JJ,

No, a lens flare could not behave as described, UNLESS it was
only seen through the viewfinder of the camera.  This JPEG that
Errol sent is not high res enough to stand much enlargement, but
it has all of the characteristics of lens flare caused by the sun
just outside the image frame as it would show up in a cheap
camera with a circular aperture.  Better cameras usually have
hexagonal, pentagonal or octagonal apertures, and the lens flares
assume those shapes.

It would help to know precisely what brand and model of camera
was used and what type of film.

In the meanwhile, I don't think there is much profit in
attempting communication with lens flares.

Bob