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From: Don Ledger <dledger@istar.ca>
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 13:49:05 +0100
Fwd Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 14:13:20 -0500
Subject: Re: 'UFO Sphere/Orb' over Brooklyn, NY


> From: XELAUFO@aol.com [Alex Cavallari]
> Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 17:42:52 EST
> To: updates@globalserve.net
> Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Re: 'UFO Sphere/Orb' over Brooklyn, NY

> >From: werd@interlog.com
> >Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 12:57:24 -0500 (EST)
> >X-Sender: werd@mail.interlog.com
> >To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
> >Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Re: 'UFO Sphere/Orb' over Brooklyn, NY

> >Alex,

> >Why did you not center the "sphere" in your frame area instead of having it
> >off to the other side of the frame from the sun? (Exactly where one would
> >expect a lens flare).

> >As a professional photographer I would like to state categorically that
> >this is a lens flare. Sorry I can only speak to what I see, not any other
> >references to what you saw before or after taking the picture.

> >Drew Williamson

> HI DREW,

> The image has the orb in that location because as it was moving ,
> while it was doing its "thing" I  was trying to capture it on
> film , I took many pics during this event and never saw any lens
> flare through my camera . It is not like the orb posed or stood
> still for me to film it, as soon as I saw it in the camera I took
> pics, Where it ended up it ended up. I already said that I agree
> it looks like lens flare but I know it was not. There is probably
> no way I could prove this even if I had 100 other witnesses , it
> appears that as long as the so called "experts" voice there
> opinions that is the final word, well I think the "experts"
> should start to understand that it is possible for them to make
> an incorrect assesment of something. If I saw any lens flare
> through the camera during this I would say so, I do not want
> false or misleading info to be presented to the ufo community.
> The orb was very much the color in the pic and I guess it is
> possible for lens flare and the orb to be close in colors.

> I am not new to the ufo field and have many years of experience
> and I do not put out what I believe are false reports or
> pictures.

> Is it possible for any of the film "experts" to plot the lens in
> the camera to know if the camera is capable of producing lens
> flare at that part of the lens? Is it impossible to get lens
> flare in the middle / center of a image? I do have other pics of
> this ORB and I might consider releasing them if I can be
> convinced that this is lens flare but so far no one in my opinion
> has done that.

> I have seen many orb pics, some were of orbs of different colors
> some white and most if not all were called lens flare by the
> "experts" at some point in time. So I guess as long as a orb is
> the color and in a possible posiotin to be considered lens flare,
> thats what the "experts" will call it, even if that is
> incorrect.

> I thank all the people who have emailed with there opinions and
> am not in the least bit bothered by the negative ones, I think
> this is what should be.

> So, I do no know what else I can say about the event except I
> would be glad to take a lie detector test / voice stress analysis
> etc to help support what I claimed happened.

> thanks,
> ALEX CAVALLARI

Hi Alex,

What happens is that some of the people who subscribe to the list
don't read all of the data that comes in but just target certain
areas. I find this a bit maddening because you have to keep
explaining yourself over and over, thereby making yourself look
defensive.

I've had this happen to me more than a few times and I won't
waste my time on it.

The guy sez, he saw the thing then took a picture of it. Accept
that and move on, otherwise you're calling him a liar. If we took
that attitude with all of our witnesses, and it got around, where
the hell would we be?

Don Ledger