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From: Bob Shell <bob@bobshell.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:50:54 -0500
Fwd Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:36:20 -0500
Subject: Re: 'UFO Sphere/Orb' over Brooklyn, NY

>From: Ufojoe1@aol.com [Joe Murgia]
>Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 23:51:13 EST
>To: updates@globalserve.net
>Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Re: 'UFO Sphere/Orb' over Brooklyn, NY

>How can anybody be so sure of something that they
>weren't even present at? You may be right but you may
>be wrong. Your response didn't seem to leave open the
>possibility of the latter.

I can be damned certain of lens flare when I see it. And I was
saying to toss the photo in the circular file, which I still
believe.  The story is another matter.

>Why didn't you write something like this: "Alex, my
>experience with cameras and photography lead me
>to believe that the object in your photo may very well
>be the product of a lens flare. I could be wrong but
>that's what it looks like to me. Maybe you missed
>the actual orb and got the lens flare instead. Try to
>recreate the conditions at the time the photo was
>taken and see if lens flare occurs again. Good luck."

Simple lack of time. I often don't have time to write detailed
responses. In fact, it is a real stretch for me to come here at
all. If I did not know that UFOs are real, but most "evidence"
either fake or misinterpretations I would not be here.

>I know you wrote something similar in future emails
>but the line "Nope. Lens Flare. Plain and Simple."
>really made my blood boil and made me think of
>the Air Force's cavalier answers at the "recent"
>Roswell, Case Closed press conference.

>So that's why I responded so strongly to your
>post. I hope no offense is taken. I realize you're
>trying to get to the truth along with all of us.

>Joe

Yep, truth is what I am after, not religion. Important
distinction that many do not seem able to make.

Bob