In a message of 26 Apr 98 KEITH MORGAN wrote to me:
 ->>  KM> the object to appear elongated in one single frame of video with
 ->> the
 ->>  KM> camera being held in place.
 ->> I have to disagree. Any paint program or 3D ray tracing program can make
 ->> it  appear however you like. 
 KM>   You're right patrick, the problem come when you try to integrate that
 KM> back into live video in real time.  Unless the amateurs have very high
 KM> tech state of the art equipment to do this with, it's going to leave
 KM> tall-tale signs of tampering.  
And amateurs do! Many of them spend as much on their hobbies as drag racers, 
hunters or yachtsmen. But why only amateurs? There are thousands of small 
professional video production studios. 
 
 KM> If you think you can pull this off, give
 KM> it a shot, then tell me if it compares to the other videos.  Also let
 KM> me know how much time and money you spent doing this.  
I don't have the equipment but if I were to spend 10 grand I would be able 
.
 KM> Some people have
 KM> nothing, but time on their hands, but all of these various videos are
 KM> not being done by the same guy.  These characteristics have been
 KM> reported time and time again throughout UFO history.  There is one video
 KM> from Australia that shows a craft making a hyper-maneuver.  It becomes
 KM> elogated but also makes a 90 degree turn while in this state.  It too
 KM> was caught of video not film.  Home computers have come a long way. but
 KM> they still leave evidence of tampering.  
Not if you download the whole piece of film to hard-drive, manipulate it as 
much as you like and then render it to video. The resulting video is to all 
intents and purposes a first generation video. I know people who put ROger 
rabbit in their daughter's birthday party footage or whatever takes their 
fancy.
 KM> things on tape that were nerver thought possible before. And when these
 KM> same objects use to be caught on film by amateurs, that too was
 KM> dismissed.  But sightings by hundreds of witnesses all with video
 KM> cameras can't be dismissed, and that's what happened in 1990 in Mexico.
 KM> I have heard some of the dumb explanations for this mass sighting, and
 KM> none hold water.
I also have to wonder if the elongation is not just motion blur. And is it 
the motion of the object or the camera?
Now I don't have an answer to the hundreds of witnesses, except to doubt the 
veracity of the reporters.
I am willing to be convinced, but I'm not being taken without a struggle...
 
_patrick_                 (email: patrick.ford@amiga.gen.nz) 
             Team *Amiga*
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