- For several years I have noticed several reports of UFOs
such as those found at http://rense.com/1.mpicons/thing.htm.
The first time I saw one of these photos I was fairly certain about the
source. After noticing all the images were from film, the culprit was
obvious. On 35mm film canisters, there's a light trap, typically made
with felt or some other thick but soft fabric. Occasionally a fiber from
the fabric will break loose, riding along with the film as it's exposed
leaving a spot on the negative and ultimately the print. Additionally
some 35mm cameras have the same fabric in various locations for both light
blocking and dust control reasons. Same goes for all the equipment in
photo labs.
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- Dark spots are caused by something blocking light that
would otherwise hit the film. If it's visible on the film it would have
to be visible when the photo was taken if it were actually a ship floating
in the sky. That the apparently massive UFOs are noticed only after someone
receives prints should make it clear that the source is within camera.
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- Regards,
- Havard
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- Thanks John, we're going to post this as an update
on the Thing page. Yours is a reasonable explanation, for sure. The only
thing that sticks in my craw is how the "fiber" looks exactly
the same from photo to photo, camera to camera. I suppose that is possible,
but it makes me still wonder. I've seen plenty of fibers and even hairs
on film that wound up part of the exposure and they are rarely uniform
in shape, length, angle, etc. - ed
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