My ufo sighting last night

[Derek Wood]

Hi guys. Fishing on the river tyne in northern England last night. Facing the west. Took a picture to put on my fishing forum and noticed this odd series of lights. Think this is an artefact? Thy are different colours and look really structured. You will notice the two distinct green lights. I almost thought it reminded me of the Star Trek enterprise shaped hull. Really odd. Nothing like this in the pic. Wind was quite strong blowing from the west. Few spots of light rain.

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[mike]

Did you see these at the time the photo was taken or after you processed them

 

[Christopher O'Brien]

Looks like a reflection (?)

 

[Derek Wood]

Sadly i didnt see them at the moment of the photograph. Chris what do you think it is a reflection of? Im inclined to believe its explainable via conventional means but id love to know what has caused this. The colour and positioning seems very unusual. Ive taken lots of pics when fishing and never had something like this


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[Derek Wood]

My flash was inadvertently on so perhaps this reflected off something?


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[Burnt State]

What model camera and flash are you using? How long was the exposure for this shot?

Are there any visual barriers, surfaces, or objects that were near the camera or in its line of sight at the time of he shot?

Ask fishing friends if anyone saw a blimp or anything odd in the sky that night.

You said it was windy right? How windy was it (actual speed that night) and those are fireworks in the distance?

 

[Constance]

Looks like a reflection (?)

A reflection of what on what?

 

[mike]

The only thing that comes to mind, and let me be clear i am not trying to debunk this one

Maybe.... rain in the lense reflecting/refracting lights in the background.

strong winds on a water course perhaps spray or rain might be an answer.

Though to be honest i have my doubts it could be that, just tossing up ideas

 

[Derek Wood]

Hi Burnt State. IPhone 6. Standard picture with no adjustments. The wind was gusting but nothing unusual despite the "weather bomb" forecast. Pretty standard for this time of year. No fireworks at all. Im a bit confused perhaps thinking it is water in the lense but it looks to be genuinely in the middle distance to me


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[pixelsmith]

I see this sort of reflection when shooting in dark bars all the time, my camera will superimpose stage lights over the image i am shooting and it will show up on the print or digital file as you can see in the middle of the photo below. It is probably picking up the city lights and reflecting them in the lens. OR it could be a UFO.

 

[Christopher O'Brien]

....light from the flash refracting back from the fishing line possibly?

 

[Burnt State]

I was suddenly reminded of the bright triangular ufo videos that people were picking up with their early video cameras, hi8's etc. and was wondering if this was an internal artifact from the lens and....

"The latest iPhone 6 still exhibits a refraction dot (an artifact of small plastic lenses, shown below) that can be distracting in photos, particularly in sunsets and in low light scenes with a bright light source. Overall, low light photos are very challenging on mobile devices, and iPhone 6 offers only minor improvements here over the already impressive iPhone 5s camera. It also carries forward the True Tone flash, which is often far more effective at lighting a subject than a typical LED lamp."

In-depth review: Apple's 4.7-inch iPhone 6 running iOS 8

 

[pixelsmith]

Not the best example I posted but you get the idea.

 

[pixelsmith]

I was suddenly reminded of the bright triangular ufo videos that people were picking up with their early video cameras, hi8's etc. and was wondering if this was an internal artifact from the lens and....

"The latest iPhone 6 still exhibits a refraction dot (an artifact of small plastic lenses, shown below) that can be distracting in photos, particularly in sunsets and in low light scenes with a bright light source. Overall, low light photos are very challenging on mobile devices, and iPhone 6 offers only minor improvements here over the already impressive iPhone 5s camera. It also carries forward the True Tone flash, which is often far more effective at lighting a subject than a typical LED lamp."

In-depth review: Apple's 4.7-inch iPhone 6 running iOS 8

BINGO. good one Burnt.