Comments on: Identify this flying object. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:31:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Globbynobules http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-495154 Globbynobules Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:55:12 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-495154 Oh my god, that is so fake! Can you believe how fake that is? It's got fake written all over it. It couldn't be more fake if it was trying, which it is, which is another reason it looks fake. Strike that, not looks, IS. Was this done with FakoShop, or what? I'm like that is the fakest fake I've ever seen. The lighting is like so totally utterly wrong, the colors (wtf!) the shapes, the size is off, everything, absolutley everything about it fake. Oh my god, that is so fake! Can you believe how fake that is? It's got fake written all over it. It couldn't be more fake if it was trying, which it is, which is another reason it looks fake. Strike that, not looks, IS. Was this done with FakoShop, or what? I'm like that is the fakest fake I've ever seen. The lighting is like so totally utterly wrong, the colors (wtf!) the shapes, the size is off, everything, absolutley everything about it fake.

]]> By: kip davis http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-494692 kip davis Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:19:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-494692 http://www.kaptive.co.uk/video.cfm its from a cg guys portfolio. http://www.kaptive.co.uk/video.cfm

its from a cg guys portfolio.

]]> By: death http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-494642 death Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:16:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-494642 its the freakin statue of liberty's halo under construction with the body cut off of it its the freakin statue of liberty's halo under construction with the body cut off of it

]]> By: vic http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-141173 vic Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:57:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-141173 its part of the halo 3 viral marketing campaign its part of the halo 3 viral marketing campaign

]]> By: Karenw http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-114796 Karenw Thu, 24 May 2007 16:01:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-114796 I recently read someplace that this is a viral promo for the upcoming "Transformers" movie. I recently read someplace that this is a viral promo for the upcoming "Transformers" movie.

]]> By: Roman http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-114522 Roman Wed, 23 May 2007 23:03:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-114522 i dont think its a fake, it looks like a portal of some sort. if it is fake then it looks like a bubble blower. iif it is a space craft, I think its broken down, leaking radioactive material. it should be fixed in no time. i dont think its a fake, it looks like a portal of some sort.
if it is fake then it looks like a bubble blower.
iif it is a space craft, I think its broken down, leaking radioactive material. it should be fixed in no time.

]]> By: Cameron http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-109284 Cameron Sat, 12 May 2007 06:52:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-109284 I'm pretty handy with Photoshop and I've played around with Bryce and Cinema 4D, and I'd say the only photo that really looks fake would be the last one. The craft just looks too sharp to me. The other pictures seem to be some pretty good CG and Photoshop work. Props to the artist(s); I'm gonna call this one fake. I'm pretty handy with Photoshop and I've played around with Bryce and Cinema 4D, and I'd say the only photo that really looks fake would be the last one. The craft just looks too sharp to me. The other pictures seem to be some pretty good CG and Photoshop work. Props to the artist(s); I'm gonna call this one fake.

]]> By: Jensen http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108835 Jensen Fri, 11 May 2007 06:08:12 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108835 Looks like a jap. toy. The picture displayed seems to have 2 different leves of sharpness. The trees look like a scanned photo but the "ufo" is to crisp to have been in the same photo. It's not a difference in D.O.F. because the trees are in focus just not as sharp as the ship Looks like a jap. toy. The picture displayed seems to have 2 different leves of sharpness. The trees look like a scanned photo but the "ufo" is to crisp to have been in the same photo. It's not a difference in D.O.F. because the trees are in focus just not as sharp as the ship

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108801 Anonymous Fri, 11 May 2007 03:24:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108801 it looks shooped, i've done a few whoops in my time. seriously its a weather ballon. it looks shooped, i've done a few whoops in my time.

seriously its a weather ballon.

]]> By: John http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108679 John Thu, 10 May 2007 21:18:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108679 Nice CG job, but it should have been blurred just a little and the contrast dropped slightly to give the impression that there is some air between it and the camera. I like the spiny things, I bet it gets fantastic WiFi reception. Well, it would if it were real. Could be for a portfolio piece or maybe it's part of a study in how people react to fake UFO images. Nice CG job, but it should have been blurred just a little and the contrast dropped slightly to give the impression that there is some air between it and the camera. I like the spiny things, I bet it gets fantastic WiFi reception. Well, it would if it were real. Could be for a portfolio piece or maybe it's part of a study in how people react to fake UFO images.

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108558 Alex Thu, 10 May 2007 17:16:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108558 Streetlamp! Hahaha... Precious. :) Streetlamp! Hahaha... Precious. :)

]]> By: MrBinky http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108299 MrBinky Thu, 10 May 2007 04:54:47 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108299 If this is real, then these people are vampires: http://forum.vampire-awakening.com/viewtopic.php?t=847&start=0 If this is real, then these people are vampires:
http://forum.vampire-awakening.com/viewtopic.php?t=847&start=0

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108287 Miss Cellania Thu, 10 May 2007 04:12:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108287 Tinderbox, believe me, I've been looking for a Klingon toy or model off and on all day! I'd LOVE to find something else that looks just like this. Tinderbox, believe me, I've been looking for a Klingon toy or model off and on all day! I'd LOVE to find something else that looks just like this.

]]> By: Tinderbox http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108286 Tinderbox Thu, 10 May 2007 04:07:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108286 Since no one has provided a link to an actual product that this could be, or a link to show that the writing is a "Klingon" font from Star Trek or similar scifi show, then we must conclude one of three things: 1) It is an imaginary object entirely drawn in an illustration or 3D animation program. 2) It is a real object modelled from real material or real life items and photographed in such as way to imitate a large alien object. 3) It is a true UFO. Not necessarily to say it's an alien spaceship, but just an unidentified flying object. I agree with some others here who point out that there would be more hysteria involved if this "very large" airborne thing was appearing repeatedly to multiple random people. Until we see photos or videos from more than one source we must probably conclude (1) or (2) for now. Since no one has provided a link to an actual product that this could be, or a link to show that the writing is a "Klingon" font from Star Trek or similar scifi show, then we must conclude one of three things:

1) It is an imaginary object entirely drawn in an illustration or 3D animation program.

2) It is a real object modelled from real material or real life items and photographed in such as way to imitate a large alien object.

3) It is a true UFO. Not necessarily to say it's an alien spaceship, but just an unidentified flying object.

I agree with some others here who point out that there would be more hysteria involved if this "very large" airborne thing was appearing repeatedly to multiple random people. Until we see photos or videos from more than one source we must probably conclude (1) or (2) for now.

]]> By: David http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108215 David Thu, 10 May 2007 01:33:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108215 hmmm looks like CG to me. A lot of pictures are well blended in, but some of them, particularly this one http://www.coasttocoastam.com/timages/page/Craft050607x2.jpg , has the same "feel" as when you apply the Ambient Occlusion function on the camera in Blender 3D. but that's just me. it might also be a very expensive remote control gadjet, or a sculpture hung by thread, as some others stated. hmmm looks like CG to me. A lot of pictures are well blended in, but some of them, particularly this one http://www.coasttocoastam.com/timages/page/Craft050607x2.jpg , has the same "feel" as when you apply the Ambient Occlusion function on the camera in Blender 3D. but that's just me. it might also be a very expensive remote control gadjet, or a sculpture hung by thread, as some others stated.

]]> By: jonno http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108189 jonno Wed, 09 May 2007 23:55:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108189 thats no banana this time, its a sponge! shocking .... i know thats no banana this time, its a sponge! shocking .... i know

]]> By: Solo http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108170 Solo Wed, 09 May 2007 23:23:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108170 It's not a UFO. Open your eyes. It's a ghost dammit! It's not a UFO. Open your eyes. It's a ghost dammit!

]]> By: K http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108114 K Wed, 09 May 2007 21:51:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108114 Such conviction from everyone that this IS a FAKE. Really? Oh really? As opposed to a real alien UFO from another planet flying around? So this is really a fake? Oh really? You are all so funny. By saying it such conviction that this is a fake, you make it sound like there are REAL ones out there too. How will you be able to tell whether one of these photos is real, when a real one actually appears? So funny. Such conviction from everyone that this IS a FAKE.

Really? Oh really? As opposed to a real alien UFO from another planet flying around? So this is really a fake? Oh really?

You are all so funny. By saying it such conviction that this is a fake, you make it sound like there are REAL ones out there too.

How will you be able to tell whether one of these photos is real, when a real one actually appears?

So funny.

]]> By: Jason http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108108 Jason Wed, 09 May 2007 21:34:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108108 It's a photo so it HAS TO BE REAL!!!! Why do we even debate stuff like this? This guy took a picture of a UFO and we think its fake? Obviously the lighting is wrong because UFO's conform to a different set of rules. Which is also why a UFO won't pixelate in pictures until 150% zoom like Cori stated. Are you people not aware that EVERYTHING you have ever seen is real. including movies. It's a photo so it HAS TO BE REAL!!!!

Why do we even debate stuff like this?

This guy took a picture of a UFO and we think its fake?

Obviously the lighting is wrong because UFO's conform to a different set of rules. Which is also why a UFO won't pixelate in pictures until 150% zoom like Cori stated.

Are you people not aware that EVERYTHING you have ever seen is real. including movies.

]]> By: JJ http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108075 JJ Wed, 09 May 2007 20:55:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108075 It's swamp gas; obviously. It's swamp gas; obviously.

]]> By: Lasse http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108072 Lasse Wed, 09 May 2007 20:49:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108072 Call the Statue of Liberty and tell her we found her crown. Call the Statue of Liberty and tell her we found her crown.

]]> By: Anita http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108051 Anita Wed, 09 May 2007 20:19:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108051 I believe it's real :) I believe it's real :)

]]> By: Cori http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108049 Cori Wed, 09 May 2007 20:17:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108049 I'm fairly sure its photoshopped. I'm an ametuer graphic designer, and in most of the pictures, while the trees start to pixelate at about 120% zoom, the "craft" doesn't pixelate until about 150%. And if you run an edge detect filter, there is a definate seperation between the "craft" and where it intersects the forest. I'm only an ametuer, so I could be wrong, but I am fairly confident that its photohopped. I'm fairly sure its photoshopped. I'm an ametuer graphic designer, and in most of the pictures, while the trees start to pixelate at about 120% zoom, the "craft" doesn't pixelate until about 150%.

And if you run an edge detect filter, there is a definate seperation between the "craft" and where it intersects the forest.

I'm only an ametuer, so I could be wrong, but I am fairly confident that its photohopped.

]]> By: Dan D. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108036 Dan D. Wed, 09 May 2007 20:05:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108036 it's a modern cieling fan it's a modern cieling fan

]]> By: Paul http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-108007 Paul Wed, 09 May 2007 19:39:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-108007 Fake or not, that thing's neat looking. I want one to hang on my wall! I don't know how well it would actually fly even if it were real, because I don't see any method of propulsion on it at all (Or any power source). Perhaps it's powered by a fan inside the main body, and it's not actually metal as it appears, but some lighter substance, like painted Styrofoam. That is, if it flies at all. My guess is that it's a bit of photoshoppery, like everyone else says. Sigh. It's so hard to believe in the fantastical these days. Fake or not, that thing's neat looking. I want one to hang on my wall! I don't know how well it would actually fly even if it were real, because I don't see any method of propulsion on it at all (Or any power source). Perhaps it's powered by a fan inside the main body, and it's not actually metal as it appears, but some lighter substance, like painted Styrofoam. That is, if it flies at all. My guess is that it's a bit of photoshoppery, like everyone else says. Sigh. It's so hard to believe in the fantastical these days.

]]> By: Drew http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-107996 Drew Wed, 09 May 2007 19:24:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-107996 It's a bird, it's a plane, NO, it's a banana! It's a bird, it's a plane, NO, it's a banana!

]]> By: Ralph Woods http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-107993 Ralph Woods Wed, 09 May 2007 19:19:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-107993 So funny the arguments people come up with to say something is photoshopped or GC. "The lighting" is all wrong". Really? It looks fine to me, and I Photoshop models for fashion magazines. Also, someone mentioned something about a tree, and this (http://www.coasttocoastam.com/timages/page/Craft050607c.jpg) is the only picture where the tree and the object's placement looks suspicious. Nowadays there are much better ways to pull this off, and I think what's being used here is simply a string of invisible nylon (available in any magician's store), passed through the object's more protuberant spikes, tied to some nearby trees, which keeps the object parallel to the ground. So funny the arguments people come up with to say something is photoshopped or GC. "The lighting" is all wrong". Really? It looks fine to me, and I Photoshop models for fashion magazines. Also, someone mentioned something about a tree, and this (http://www.coasttocoastam.com/timages/page/Craft050607c.jpg) is the only picture where the tree and the object's placement looks suspicious.

Nowadays there are much better ways to pull this off, and I think what's being used here is simply a string of invisible nylon (available in any magician's store), passed through the object's more protuberant spikes, tied to some nearby trees, which keeps the object parallel to the ground.

]]> By: Dave http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-107992 Dave Wed, 09 May 2007 19:17:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-107992 Ah, Art Bell & the tin foil hat crowd at Coast to Coast AM. Used to listen often years back when I worked the night shift; very entertaining, but scary to see how gullible people are. Check <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page2024.html?theme=light" rel="nofollow">this page;</a> at least there are some thinking individuals in Art's listener ranks. Ah, Art Bell & the tin foil hat crowd at Coast to Coast AM. Used to listen often years back when I worked the night shift; very entertaining, but scary to see how gullible people are.

Check this page; at least there are some thinking individuals in Art's listener ranks.

]]> By: contraryMary http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-107982 contraryMary Wed, 09 May 2007 18:54:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-107982 HHAHA Paul you beat me to it! ;) Neatorama is pulling a Fark! HHAHA Paul you beat me to it! ;) Neatorama is pulling a Fark!

]]> By: R.A. Franklin http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/comment-page-1/#comment-107970 R.A. Franklin Wed, 09 May 2007 18:10:29 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/09/identify-this-flying-object/#comment-107970 It's a fruit picking device. Oranges I think. Or it's an IUD for the Jolly Green Giants wife. It's a fruit picking device. Oranges I think. Or it's an IUD for the Jolly Green Giants wife.

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