How to Expose Flying Saucers

By Miss Cellania in Gadgets, Hacks & Mods on Oct 27, 2008 at 9:57 am

An article in Popular Science from 1953 urges citizens to take pictures of flying saucers to help the Air Force study them! Oh, but they don’t want just any old photographs. Included are instructions for rigging your camera with a diffraction ~~grater~~ grating. This enables experts to determine the kind of light source your photograph captures.

Of course, if the Air Force discovers that your negative indicates the existence of an element not found on this planet, you and your camera will go down in history.

Apparently, that hasn’t yet happened. Link -Thanks, David Duncan!

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BJN
Oct 27th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
That’s diffraction “grating” not “grater”. Light isn’t like cheese.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction_grating
Alex
Oct 27th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Yes. Unlike the moon!
Edward
Oct 27th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Of course it has happened. Many times. That is why the MIB were chartered. Once someone reported their find, all evidence was confiscated and the reporter was discredited.
Robolasse
Oct 28th, 2008 at 3:20 am
A good way to round up and silence the witnesses.
JCD
Jan 12th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Hi,
We have made a Spectro-Kit for cellular ( http://www.instructables.com/id/digital-camera-spectroscope_1/ ).
diffraction grating came from RainbowSymphony.
Please Make it ! Use It ! and send us your picture : ovnitech@free.fr

For more information about us : ovnitech.free.fr
http://www.lamaredunet.fr

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