Skybuck Flying wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am getting more and more interesting in UFO videos and especially trying
> to capture UFO stuff myself =D
>
> Even if it are planes or other natural phenomenon sounds like lots of fun !
>
> So I might be interested in purchasing:
>
> 1. A camera which can record video at day at night !
>
> 2. A camera with enough storage capacity to video tape the whole day ! (Me
> thinks harddisk could be enough ? or maybe not
)
OK. But I'd suggest the direct approach will be more fruitful. By that
I mean just pointing a camera at the sky like a security cam is not
likely to get decent results. It's a BIG sky out there.
I suggest instead the approach of FIRST obtaining a nice portable
astronomical telescope that can be dragged into the field and quickly
set up. A low power sighting scope attached to it is very useful for
homing in on "suspicious" objects.
Note that most "UFOs" simply appear as "stars" or "lights" in the sky.
chances of seeing some 50 foot wide disk flying over your car are
close to nil. This leads to the SECOND important item. A star chart
and astronomical knowledge of stars in the sky. You NEED to know if
that funny bright light is "Venus", a bright star in a common
constellation, or something which DOES NOT belong in the star chart.
You need to learn what belongs up there!
And lastly you need to try to get some information and try to travel
to where the action is. UFO activity often occurs in "waves" and your
chances of finding something will be much greater if you drive to "hot
spots" of current sightings as reported in newspapers and the like. A
camera out your bedroom window just isn't going to do it even if it
runs 24 hours a day. To get data an EFFORT needs to be made here!
Again I reiterate a telescope is ESSENTIAL. I'd try to set up a nice
astronomical telescope (there are many inexpensive toys out there that
work quite nicely) with an attached camera for recording the objects
you spot. Have a nice low powered sighting scope you use to aim the
camera telescope. Trying to aim a high powered astronomical telescope
at some light in the sky in a hurry is pretty darn difficult.
Then analyze your data. Usually you see some bright lights moving
around in the sky you SURE are UFOs. Well, they ARE "ufos" because you
don't know what they are! But if you look through a telescope or at
the pictures taken through same, you find that aircraft landing lights
or other lights are easily seen with magnification. A red and green
pair of lights (wing lights) are a give away that the object is
ordinary aircraft of some kind.
And always be aware that there are SERIOUS efforts by governments to
discredit all interest in UFOs. (note ridicule and name-calling
already present here) UFO groups are heavily infiltrated and
neutralized. Decent pictures given to authorities will disappear.
Always keep secret copies. So keep a low profile and be careful out
there.
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