Google Map Mystery (Satellite imaging catches a UFO over Magnolia Gardens, Fla.)

unknowncountry.com ^ | 18May2005

[Las Vegas Dave]

< snip >....Satellite map of Magnolia Park, Florida shows a clear view of an unusual object floating above 39th Street in the town.

The shadow on the object is similar to the shadows on the ground, meaning that it is in the atmosphere relatively close to the surface, probably no higher than 20,000 feet.

There are no towers or unusual objects in the area that could account for the formation, which appears to be in rapid vibrational movement. Because of the unusual motion visible on its surface, it is not likely that this is a balloon.

Without knowing its distance from the ground, it is impossible to determine the size of the object, but it would seem to be quite large, even huge.

Calls to individuals living in the area and a search of news sources for 2005 revealed no reports of UFOs over Palm Beach or Magnolia Park this year. The last National UFO Reporting Center report for Palm Beach was in 1999.

This is a confirmed unknown object in the air above a populated area in the United States, recorded sometime in 2005.

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[kingu]

The thick orange line in the above picture is my best guess as to the direction the sunlight is coming from. I was trying to be as generous as possible, I do believe that the line is actually too far counter-clockwise to the actual direction, but for the sake of argument, I put it where I did.

The following picture is of three tall buildings on the south side of Magnolia Lake, part of the President Country Club. The tall buildings give us a wonderful opportunity to see what angle the satellite is at as well as a strong shadow to determine the direction of the sun. The thin orange lines extend from the building along the shadows - the sun would be in opposition to those shadows. Even trying to be generous, there is no way to match up the highlight on the object vs the direction of the sun as indicated by the shadows.



It isn't a silver M&M up in space, it isn't an alien object, it isn't anything other than a manipulation of the image after it was taken.

There is another one (more matching with the solar direction) along the Florida Turnpike just north of the 710 Bee Line Highway. Where there are two, there are likely more - the position of the second one leads me to believe that neither are there to cover up any particular location. Graphics used to help line up the photos? Doubtful but remotely possible. I'm sure that Digital Globe has some explanation, one or another, that someone can squeeze out of them. :)

[kingu]

So which do you think it is?

Well, now that I've found a second one diagonally to the northwest... I donno. Fuzzing out something might make sense over in one area - but in this second area it doesn't. Unless these are markings for Jeb's drinking buddies, I'd have to suppose that the only possible logical explanation would be line up markers but that is hard for me to swallow.

Perhaps you can find a few more of these in and around West Palm Beach and the larger pattern might make more sense. All I know is that while the second object lines up better with the shadows, it is still not good enough to support the idea that these objects existed in their locations when the images were taken.

Artifacts added after the fact.. I'll be really annoyed if it turns out that it was someone's child who was playing with the raindrop tool on Photoshop.

[CaptainTrips]

Don't rely on the shadows. These are photos from many different passes pieced together. If you look at the ground based shadows in both of your photos you can see that they are from different overhead shots. Look at downtown Atlanta if you want a good example of this. Building are casting shadows in at least three different directions in a very small area.

[laredo44]

it would seem to be quite large, even huge

Then there would be a shadow, right? I'm sure they have a photo of that...not.

[laredo44]

which appears to be in rapid vibrational movement

Must feel like riding in my car when the wheels need balancing.

[MindBender26]

Former Congresswoman Bella Abzug was proof that there is alien life on this planet.

:~)

[Jaysun]

"'There's no such thing as alien life. . . .' You wouldn't be saying that if you lived here in Arizona."

You have a point, but I was sure you guys had started calling them something different by now:

intruders, invaders, refugees, squatters, wetbacks, greasers, deportees, defectors, boat people, lettuce pickers....

[ken21]

it's a golf ball out of focus.


just kidding.


call fart bell.

[righttackle44]

". . .but I was sure you guys had started calling them something different by now: . . ."

That's exactly what the lefties want us to do. Start the buddying process by political correctness and dilution of labels. They want these guys known as undocumented workers, Mexican nationals, or a whole lot of other nice-sounging names.

These guys are still illegal aliens, and the human scum who charge them $4,500 to bring them north of the border and leave them to die in the deserts, are still coyotes. Coyotes can eat a whole lot of bad stuff and still live. What begins to happen when you start with the political correctness is to lose, eventually, the reality. For example, twenty-years ago, American Indians started referring to themselves as Native Americans. One day, the United States government has every right to pull the plug on their distinctive tribal sovereignty by saying, "Hey, the treaties were made between the United States and Indian tribes--not Native Americans. You guys defined yourself out of business." Sorry. I didn't mean to lecture. But we're not going to start re-naming them. Otherwise, they'll simply be known as the lost, wandering children of Mexico or some other nonsense.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Probably not too big, if you can judge by the scale of the suburbs below it.

[DouglasKC]

It looks exactly like a weather balloon as seen from the top.

[Lazamataz]

I had sex in that zip code the day this photo was taken. It could be the tip of my condom.

[Lazamataz]

Do they still even use weather balloons?

[DouglasKC]

Do they still even use weather balloons?

Apparently so.

From Ballooning and Meteorology in the Twentieth Century:

Balloons are ideal for gathering meteorological information and have been used for that purpose throughout their history. Meteorological measurements of wind and air pressure have gone hand in hand with the earliest balloon launches and continue today. Balloons can climb through the denser air close to the Earth to the thinner air in the upper atmosphere and collect data about wind, the different layers of the atmosphere, and weather conditions as they travel.

From the bit of research I did scientists also use balloons all the time to study the atmosphere and near space.

[kingu]

This unidentified object is northwest of the first one in the thread.



This one is far to the north of the first unidentified object. I'm sure that there are more, but I'll let others start scanning the city.. ;)

[kingu]

Now that three of them have been spotted in the area around the city, I suppose the idea that it could be a weather balloon is pretty much out of the question. Two balloons, I could see, but three, all similarly sized?

Ahh well.

[_Jim]

Looks like a condensation dome from a 'concussion device'; hemispherical in nature, ground-based.

I envision this being the product of a small ground-burst thermonuclear or conventional device a few tens of microseconds thereabouts after detonation ...

[Jaysun]

I wasn't trying to pull your speech cord, I just couldn't think of anything better to say to the fact that "aliens" and "aliens" are two different things. One already has his own vehicle and place to live, for example. By the way, "wetback" is hardly PC.

I've gotta go back to the BBQ. Besides the meat, I took some apples and cut them in half and put some brown sugar on them. I'm smoking them now. I thought it might go well with ice cream. If you're interested, I'll let you know how they turn out.

[MindBender26]

>I had sex in that zip code the day this photo was taken.

I did too!

At the moment of orgasm, a small drop of perspiration dropped off my lady's upper lip into the path of her exhaling breath.

Her pleasure was so great, her breathing was so rapid, it blew the drop of sweat up to an altitude of 3500 feet above ground level!

[righttackle44]

"I wasn't trying to pull your speech cord, . . . If you're interested, I'll let you know how they turn out."

You didn't pull my speech cord. My wife simply describes it as having a big mouth and don't know when to quit.

Besides, there's something all right about a guy who includes apples in the barbeque. By all means--my mouth is drooling--let me know how your meal turns out.

Good weekend.