Odd Aerial Drone Photographed Again Over Capitola, California

EarthFiles ^ | May 21, 2007 | Linda Moulton Howe

[Sundog]

"This week I was visting my fiance's parents in Capitola [and] we were eating dinner on the back porch when we noticed this "object" sort of hovering in the sky. The camera was still out from earlier so I grabbed it and tried to get some clear shots of it. It took off over the roof shortly after, so I ran into the street in front of the house to follow, trying to get more shots without wobbling around too much (which was harder than it sounds). It then came in lower over a telephone pole, where I was able to get a few more pictures, before it finally took off into the distance pretty fast. I thought it was gone but noticed it was still visible, so I grabbed a few more pictures.

[Sundog]

This thing is back. The prior thread is

Photographs of a California UFO

[Sundog]

You were right.

[null and void]

It happens. Even to me...

[x1stcav]

Jefferson Airplane?

[Sundog]

[Sundog]

Jefferson Starship

[AppyPappy]

I have two of them.

[nmh]

This is too funny ... it looks like a child’s toy.

No way would I buy into this being a “UFO”.

[gate2wire]

It took a pretty good picture of Monteray Bay.

[nmh]

This is too funny ... it looks like a child’s toy.

No way would I buy into this being a “UFO”.

Moving around via a remote control.

[null and void]

It seems to have grown a beaver tail.

[Sundog]

That it does.

Did you notice the configuration has changed since the last time? Where it had a spike before of the right side looking from underneath with the longest arm forward, it has some semi-circular module with antennae there now.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

It appears to have one less spike and some modifications from two weeks ago.

It looks like that the resistance is having an effect. Please keep up the fight against our interstellar invaders.

[martin_fierro]

Cruzio Pingio

[Oberon]

No way would I buy into this being a “UFO”.

People confuse "UFO" with "alien spacecraft." The terms aren't interchangeable. Technically, a UFO is any Unidentified Flying Object. If you look up and see something you don't know what it is, that's a UFO. Doesn't matter that it came from the next township, it's still a UFO until you figure out what it is.

[nmh]

I didn’t look at it that closely.

Regardless ... there will be people who WANT to believe this is a “UFO”.

[txflake]

All we have to do is tell the union lineman this thing’s auditing them and inspecting their work.

[nmh]

“UFO” or a “spacecraft” ... I still say it’s a child’s toy controlled by a remote control. Silly attempt to look like a “UFO” or am alien “spacecraft”.

[null and void]

No way would I buy into this being a “UFO”.

It's UNIDENTIFIED.

It's FLYING.

It's an OBJECT.

Now, whether its an alien space craft, that's a different story.

OTOH, Alien Technology is headquartered in Morgan Hill, just east of the red dot on the map...

[Oberon]

Hey look, I agree with you that some guy probably built this thing in his garage. Most likely terrestrial in origin. Still, it's unexplained, and apparently uses a technology for flight that is unknown to me, at least (assuming the photos aren't doctored, of course).

That makes it interesting no matter where it's from.

[null and void]

It looks like that the resistance is having an effect. Please keep up the fight against our interstellar invaders.

Amen bro!

[nmh]

It’s simply a toy to me that I am unfamiliar with.

Call it what you like! ;)

[Oberon]

I still say it’s a child’s toy controlled by a remote control.

That somebody local built it, I'll agree with. That it's remotely controlled, sure. That it's a child's toy? Something of a stretch. If it is a toy, I've never seen one of these for sale at FAO Schwartz.

And I'm not seeing a propeller on it, either. I wonder how it's staying up there...

[null and void]

Four different sets of photos taken by four different photographers, on for different locations at four different times.

Each show the same core structure, the appendages seem to be (dare I use this word?) evolving...

[GOP Poet]

I don’t know what it is but maybe we need one on our border :-)!!!! Don’t want to drag the thread down, but the joke seemed fitting :-). Great pictures of the device.

[Tijeras_Slim]

And I'm not seeing a propeller on it, either. I wonder how it's staying up there...

Article here.

[null and void]

And I'm not seeing a propeller on it, either. I wonder how it's staying up there...

That is one of the more interesting questions. I think maybe some variant on a ducted fan?

If I'm wrong it could be even more interesting!

[null and void]

*snrk*

[EggsAckley]

Creeps me out.

[txflake]

Photographers never mentioned if it moved air, trees etc.

Didn't know it was legal to put stuff in the air sans call letters.

[snarks_when_bored]

Even Dick Cheney could hit that thing with a 12 gauge...

[Redcloak]

If that’s Phun with Photoshop, then it’s some impressive work. The shadows and ambient light are nicely done.

[nmh]

YOu can easily modify existing toys and put a different “body” on them leaving the rest of it intact.

[Oberon]

So what are you thinking? RC helicopter?

[nmh]

It could be a childs model of a spaceship with some changes. I don’t know if you remember kids putting together model cars ... but something on that order with some odd parts glued to it.

[Mr. Jazzy]

“It slices! It dices! It EVEN makes Julian FRIES!!!”

[cripplecreek]

I was thinking of getting out in the woods again this afternoon. Better take the camera just in case I see the Sporktesian Cruiser again.

[Oberon]

It could be a childs model of a spaceship with some changes.

I'm thinking that, if your theory is correct, the perpetrators of the hoax would have to start with some sort of toy that can actually fly. Such exist, but it narrows down the options considerably. That ain't no Barbie Dream House.

[cripplecreek]

I think the photos through the powerlines seem a little too deliberate. Even an amateur such as myself would have the presence of mind to take the extra 2 or 3 steps to get a clear shot.

[Oberon]

I think the photos through the powerlines seem a little too deliberate. Even an amateur such as myself would have the presence of mind to take the extra 2 or 3 steps to get a clear shot.

Well, sure. It might be a Photoshop job. But if so, as someone already pointed out, it would have to be a really GOOD Photoshop job.

[Mr. Jeeves]

It’s no toy - it looks like some Silicon Valley engineer’s very cool garage project.

[Kevmo]

It’s no toy - it looks like some Silicon Valley engineer’s very cool garage project.
***Yup. Possibly electrogravitics or ion propulsion.

[Sundog]

Red, there is probably a tutorial on Phun with Photoshop Phor Phlying Photographers out there then, because we have 4 different photographers, 4 different dates, 4 different locations, and some different configurations of it. No wind evident from photographers directly underneath it tho.

[VanShuyten]

http://www.transformersmovie.com/

Scout ship?

[nmh]

It’s really quite easy.

You mix and match parts from another model to create the “body” that you want.

[Michael Barnes]

It’s baaaaack....

[Sundog]

Check out the set of photographs from the 4 different photographers. The original post (1st viewing) showed the thing clear enough to make out the lettering on it.

[Oberon]

Okay, so I say again...what kind of flying toy or toys did they start with to build this thing? If you were going to build one, how would you go about it?

[null and void]

Didn't know it was legal to put stuff in the air sans call letters.

It has markings.

In Klingon...

[null and void]

I was thinking of getting out in the woods again this afternoon. Better take the camera just in case I see the Sporktesian Cruiser again.

LOL! I took my daughter back to UCSC the l-o-o-o-n-n-g-g-g way arround. We just happened to pass through Capitola...