Albany Videotape of Unidentified "Missile" Sent to Military Intelligence, Fort Hood, Texas

Earthfiles ^ | November 5, 2002 | Linda Moulton Howe

[Vermont Lt]

Damn. Now I have to polish the tin hat before I put it away. I hate when that happens. The fingerprints are a real pain.

[cynicom]

Read and watch the tape. The "insect" flies above the cloud. Pretty good fakery.

[Arkinsaw]

Its either a RoswellRod, a bug, or both.

[E.Allen]

Your picture has an unusual characteristic in common with the New York photo. the "wings" are slightly offset where they attach to the "rod." Do you know what mechanism accounts for this? Would the answer enable us to come to a conclusion?

[jlogajan]

Watch the video. The cloud is panning through the field of view very fast -- which would be unusual for a cloud. Therefore the camera itself is panning very fast. Therefore any near field object, such as a bug, would also move through the frame very fast.

[rimtop56]

Plus, if it has been a missile, wouldn't it have blown up when it hit the ground?

[rimtop56]

has = had

[NYer]

I live just outside of Albany (Niskayuna), and this is no big thing here.

I'm over in Latham. This was reported on FOX23 News, and the following morning, CBS' The Early Show had a live interview with Brandon Mowry. Given the competition among local newscasters, no doubt WNYT and WRGB decided not to cover the story for fear of losing viewers. I can't imagine Liz Bishop covering a story on "Rods".

[spycatcher]

Is this a Missle being fired at an Airliner?

Video of rods not the same as insect blurs

[spycatcher]

Here's another "insect" for people to debate

[Arkinsaw]

That one appears to be a piece of tinfoil.

[Vic3O3]

Cool link to the denny white bees images!

[Sabertooth]

Video of rods not the same as insect blurs

The guy in the audio clip claimed 1/10,000 sec. shutter speeds would prove that rods are not insects.

I'm not at all knowledgable of cameras, but is equipment with such high shutter speeds readily available?

[WillVoteForFood]

It would have to have been a pretty big ass insect, as the video footage showed the object obscured by clouds as it passed to the upper left corner of the screen.

Doesn't mean its not a hoax, but pretty clear its not an insect.

[Marysecretary]

Thanks. I took down the info and will look it up. Sorry to be so ignorant but I guess I can't know EVERYTHING (smile).

[Slicksadick]

Nice shot of future tourists comming back to view a historical moment. ; )

[nanny]

[Watch the video. The cloud is panning through the field of view very fast -- which would be unusual for a cloud. Therefore the camera itself is panning very fast. Therefore any near field object, such as a bug, would also move through the frame very fast.]

I have no opinion on fact or not - but in one picture I saw I thought the 'object/rod/insect' was above the airplane's 'plume, exhaust or whatever - the smoke columns they put out'. Is that true, or am I just remembering incorrectly?

[spycatcher]

1/10,000 sec. shutter speeds are the fastest setting on good digital cameras. Saw one with 1/18,000 sec shutter speed.

Pretty much eliminates blur unless the insect is going Mach 2 or so