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In reply to the discussion: UFO Hearing totally erased all other coverage. Not. [View all]Kid Berwyn
(14,907 posts)From his analysis:
The length of the elliptical image in photo 1 is 2.92 mm and in photo 2 the length is about 2.55 mm. The thickness (vertical dimension) in photo 2 is about 0.48 mm. Assume that Mr. Trent was standing roughly 16 ft from the nearby electrical wires which appear at the top of each photo. Since the camera focal length was about 103 mm ( 27), if the object were a small circular model UFO hanging from the wires at the time of photo 1 the size would have been about (2.92 mm/103 mm) x 16 ft = 0.45 ft = 5.4". On the other hand, if it were at a distance of about 1/2 km (not a hoax!; see Figure 5) it would have been about 14 m in diameter. The thickness, using the vertical measurement from photo 2 , would have been about (0.48 mm/103) x 16 ft = 0.074 ft = 0.95" if under the wires and about 2.3 m if at a distance of 1/2 km . The diameter of the pole would have been about 0.38" if at a distance of 16 ft, and about 0.92 m if at a distance of 1/2 km. (NOTE 2000: during a re-investigation in the year 1999 it was determined that the camera was of a type - see below - which had a rated focal length of 100 mm rather than the 103 mm assumed in 1977 when this paper was written. Hence the calculated sizes should be increased by 3%, an amount which is comparable to the "noise" in the dimensional measurements themselves because of the natural diffuseness of the edges of photographic images, even when well focused, as these are.)
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Maccabee believed the Trents. And so do I.