From: Bob Shell <bob.nul>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:11:48 -0400
Fwd Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 11:23:32 -0400
Subject: Re: Photo Analysis Requested - Shell


>From: Terry Groff <terrygroff.nul>
>To: ufoupdates.nul
>Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:11:22 -0700 (PDT)
>Subject: Re: Photo Analysis Requested


>The first thing I noticed was the object doesn't seem to have
>picked up the slight jerk of the camera like the other lights
>did.

"The object" reflects a prejudice that there is something there.
Not a sound approach.

There is a well know optical aberration of lenses called coma.
It is caused by undercorrected spherical aberration, which is
quite common in consumer grade lenses.

The shape in the photo is a textbook example of lens flare in a
lens suffering from moderate coma.


Bob Shell