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07-25-2011, 12:14 PM
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07-25-2011, 12:25 PM
|  | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | | Looks cool! Unfortunately there's no shortage of know-how in regards to hoaxers creating something like that
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07-25-2011, 12:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Finland (Northern Europe) | | | Hi.
My vote would go for a semi-transparent kite and a laser projector.
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07-25-2011, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by T-Bird My vote would go for a semi-transparent kite and a laser projector. | The thing was more than 1000m or 3300ft high in the sky. |
07-25-2011, 01:21 PM
|  | I have a very tasty head. | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NJ | | Clearly it was either swamp gas or a weather balloon.  |
07-25-2011, 01:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK | | | Light reflected off Venus, or course.
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07-25-2011, 01:25 PM
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07-25-2011, 01:30 PM
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07-25-2011, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Horny Toad Clearly it was either swamp gas or a weather balloon. | Are you using the Air Force ID chart again?  |
07-25-2011, 01:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: South Jersey | | Obviously a UFO.
Unidentified? Check.
Flying? Check.
Object? Check. 
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07-25-2011, 02:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Finland (Northern Europe) | | Hi. Quote:
Originally Posted by allexcosta The thing was more than 1000m or 3300ft high in the sky. | Doesn't rule a kite out, even if it was that high (low) up.
The engineer in me wants to know how that was determined?
The Sci-Fi nerd in me wants to believe in these things.
The engineer and couch potato scientist in me usually wins  .
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07-25-2011, 02:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Post Mortal Obviously a UFO.
Unidentified? Check.
Flying? Check.
Object? Check. | As far as the OP goes, you won 
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07-25-2011, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by T-Bird Doesn't rule a kite out, even if it was that high (low) up. | Yeah, I know a kite can get pretty high. I was talking about the laser projector. You meant a projector from the ground, right? |
07-25-2011, 02:44 PM
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07-25-2011, 02:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Finland (Northern Europe) | | Hi. Quote:
Originally Posted by allexcosta Yeah, I know a kite can get pretty high. I was talking about the laser projector. You meant a projector from the ground, right? | From a rooftop, hill, radio tower etc preferably so the orientation is more convincing.
Everyone's seen a traditional skytracker in action, so that orientation is prety much useless.
The modern lasers are relatively small, so concealing one isn't all that hard.
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07-25-2011, 02:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | | I can't for the life of me remember where I put my portable gas stove. You guys seen it?
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07-25-2011, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by T-Bird From a rooftop, hill, radio tower etc preferably so the orientation is more convincing.
Everyone's seen a traditional skytracker in action, so that orientation is prety much useless.
The modern lasers are relatively small, so concealing one isn't all that hard. | Interesting. But how could one keep the projection and the kite steady for 6 hours on a windy night?
I'm thinking blue leds attached to the pipe somehow... |
07-25-2011, 03:10 PM
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Applications Engineer, QSC Audio | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Costa Mesa, Calif. | | | At Burning Man it's been done with a disc of LEDs flashing in patterns suspended below a weather balloon. The balloon was tethered to the ground. It's a very cool effect. Some were actually convinced it was a real UFO (though they might've been under some sort of chemical influence). |
07-25-2011, 03:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northeast, US | | Funny stuff. There is more a chance of me hitting Lotto 5 times in a row than there is of this being a UFO from another world. 
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07-25-2011, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by allexcosta Interesting. But how could one keep the projection and the kite steady for 6 hours on a windy night?
I'm thinking blue leds attached to the pipe somehow... | Wind direction and speed isn't constant when You move upwards, anyone who flies kites, "high altitude" RC planes, or ultralight planes can tell You that.
It's all about knowing the conditions in the altitude one wants to operate at.
Tracking can be done with RF, IR, by hand, You name it.
I don't know whether the "object" moved up and down or if it's just the camera operator zooming in and out, but if it did, varying the OD of the circle is easier with a projector than it is with revolving LEDs. Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Lee (QSC) Some were actually convinced it was a real UFO (though they might've been under some sort of chemical influence). | LOL.
I'd be willing to bet those were the same people who previously released it up there "Whoah, I know we did that, but it looks SOOOO real"
Quite a bit OT, but these oldies everyone's probably seen were made in early 2007, and the technology has improved heaps since then. ‪Graffiti Research Lab L.A.S.E.R Tag‬‏ - YouTube
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