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In the era of 8K cameras, UFO pictures are always fuzzy and blurred. What a strange coincidence.

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qz2 6y ago
To be fair I’ve got a fairly nice DSLR but without a $3000 chunk of glass in front of it, everything looks like a blurry mess at any distance which a UFO may be involved. I don’t own a $3000 chunk of glass. UFOs are certainly real but they probably aren’t extraterrestrial if you consider Occam’s razor.
- callinOutLiars 6y ago
  There have been a lot of reports of UFOs at supersonic speeds with the ability to stop on a dime. One explanation is aliens and one is a conspiracy that the US government has had access to a warp drive for decades. I don’t think Occam’s razor applies in this circumstance since both seem very fanciful.
  - qz2 6y ago
    Occam's razor works fine if you add another hypothesis that the accounts aren't entirely accurate.
    - davidg109 6y ago
      Actually, sounds more like Occam’s Razor is being misapplied here. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/08/occams-razor/495332/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/08/occams-r...
- rangibaby 6y ago
  Even expensive lenses can’t fix the atmosphere itself on a humid day
solarengineer 6y ago
The pilot used his mobile phone to take this pic. Most Mobile phones don’t have good enough lens to take high Res pics at a distance.
snicker7 6y ago
Of course. Otherwise, they would be identified!
lopmotr 6y ago
If it wasn't blurry, it would be obvious what it was, and hence not a UFO. The extra-terrestrial idea is a bit far fetched, but generally, they're just objects/phenomena that can't be identified, not necessarily exotic.
thu2111 6y ago
For people who agree with this comment and would like a more formal treatment, UFO debunker Mick West writes about the "low information zone" here: https://www.metabunk.org/threads/are-the-navy-ufos-real-or-just-in-the-low-information-zone.10921/ https://www.metabunk.org/threads/are-the-navy-ufos-real-or-j...
pankajdoharey 6y ago
I use to say that till i saw a strange phenomenon myself and realised cameras do have a hard time focusing in the sky due to autofocus. But some of these things do exist for sure, answer to what they are is anyones guess. From Marsh gas to mylar balloons.
rangibaby 6y ago
1. Buy the most expensive camera and lens you can find (let’s say $10,000 in total). 2. Take a picture of a flying object through your window or windshield while riding shotgun in a car, at speed. 3. Show us sharp the picture is
- dexterlagan 6y ago
  Pro photog here. Done that many times. Pro SLRs can shoot 12 fps with good stabilization. I wouldn't miss it. Yet every time I've seen stuff fly by I didn't recognize, I only had my phone with me. Doh!
  - rangibaby 6y ago
    > Yet every time I've seen stuff fly by I didn't recognize, I only had my phone with me. Doh! That’s my point. Timing, preparation, and some good luck (eg with weather) are all more important than gear, which I think answers OP’s statement
rasz 6y ago
Not only 8K cameras, but pretty much every single person on the planet walking with a phone camera ready to record video. We have tens of "Ow My Balls" type of websites aggregating hundreds of funny/tragic/weird/illegal/mostly nsfw(or not safe to overall mental health in general) clips daily and still no believable semi legit quality evidence.

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qz2 6y ago

To be fair I’ve got a fairly nice DSLR but without a $3000 chunk of glass in front of it, everything looks like a blurry mess at any distance which a UFO may be involved. I don’t own a $3000 chunk of glass. UFOs are certainly real but they probably aren’t extraterrestrial if you consider Occam’s razor.

callinOutLiars 6y ago
There have been a lot of reports of UFOs at supersonic speeds with the ability to stop on a dime. One explanation is aliens and one is a conspiracy that the US government has had access to a warp drive for decades. I don’t think Occam’s razor applies in this circumstance since both seem very fanciful.
- qz2 6y ago
  Occam's razor works fine if you add another hypothesis that the accounts aren't entirely accurate.
  - davidg109 6y ago
    Actually, sounds more like Occam’s Razor is being misapplied here. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/08/occams-razor/495332/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/08/occams-r...
rangibaby 6y ago
Even expensive lenses can’t fix the atmosphere itself on a humid day

solarengineer 6y ago

The pilot used his mobile phone to take this pic. Most Mobile phones don’t have good enough lens to take high Res pics at a distance.

snicker7 6y ago

Of course. Otherwise, they would be identified!

lopmotr 6y ago

If it wasn't blurry, it would be obvious what it was, and hence not a UFO. The extra-terrestrial idea is a bit far fetched, but generally, they're just objects/phenomena that can't be identified, not necessarily exotic.

thu2111 6y ago

For people who agree with this comment and would like a more formal treatment, UFO debunker Mick West writes about the "low information zone" here: https://www.metabunk.org/threads/are-the-navy-ufos-real-or-just-in-the-low-information-zone.10921/ https://www.metabunk.org/threads/are-the-navy-ufos-real-or-j...

pankajdoharey 6y ago

I use to say that till i saw a strange phenomenon myself and realised cameras do have a hard time focusing in the sky due to autofocus. But some of these things do exist for sure, answer to what they are is anyones guess. From Marsh gas to mylar balloons.

rangibaby 6y ago

1. Buy the most expensive camera and lens you can find (let’s say $10,000 in total). 2. Take a picture of a flying object through your window or windshield while riding shotgun in a car, at speed. 3. Show us sharp the picture is

dexterlagan 6y ago
Pro photog here. Done that many times. Pro SLRs can shoot 12 fps with good stabilization. I wouldn't miss it. Yet every time I've seen stuff fly by I didn't recognize, I only had my phone with me. Doh!
- rangibaby 6y ago
  > Yet every time I've seen stuff fly by I didn't recognize, I only had my phone with me. Doh! That’s my point. Timing, preparation, and some good luck (eg with weather) are all more important than gear, which I think answers OP’s statement

rasz 6y ago

Not only 8K cameras, but pretty much every single person on the planet walking with a phone camera ready to record video. We have tens of "Ow My Balls" type of websites aggregating hundreds of funny/tragic/weird/illegal/mostly nsfw(or not safe to overall mental health in general) clips daily and still no believable semi legit quality evidence.