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Alien Visitation Contact Proof

bruto said:
I have not followed every little detail here, but are we to assume that the camera in question is digital? The reason I ask is that, assuming a digital camera with auto exposure and also auto white balance, it's important to remember that auto white balance is based, not actually on white balance (which is actually impossible), but on an algorithmic guess based on exposure. It's very clever, and works pretty well. But while we can make certain deductions regarding color, the finer points of color, especially relative blue levels, would be tenuous at best as proof of anything, especially in unusual conditions.

By the way, I don't know how things are done in Australia, but I sure would not want to be in a district where a non-human "recloser" tries the electricity without a human being having hunted down and repaired the fault. Around here, we use either tripping breakers or fuses, so as not to electrocute line workers and rescue squads and firefighters and the like. A human being turns the power back on either by resetting the breaker or replacing a fuse, only after the fault is found and fixed.
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As for your first paragraph, yes that is exactly my point in my response just a few comments up...the OP said it was an xiaomi webcam (not sure the exact model) and it is most definitely digital and fairly inexpensive, which means that you are correct it is most likely fully automatic. Your point about WB is. correct, and in addition, the ISO is also fully AUTO. Which means that as it becomes darker abruptly during the outage, the camera is gonna struggle to adjust its settings, resulting in both potential changes in color (from WB) and exposure (from auto ISO) totally normal stuff but misleading if you are trying to use the results as evidence of anything unusual.
 
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jsfisher said:
cjdelphi,

Multiple times you have bragged about your skills and accomplishments by citing examples like the above. Do you realize how pedestrian these examples are? Your audio-over-a-laser-beam example (previously cited) is middle school science fair level. As others have noted, your pump controller example (cited above) is more Rube Goldberg than practical, and in terms of demonstrating advanced electronics and programming skills, it fails miserably.

So, why do you try to impress us with this trivia?
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I had quarter of a million users using my software, whatever you say!

lol
 
Thermal said:
Ya, it's a couple dozen pages of repeating the same obvious flubs, that you keep handwaving away.



Again, no significant proof. You are jumping to conclusions based on mild anomalies.

Your light thing is an interesting oddity. But that's all it is (still like to know how you happened across it; do you spend a lot of time randomly scanning security footage?)



Real talk for a minute, if you please.

You say you "were" a skeptic. I don't think anyone believes that, because if you were, you would understand why your claims fail to a skeptic, and you would modify your approach accordingly. A former skeptic would still understand what a skeptic regards as logical and what constitutes proof.

And not to bust your chops, bro, but you can't compose a post written at a grade school level of literacy. A little proofreading might go a long way in establishing credibility with this crew.

Your argument seems to be that you randomly ran across some unexplained light with a weird sound, and it can't be explained in any other way than alien visitation and technology. I can explain it, and much more, with garden variety special effects used in movie making. If we are going to wildly speculate, as you do, I would say the government sent a searchlight outfitted drone to check out your pot plants. At least my wild speculation is based on real things.
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I can see people have run out of explanations

Guess I won the argument here :)
 
Jack by the hedge said:
Well, I hesitate to do anything that might have even the scent of doxxing but as the OP linked a helpful map showing lamp location and street names it was the work of moments to do a Google streetview stroll along neighbouring roads and find this transformer about 75m from the camera and directly behind the house opposite.

[qimg]http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_3561962f8263f9074f.jpg[/qimg]

A flash from here caused by an unwise bat would light the treetops in front of the OP's house but not illuminate things at ground level.

<edit to add> It's the only transformer I can find nearby. I presume it's the likely source of this kind of fault as it's where the three phase HT wires come close enough together to be contacted by an animal the size of a bat. I stand to be corrected of course. The street behind the camera's point of view does not have overhead utilities like this, their power cables are presumably buried.
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Show me a bat or transformer lighting up a path and not the entire street, ridiculous theory

Find one that fits, I'll respond back why I get one that fits

Until then, you have been warned they are visiting and taking people, go ridicule someone who deserves

It appears most of you here are over 60 with bad eye sight, consult an expert or someone under 30 for their answers

Until then, if you see a flash of light and feel tired morning after chances are you were abducted

I proved all you skeptics wrong over and over and now I.would have to accept banging my hard any harder is retarded

There's a couple of skeptics here with doubt and all that's all I wanted! people to see what's going on, any educated person who came here will see what I see and understand what I'm saying

I'm done with low intelligence explanations I need better
 
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cjdelphi said:
I had quarter of a million users using my software, whatever you say!

lol
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I did not comment on the Yahoo Messenger software. I have no way to evaluate its worth nor your statements regarding it. However, your modulated laser, overwhelmed with hot-glue, project was trivial. Mentioning it as you did makes me question your sense of what would be significant.

Your design for the pump controller seems asinine, but otherwise equally trivial. So once again I am questioning your sense of significance.

lol (obligatory closing, I guess)
 
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bruto said:
By the way, I don't know how things are done in Australia, but I sure would not want to be in a district where a non-human "recloser" tries the electricity without a human being having hunted down and repaired the fault. Around here, we use either tripping breakers or fuses, so as not to electrocute line workers and rescue squads and firefighters and the like. A human being turns the power back on either by resetting the breaker or replacing a fuse, only after the fault is found and fixed.
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Where I live in rural Wiltshire in the UK power cuts are quite common, maybe 5 or 6 times a year. In the majority of cases the power comes back on again a few seconds later, which is presumably the recloser working successfully. If it's not restored within seconds I know it's going to take a lot longer, probably hours. I give it half an hour and then call the emergency helpline, by which time there is usually a recorded message telling me how long I can expect to be without power.
 
Jack by the hedge said:
Well, I hesitate to do anything that might have even the scent of doxxing but as the OP linked a helpful map showing lamp location and street names it was the work of moments to do a Google streetview stroll along neighbouring roads and find this transformer about 75m from the camera and directly behind the house opposite.

[qimg]http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_3561962f8263f9074f.jpg[/qimg]

A flash from here caused by an unwise bat would light the treetops in front of the OP's house but not illuminate things at ground level.

<edit to add> It's the only transformer I can find nearby. I presume it's the likely source of this kind of fault as it's where the three phase HT wires come close enough together to be contacted by an animal the size of a bat. I stand to be corrected of course. The street behind the camera's point of view does not have overhead utilities like this, their power cables are presumably buried.
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I missed this post...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YblAoLjwUgQjrd6TzqCM0Zf-aat2XOM1/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_W6WZMKqyiJ4Q4IY4ptAL_FG_vIazEEz/view?usp=drivesdk

That you posted isn't on my street, the transformer is too far away and yes the power cables are underground here

Use street view to look at this street if you want to see the transformer

https://youtu.be/okioLGgSZ_0


No transformer to be seen here... and a bat being responsible sure
 
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https://youtu.be/okioLGgSZ_0

Here's the video, no transformer nothing damaged no burns nothing to suggest bat has ever been near this

Freshly taken photos with that video

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l-PIyUXSio-bmdq0JhMALTKaDEwm4XIe/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lC_-smXdwql1ktIRxjbfv8EVqPaUReQe/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l2fp1Zty8gFnWQgxFEYaH4VIEbPhwP0N/view?usp=drivesdk

All seems to look in perfect condition... that power line has to be responsible as there's no transformer on my street

It looks absolutely fine no burn marks anywhere
 
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cjdelphi said:
https://youtu.be/okioLGgSZ_0

Here's the video, no transformer nothing damaged no burns nothing to suggest bat has ever been near this

Freshly taken photos with that video

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l-PIyUXSio-bmdq0JhMALTKaDEwm4XIe/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lC_-smXdwql1ktIRxjbfv8EVqPaUReQe/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l2fp1Zty8gFnWQgxFEYaH4VIEbPhwP0N/view?usp=drivesdk

All seems to look in perfect condition... that power line has to be responsible as there's no transformer on my street

It looks absolutely fine no burn marks anywhere
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Is that a streetlamp I see up there above the treetops line?
 
Pixel42 said:
Where I live in rural Wiltshire in the UK power cuts are quite common, maybe 5 or 6 times a year. In the majority of cases the power comes back on again a few seconds later, which is presumably the recloser working successfully. If it's not restored within seconds I know it's going to take a lot longer, probably hours. I give it half an hour and then call the emergency helpline, by which time there is usually a recorded message telling me how long I can expect to be without power.
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Uh huh. And how does that voice sound? A bit unnatural, a tad strange, a little --

ALIEN?
 
Jack by the hedge said:
I have to tell you I find it really hard to parse your writing for meaning.

But I do gather that you think the flash that lights some of the tree leaves just as the power is failing also repeats 5 seconds later. I agree.

Here again are the two patches I circled which show up brighter just as everything else is getting dimmer at the start of the power cut.
[qimg]http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_3561962f668df48d7e.jpg[/qimg]

Five seconds later the same patches are lit again, captured in two frames, the final one being brightest.

[qimg]http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_3561962f8075bcc58d.jpg[/qimg]
[qimg]http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_3561962f8078953e5b.jpg[/qimg]

In the frame following that one, the light in the trees disappears but the LED lamp which shines down on the pot plants glows a bit.

So I'm now pretty much convinced the first flash is a poor bat getting electrocuted and five seconds later an attempted reconnection produces another big flash at the same spot, which disconnects the power and the momentary connection just puts enough energy into the LED power supply for the lamp to glow briefly.

That's my view. Feel free to try to convince me you have a more plausible explanation, but please without appeals to magic.
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I'll gladly help and be as positive as I can with posts like these because again that circle of light on the right...

First I've noticed this, that fits my theory the 2 flashes of light are identical at both times as the power dropped and 5 seconds later

I'm going to look at that second patch of light ... I think you found more weirdness I haven't noticed


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But the bat being excuted can only explain it if we had a transformer on the street and power cables above, the previous posts just made with videos of me walking around and if the incoming powerline should help you out here... just way to far away!

And yes previously i thought there was a transformer at the end if the street it's not, just a power pole, my bad...
 
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Unless there's a transformer at the end of this street which would be the end of my street ., I think someone found the closest transfer and that wasn't on this street at all
 
Jack by the hedge said:
I have to tell you I find it really hard to parse your writing for meaning.

But I do gather that you think the flash that lights some of the tree leaves just as the power is failing also repeats 5 seconds later. I agree.

Here again are the two patches I circled which show up brighter just as everything else is getting dimmer at the start of the power cut.
[qimg]http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_3561962f668df48d7e.jpg[/qimg]

Five seconds later the same patches are lit again, captured in two frames, the final one being brightest.

[qimg]http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_3561962f8075bcc58d.jpg[/qimg]
[qimg]http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_3561962f8078953e5b.jpg[/qimg]

In the frame following that one, the light in the trees disappears but the LED lamp which shines down on the pot plants glows a bit.

So I'm now pretty much convinced the first flash is a poor bat getting electrocuted and five seconds later an attempted reconnection produces another big flash at the same spot, which disconnects the power and the momentary connection just puts enough energy into the LED power supply for the lamp to glow briefly.

That's my view. Feel free to try to convince me you have a more plausible explanation, but please without appeals to magic.
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I'm going to be honest, I don't see that 2nd circle patch of light to make an assumption it was identical to the second flash of light we see, my theory suggests we should see the same identical light but don't i think the cameras low light settings were turned on or it would washed out

Only that first patch of light circled matches identically to the 2nd patch of light 5 seconds later

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iMVa5ABQ3b750jOFaiXeYaOY2vx80E3S/view?usp=drivesdk


But you might be right, I'm 41 and my close up vision is not what it was, it's still good but I'm losing the ability to read almost microscopic part numbers from surface mount chips these days

https://youtu.be/_B7q_ZDL2YU
 
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