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THE CONDON REPORT:
RE-EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE**
By Christopher Montgomery
The McMinnville UFO photographs are amongst the few that have survived the rigors of UFO photograph analysis. We wanted to get these photographs online right away so that you could check them out. A couple of things to note: the image in photo #5 is not asymmetrical, in other words, this UFO is somewhere between our dimensions and the next. The second is that the zig-zag pattern in photo #3 indicates that this object is tacking against the angular velocity of the earth. This is a classic characteristic of UFO maneuvers. “This is one of the few UFO reports in which all factors investigated, geometric, psychological and physical appear to be consistent with the assertion that an extraordinary flying object…flew within sight of two witnesses."- HARTMAN
DATE/TIME: May 11, 1950; 7:45 PM (PST)
LOCATION: McMinnville, Oregon; 0.2 miles S of the Salmon Run Hiway; Approximately 10 miles SW of McMinnville, Oregon on or near the farm of the eyewitnesses; Coordinates 123 19’50” W longitude, 45 06’ 15” N latitude;
ELEVATION: 210 feet above sea level.
TERRAIN: “Rolling farm country.”
INVESTIGATOR: Hartmann
WEATHER CONDITIONS: “Dull with overcast at about 5,000 feet”
ABSTRACT: Farmer’s wife initially saw object, she called her husband who took a look also. A camera was located and several photos were taken. (Extrapolation on this case study and photo analysis to follow).
UFO DESCRIPTION:
1. The UFO was described as "'very bright…almost silvery.'" Also described as "'brightly metallic, silver or aluminum colored, with a touch of bronze…appeared to have a sort of super structure…like a good-sized parachute canopy without the strings only silvery-bright mixed with bronze.'"
2. "'Silvery on top but with more bronze on the bottom, the bottom being different.'" The estimated diameter was approximately 20-30 feet diameter. The primary witness (farmer’s wife) compared the object to the size of an open parachute canopy.
3. Also added…There wasn’t any noise nor was there any flames, smoke or exhaust visible.
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS:
"’There was a breeze as it flew overhead…which died down later’" according to the two eyewitnesses. "They felt a gust of wind, which they thought may have come from the UFO" when the object "tipped up, exposing its underside."
The primary witness stated that "the wind almost knocked him over;"
The secondary witness stated that it had "made only a little breeze."
There were some discrepancies between the testimony of the primary witness (the farmer’s wife) and the secondary witness (the farmer). Hartman did not explore the reasons for this. After the object had changed its attitude, it made some sophisticated attitude adjustments before it flew off to the west (see photo #3 above) reference Condon files; plate #25.(Hartmann, page 398)***
McMinnvile UFO Photo #2
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PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS:
The majority of the investigation probably involved locating the negatives and examining the photos for any sign of a hoax. Later, Hartmann would make this statement in his report: "The negatives had not been tampered with," and it was "unlikely that a sophisticated optical fabrication was performed." This was the one case that would have given any serious researcher the drive to continue investigating UFOs. Unless one can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that UFOs don't exist, then the investigation should've remained open. If not for the McMinnville UFO photographs, I would have probably agreed with the Condon committee's conclusions to close the book on UFOs. These photographs remain the best evidence that's ever existed to support the belief that UFOs are real. Is a matter of fact, these photographs have withstood all attempts to debunk them using the most advance photo analysis currently available in the 1990s. The only person that I've ever heard of that has tried to discredit the McMinnville UFO photographs was Phillip Klass. He would discredit anything concerning the subject of UFOs, whether the evidence was genuine or not.
"Atmospheric extinction and scattering, combined, serve to reduce contrast as distance increases, an effect perhaps best appreciated by artists...The shadowed bottom of the UFO in plate 23 [McMinnville UFO photo #1, above]has a particularly pale look, suggestive of scattering between the observer and the object, and if such scattering is detectable, it may be possible to make some estimate of the distance involved." –[Insert mine] (IBID 402)
One thing the Condon Committee didn’t take into account was that this thing generated a field of energy, which dopplerized the particles of reflective and refractive light that was caught by the observer's camera. This affect is really obvious in genuine UFO photographs, where the field is clearly differentiated and visible in an aura surrounding the UFO. This is especially true in cases where UFOs appear in photographs after their developement, which were not visible while the pictures were being taken. I have a theory, that this is due to the fact that the field generation is especially active when the UFO object is traveling at thousands of miles per hour. When something is traveling that fast, the naked eye would not perceive of the event. The unerring eye of the camera would, however, in that it freezes the image in a fraction of the time.
McMinnvile UFO Photo #3
Tacking Maneuvers
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THIS CASE REMAINS UNSOLVED.A COMMON THREAD
One common thread that courses through most, if not all genuine UFO photos is the distortion effect, which is often reported and evident in UFO photographs. The George Adamski photo is one example of this warping affect recorded on film. There are at least three possible scenarios, which we should consider:
1. The UFO in these photographs was enveloped within its own time/space continuum, therefore dopplerizing its image as the refractive/reflective radii passed through the intense gravitational field surrounding the object. When we examine UFOs from this perspective, it is easier to understand its technology. That is one of the reasons why military intelligence does not want any UFO photographs floating around…if they can help it…especially those that display these types of tell tale qualities.
2. The UFO is in a state of constant flux. One thing that becomes more and more evident the longer I study UFOs is the fact that Em energy is distorted when subjected to the UFO field. It is partly of this world and partly of the next; call it a parallel universe, another dimension…whatever. The gravitational lensing that is taking place is evident by the effect that the UFO’s energy field has on cameras…and on the film. A camera stops time in its tracks and gives us a split second look at things that the naked eye might otherwise miss. In the excitement of witnessing a UFO event, the mind could easily overlook what the camera would document on its emulsion.
3. But the camera has other tales to tell. Photographs that have been taken by military personal while a UFO was buzzing their aircraft often will not turn out. The image may be so badly blurred that it is unrecognizable as anything more than a blob or a blur. The film may be way over exposed despite using the correct settings on the camera. The reason is simple. The lens of the camera can further distort the dopplerized energy being emitted by the UFO, enhancing the UFO's time/space distortion affect. The fact is that a UFO has to be in the right time and at the right place to be seen at all, let alone be photographed by a camera.
The Condon’s team of investigators had concluded that "This is one of the few UFO reports in which all factors investigated, geometric, psychological and physical appear to be consistent with the assertion that an extraordinary flying object…flew within sight of two witnesses." (IBID pg 407)
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