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Re: 'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker

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Post by LegitShady » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 5:22 PM UTC

globular-toast wrote: post #128

cs702 wrote: post #35

I've seen this optical illusion in person, with large container ships, off the US Mid-Atlantic coast, and it's really cool. The photo in this article is fantastic. It shows an extreme example of the illusion. The ship appears to be, not just hovering over the water, but actually suspended in mid-air. In my view, it's worth clicking on the link just to see the photo.

Something just occurred to me. Is this actually an optical illusion? My idea of an optical illusion is one where your brain perceives something that is different from reality. Indeed, when I look it up I see examples of that (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_illusion ) But in this case your brain isn't doing anything wrong, the light reaching your eyes is what's "wrong" and your brain is correctly interpret…

I think this is a very fundamental optical illusion with a focus on optical, where air temperature bends light so makes you perceive something different from what it actually is.

It's much more related to optics than direct perception. Your brain is drawing the correct image its received, the light has just been bent so that it doesn't form an accurate representation of what you're trying to see.

Re: 'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker

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Post by cvaidya1986 » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 5:22 PM UTC

Best cover up article yet for alien hovering tech

Re: 'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker

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Post by ericmay » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 5:26 PM UTC

And now you know the source of the "Flying" Dutchman ;)

Re: 'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker

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Post by klingon79 » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 5:29 PM UTC

htkyoholk wrote: post #5

Nice try by the government to cover up testing of anti-gravity drive recovered from UFO.

While it’s the less plausible explanation, I think this theory should be explored further.

With a photo like this, what can we do to assist in proving or disproving the theory that it’s indeed flying?

Also, is the headline incorrect if it indicates that it’s flying when it’s not, if it appears to be?

Re: 'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker

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Post by mordechai9000 » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 5:44 PM UTC

brundolf wrote: post #137

mordechai9000 wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a spot where I walk my dog near my house. It follows a power line trail up a hill, and you can turn around and see Denali. For whatever reason, on warm spring days Fata Morgana distortion is fairly common from this spot. I've seen it a few times. At it's most obvious, Denali will appear to be sitting on a pedestal of sheer cliffs, thousands of feet high, surrounded by non existent tabletop mountains and impro…

Have you uploaded pictures anywhere?

No, I just tried posting to imgur and it didn't go so well. It is a white mountain on the horizon, taken with a cell phone. Honestly the pictures don't convey much. If you zoom in, you can see the distortion, though. I'm sure a decent lens could capture it.

Re: 'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker

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Post by hu3 » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 5:44 PM UTC

tobr wrote: post #32

injb wrote: post #16

But why does the ship appear in that location, and not the water it's sitting on? What's special about the ship?

As far as I can tell, it’s just a lucky coincidence that the distortion “cropped out” the water in this case, causing an exceptionally clean illusion. Compare with other images of fata Morgana[1] and you can see how it tends to look more distorted. 1: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=fata+morgana&iax=images&ia=images

From your link I found this picture of 3 flying ships.

https://i0.wp.com/www.astropt.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/20...

I can feel my brain contorting a bit.

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Post by htkyoholk » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 5:55 PM UTC

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #50

It's strange that the air and the water below the "floating" ship is so crisp and clear. In a superior illusion, there normally is quite a bit of distortion appearing like a wall of fog or galss under the ship (or island etc). It's also strange that this was seen at a very close range when such illusions normally involve objects far away, near the horizon. Is it possible this image is a hoax, or that it was edited to…

Maybe the photograph took 100 pictures from various positions, like tourists holding up the Pisa tower.

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Post by it » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 5:55 PM UTC

I prefer to think it's antigravity.

If it's just light bending then why don't we also see the surrounding water elevated in the supposed mirage?

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Post by dvtrn » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 5:57 PM UTC

judge2020 wrote: post #130

jmkd wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

BBC article at the time of posting was indeed 'Floating ship'

For reference: https://twitter.com/KeirGiles/status/1367742771017224196

I might even go so far as to say that that is their desirable default state.

As long as the front doesn’t fall off.

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Post by lostlogin » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 6:02 PM UTC

dvtrn wrote: post #159

judge2020 wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For reference: https://twitter.com/KeirGiles/status/1367742771017224196

I might even go so far as to say that that is their desirable default state. As long as the front doesn’t fall off.

If anyone doesn’t get the reference, this is required viewing. It’s gold. https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM