Strange Aerial Object Over Irving, Texas DEC 2nd

Antaletriangle · 12-02-2008, 10:06 AM

Series of 16 images taken on olympus E-500 slr with zoom lens.
http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?I...ry=Environment

Linda Moulton Howe:

December 2, 2008 Irving, Texas - On December 1, 2008, I received an email from a Texas resident who encountered and photographed a highly strange aerial object while driving with his wife to visit friends in Irving, Texas, between Dallas and Fort Worth, on Thanksgiving night, November 27, 2008, around 8 PM Central. The location was the intersection of West Irving Boulevard and West Pioneer Drive in Irving.

“Hi,
My name is Ovi and on the Thanksgiving day this year (November 27, 2008), I took these pictures on my way to visiting some friends in Irving, TX.
The object was moving slowly and I had enough time to take a few pictures. I used my Olympus E-500 camera with 40-150mm lens. It was around 8 PM Central and I stopped in a parking lot to take the pictures out of the window of my car. If somebody can offer an explanation for these pictures, I will be grateful.
Thank you.
Ovi.”

I emailed back:

“Fascinating images. Can you give me more details about the exact location; i.e., central downtown Irving? Intersection? What are the buildings there? How far from the friends you were traveling to visit? How high was the moving object above you and how far distant from you in feet? How many inches long, wide, and deep do you estimate the object was? Any sound from the object? About how many miles per hour was it traveling in comparison to surrounding traffic?

Also can you please give me some background about your age, where you grew up, any academic degrees, general category of your profession, where do you work and live now?

With your written permission and without using your name, specific location or email address, I would like to share more details and your images in an Earthfiles report and ask for any other eyewitnesses to contact me.”

cont.on link above.

Paul J Salmon · 12-02-2008, 01:33 PM

NightFlight.jpgLooks like an airship to me!

Antaletriangle · 12-02-2008, 01:47 PM

Yeah i thought it a possibility also-a blimp of sorts moving @20mph.

Paul J Salmon · 12-02-2008, 01:54 PM

Antaletriangle you are quite right, although speed/movement can seem faster or slower from different angles. Think I will have to look again, thanks for posting this one!

Paul J Salmon · 12-02-2008, 09:30 PM

Read up and looked at the photos again on Earthfiles but still not sure if it is indeed a UFO. Think on this one I will have to take a rain check!

Orion11 · 12-02-2008, 09:44 PM

interesting... doesnt quite look like a blimp......

hmm.. thanks for sharing bro.

Wetpicketfence · 12-03-2008, 12:52 AM

I would say it is a blimp, with the red beacon on some of the shots, but what is strange is the gondola is missing...

Dantheman62 · 12-03-2008, 05:10 AM

Could it be some kind of balloon?, because there's something trailing behind it, like dangling behind it.

Euphor|a · 12-03-2008, 11:32 AM

I didn't know what it looked like until I saw the blown up version at the end, it looks like a camera distortion, like a bad photo. I take a lot of those in and out doors, now what "trailing" behind it could be is ink/color bleed from the picture. It really looks like someone did this to the picture, either on accident or on purpose..look at the little spots and different colors how they look kind of painty. It could just be a bad roll of film, or a malfunction in the camera to create this and the person posted it to get attention.

12-02-2008, 10:06 AM	#1
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Strange Aerial Object Over Irving, Texas DEC 2nd Series of 16 images taken on olympus E-500 slr with zoom lens. http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?I...ry=Environment Linda Moulton Howe: December 2, 2008 Irving, Texas - On December 1, 2008, I received an email from a Texas resident who encountered and photographed a highly strange aerial object while driving with his wife to visit friends in Irving, Texas, between Dallas and Fort Worth, on Thanksgiving night, November 27, 2008, around 8 PM Central. The location was the intersection of West Irving Boulevard and West Pioneer Drive in Irving. “Hi, My name is Ovi and on the Thanksgiving day this year (November 27, 2008), I took these pictures on my way to visiting some friends in Irving, TX. The object was moving slowly and I had enough time to take a few pictures. I used my Olympus E-500 camera with 40-150mm lens. It was around 8 PM Central and I stopped in a parking lot to take the pictures out of the window of my car. If somebody can offer an explanation for these pictures, I will be grateful. Thank you. Ovi.” I emailed back: “Fascinating images. Can you give me more details about the exact location; i.e., central downtown Irving? Intersection? What are the buildings there? How far from the friends you were traveling to visit? How high was the moving object above you and how far distant from you in feet? How many inches long, wide, and deep do you estimate the object was? Any sound from the object? About how many miles per hour was it traveling in comparison to surrounding traffic? Also can you please give me some background about your age, where you grew up, any academic degrees, general category of your profession, where do you work and live now? With your written permission and without using your name, specific location or email address, I would like to share more details and your images in an Earthfiles report and ask for any other eyewitnesses to contact me.” cont.on link above.

12-02-2008, 01:33 PM	#2
Paul J Salmon Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: London, UK Posts: 13	Re: Strange Aerial Object Over Irving, Texas DEC 2nd NightFlight.jpgLooks like an airship to me!

12-02-2008, 01:47 PM	#3
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Re: Strange Aerial Object Over Irving, Texas DEC 2nd Yeah i thought it a possibility also-a blimp of sorts moving @20mph.

12-02-2008, 01:54 PM	#4
Paul J Salmon Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: London, UK Posts: 13	Re: Strange Aerial Object Over Irving, Texas DEC 2nd Antaletriangle you are quite right, although speed/movement can seem faster or slower from different angles. Think I will have to look again, thanks for posting this one!

12-02-2008, 09:30 PM	#5
Paul J Salmon Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: London, UK Posts: 13	Re: Strange Aerial Object Over Irving, Texas DEC 2nd Read up and looked at the photos again on Earthfiles but still not sure if it is indeed a UFO. Think on this one I will have to take a rain check!

12-02-2008, 09:44 PM	#6
Orion11 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,098	Re: Strange Aerial Object Over Irving, Texas DEC 2nd interesting... doesnt quite look like a blimp...... hmm.. thanks for sharing bro.

12-03-2008, 12:52 AM	#7
Wetpicketfence Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC, USA Posts: 48	Re: Strange Aerial Object Over Irving, Texas DEC 2nd I would say it is a blimp, with the red beacon on some of the shots, but what is strange is the gondola is missing...

12-03-2008, 05:10 AM	#8
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Strange Aerial Object Over Irving, Texas DEC 2nd Could it be some kind of balloon?, because there's something trailing behind it, like dangling behind it.

12-03-2008, 11:32 AM	#9
Euphor\|a Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: California Posts: 44	Re: Strange Aerial Object Over Irving, Texas DEC 2nd I didn't know what it looked like until I saw the blown up version at the end, it looks like a camera distortion, like a bad photo. I take a lot of those in and out doors, now what "trailing" behind it could be is ink/color bleed from the picture. It really looks like someone did this to the picture, either on accident or on purpose..look at the little spots and different colors how they look kind of painty. It could just be a bad roll of film, or a malfunction in the camera to create this and the person posted it to get attention.