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UFO Photos Draw National Attention

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Posted: 2008-03-29 23:08:58
(March 29) - The tiny beach town of Capitola, Calif., is buzzing about a mysterious object that appears to have been photographed on May 16 of last year. Someone using the name Raji posted images on the Web site Craigslist, answered a few questions from UFO hunters around the world, and then just disappeared into cyberspace.

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Mexican Air Force pilots filmed strange brightly lit objects that moved quickly in the skies on March 5, 2004. Some scientists said the phenomenon could have been caused by gases in the atmosphere.


As news spread about the unidentified object, others came forward on the Web to say they had also seen it. Videos and other images of what soon became known as the “California Drone” were published on the Internet.

Then came a call in January to private detective, T.K. Davis, a former Santa Clara County sheriff deputy. An unidentified woman from Open Minds Forum, a group specializing in “UFOology,” was willing to pay him $100 an hour to investigate the sighting.

Davis doesn’t believe in UFOs, but he took the woman seriously and has been on the case with a partner, Frankie Dixon, ever since. What does Davis think now? For one, he believes the object in the photo is too intricate to be the work of a Photoshop scam artist. He’s searched high and low to determine what it may be, and talked with many doubters, but has yet to find a logical answer.

Davis has even talked to the local power company to try to determine where the telephone pole in the photograph is located. Before vanishing, the person who claimed to take the photograph e-mailed the woman from the Open Minds Forum saying the image was shot outside his fiancee’s parents home. If Davis can find the telephone pole, he believes, he can find the person who took the photo.

An article published in the Los Angeles Times about the photographs last week has sparked more interest in the UFO sighting, but Davis says he still doesn’t have any solid evidence on whether or not the photographs are real. “The more research we’ve done, I’m leading towards believing,” he told the San Jose Mercury News. “I’m not a skeptic anymore.”

Many bloggers on UFO sites have called the images a hoax, claiming they have been digitally altered. Others have contacted Davis saying they had seen a UFO in Capitola several years ago. One person, a man named Isaac that Davis found through the Mutual UFO Network, claims the strange object bears a similarity to crafts that were built as part of a U.S. government project he worked on in Palo Alto in the 1980s.

Davis has investigated this too, but can’t confirm the project ever existed. Speculation continues to run rampant, but until Davis speaks with Raji, the person who took the photos, he says it will remain a mystery.

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follwthelemmings 04:48:57 PM Jun 15 2008

ok lets try this again.....of course UFO's do exist!! Why do you think we have democrats and rap artist????

follwthelemmings 04:47:51 PM Jun 15 2008

of course UFO's do exist!! Why do you think we have rap artist????

klhettmann2u 08:03:46 PM May 23 2008

THIS IS INTERESTING. I MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE PICTURE THAT WAS POSTED ON HERE AND IS NOW REMOVED AND IT DID NOT SHOW UP. SO I AM GOING TO TRY AGAIN. I HAVE MANY COPIES OF THE PICTURE THAT WAS POSTED ONM HERE A WHILE BACK. I HAVE THEM HIDDEN IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES SO I CAN ALWAYS HAVE ONE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. I ALSO HAVE PRINTED OUT A COPY OF IT AND HAVE MADE MANY OTHER COPIES OF IT TO SEND OUT IF I NEED TO.

klhettmann2u 08:00:22 PM May 23 2008

I STILL HAVE COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL PICTURE THAT WAS POSTED HERE A WHILE AGO. I HAVE MANY COPIES OF IT AND I HAVE THEM IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES. THAT WAY NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS I WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO HAVE A PICTURE OF WHAT EVER T HAT THING IS.

kcaron10127 09:10:41 AM May 18 2008

peagirlnut 01:05:16 PM May 16 2008
"HEY WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ORIGINAL PHOTO POSTED ON THIS PAGE. ITS GONE NOW, IS THERE A COVERUP?"
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Yeah, that's it.

The Men in Black took it down.

Yeesh.

uforc 03:23:52 PM May 17 2008

REPORT A UFO UFORC.com
AOL Keyword UFORC Whatever they are, they have been with us since the very beginning. From the earliest moments of our existence, they were there. The evidence is prominent in our most ancient past and is a part of our genetic interracial
memory. What they are remains a mystery. The questions are many the answers are few! Join the discussion! Learn more at the UFO Research Center

uforc 03:23:45 PM May 17 2008

REPORT A UFO UFORC.com
AOL Keyword UFORC Whatever they are, they have been with us since the very beginning. From the earliest moments of our existence, they were there. The evidence is prominent in our most ancient past and is a part of our genetic interracial
memory. What they are remains a mystery. The questions are many the answers are few! Join the discussion! Learn more at the UFO Research Center

uforc 03:23:20 PM May 17 2008

REPORT A UFO UFORC.com
AOL Keyword UFORC Whatever they are, they have been with us since the very beginning. From the earliest moments of our existence, they were there. The evidence is prominent in our most ancient past and is a part of our genetic interracial
memory. What they are remains a mystery. The questions are many the answers are few! Join the discussion! Learn more at the UFO Research Center

uforc 03:23:14 PM May 17 2008

REPORT A UFO UFORC.com
AOL Keyword UFORC Whatever they are, they have been with us since the very beginning. From the earliest moments of our existence, they were there. The evidence is prominent in our most ancient past and is a part of our genetic interracial
memory. What they are remains a mystery. The questions are many the answers are few! Join the discussion! Learn more at the UFO Research Center

peagirlnut 01:07:44 PM May 16 2008

I SAVED THE PICTURE ON MY COMPUTER SO IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO SEE IT EMAIL ME AND I WILL SEND IT

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