Date of Photographs taken: 19-Dec-2013
Location of Sighting: Bay Minette
AL, USA
Source: Mufon
Description of Sighting: "I was returning from regularly traveled (at least 1x a month for the
last 15 years) 4 hour (round trip) car trip when I felt suddenly ill so I
stopped at the location to get out of the vehicle to get some fresh
air. While stopped, I decided to make some long exposure photos of the
mostly clear night sky over the delta.(I'm a semi-profession
photographer). I took photos for approximately one hour that seemed
completely uneventful. However, when I arrived at home I was shocked
when I realized it was much later than I thought and I can not account
for at least one and a half hours of time. It was my perception that I
drove straight through, stopped for approximately 1 hour and then drove
the remaining 45 minutes straight through after the stop to my home.
However, the total time of the trip amounted to closer to 7 hours than 5
(4hrs plus the hour stop over). Approximately a week later I reviewed
the photos and I observed some strange effects and lighting but I
couldn't make a determination to the source. I checked over my equipment
to ensure there wasn't an equipment problem and I found no equipment
issues at all. A few weeks later I returned to the photographs to begin
further processing and editing when by chance/accident I increased the
exposure on a photo intended for discard due to underexposure. The
increased exposure revealed what appears to be a craft with 4 lights.
Upon this discovery I increased the exposure on the other photos that
where inexplicably underexposed and discovered several more objects. I
did not hear or observe any of these objects at the time despite the
apparent brightness of the lights and having my camera focused directly
in their direction. These newly discovered objects put the original
anomalous effects into a different context so I am including those
photos as well. The first 4 photos are the 2 originally observed (on
first photo review) anomalies each with a corresponding cropped close up
version. The next 2 photos include one original 'out of camera' photo
with anomalous 'orange ring' object and it's corresponding cropped to
close up version. The next 2 photos are of the exposure adjusted version
of the first under exposed photo that revealed an object upon
accidental exposure adjustment and it's corresponding cropped to close
up version. The last 2 photos are of the exposure adjusted version and
the corresponding cropped to close up version of the second photo
containing anomalous objects discovered upon adjusting the exposure of
the underexposed original version. Also note that all the photos where
taken using a tripod and the DSLR I was using was set up for manual
control for the specific circumstances under which I was shooting,
many/most shots exposed properly and I've been unable to find an
explanation for why some photos, only the ones with anomalies, seem to
indicate a complete disregard for the control settings of the camera. "
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