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Old 22-05-2011, 07:16 PM   #1
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Default UFO in Surfers Paradise!!

it wasn't until i was reviewing the pics that i noticed it.


cropped and zoomed in - it has a smiley face


i took the pic out on the balcony so i wasn't shooting through glass or anything. i can't for the life of me work out what it is or how it happened. i first thought it was a reflection but then i remembered i didn't shoot through the glass and nothing i have looks remotely like that.

for the record, i'm no believer in ufo's and there will be a completely rational explanation somewhere. in the full pic, if you crank up the brightness you can actually see other circles (not blue) in the sky. the tall building its next to is the Q1.

maybe i should track down the tin foil hat wearing brigade and stir the pot a little.

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Old 22-05-2011, 07:18 PM   #2
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That's cool.
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Old 22-05-2011, 07:19 PM   #3
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This will go viral in about 10mins.....
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Old 22-05-2011, 07:21 PM   #4
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Old 22-05-2011, 07:22 PM   #5
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only happens once in a "blue moon" (boom boom)
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Old 22-05-2011, 07:25 PM   #6
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dont be alarmed guys just a prop from the apocolypse.
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Old 22-05-2011, 07:27 PM   #7
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Looks like a bit of dust to me, a lot of people get these sorta pictures at night and think they're spirits or something.
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Old 22-05-2011, 07:31 PM   #8
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Whatever it is, anybody else think the building at 7 oclock may have something to do with it...??
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Old 22-05-2011, 07:34 PM   #9
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Looks like a bit of dust to me, a lot of people get these sorta pictures at night and think they're spirits or something.
i agree, there will be some simple, rational explanation. when i put the card in the 42" you can see it a lot clearer. not sure 'dust' has a smiley face.
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wasnt there something about some of the planets aligning??
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Old 22-05-2011, 07:36 PM   #11
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It looks like a water spot...although I've never seen one with a smiley face...

Has the same appearance as water on lens...
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Old 22-05-2011, 07:37 PM   #12
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Whatever it is, anybody else think the building at 7 oclock may have something to do with it...??
that'd be Wyndham (used to be Azzura).

there is also the 'wheel of surfers' down there and also the big screen of 'circle on cavill'.
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Old 22-05-2011, 07:39 PM   #13
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Whatever it is, anybody else think the building at 7 oclock may have something to do with it...??
Yep! Exactly what I was thinking. Cool shot though
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Old 22-05-2011, 07:40 PM   #14
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orb_(optics)
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Old 22-05-2011, 07:54 PM   #15
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well there you go. thats probably fairly close to the answer right there.
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Old 22-05-2011, 07:58 PM   #16
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Vadars death star?... could be why the world was sposed to end today.
We can thank our lucky stars that Luke was around
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Old 22-05-2011, 08:54 PM   #17
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God was just late yo
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Old 22-05-2011, 11:51 PM   #18
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Nah, you're all wrong...it was Commisioner Gordon calling Smiley Man and Robin to City Hall
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It's the Mayor & Councillors returning from an in service..........
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Old 23-05-2011, 08:30 AM   #20
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only happens once in a "blue moon" (boom boom)
Ha ha @ burnz..

What's with all the haters? Saying it's dust etc...
The moon is happy, so get of it's back.
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Old 23-05-2011, 11:24 AM   #21
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wasnt there something about some of the planets aligning??
Yeah last week they were visible from about 4am to sunrise.
I saw them, they just look like bright stars, nothing fancy.

I agree with who ever posted the wikipedia link, that seams like a fitting excuse, but I think it's funny it has a smiley face.
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Old 23-05-2011, 03:55 PM   #22
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definately not a ufo . they only visit AMERICA . looks like a photo chop of a full moon to me . on the other hand , if your eyes didnt see it , then its a camera fault or reflection of some sort ,
if it was a ufo , they wouldnt waste there time coming to australia , when they could've went to AMERICA and picked up a texan on the farm taken him for a few orbits around saturn , **** probed him , and given him sex with a female reptilian , then floated him down through his roof tiles back into his room , for the whole population within 30 miles to see , then 1000 jets would've rushed over to create jetstreams so it wouldn't happen again , but a harvord hypnotist would then extract all the info from the city's civilians. so like i said . it wasnt a ufo , there are none in australia
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That smiley face is unreal, So accurate?
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You just scared the bejesus out of my workmate. He has an image of exactly the same thing, but in India! It's frweaking him out.
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Old 23-05-2011, 05:05 PM   #25
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I'll try and dig up some photos of a similar orb taken at night a few years ago at the Perth Royal Show, in a series of shots only appears twice.
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Old 23-05-2011, 09:34 PM   #27
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You just scared the bejesus out of my workmate. He has an image of exactly the same thing, but in India! It's frweaking him out.
can you put his image up here if you dont mind ?
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send the photo to http://www.uforq.asn.au/ for analysis.

UFO Research Queensland Incorporated is a voluntary, non-profit association established in 1956 to receive, record and research UFO sightings.

UFO Research Queensland's official policy is that there now exists, and has for many years, a large body of well attested sightings that are so unambiguous the only reasonable inference is that extraterrestrial vehicles are flying through our atmosphere, landing on the ground and entering our oceans.

As the number of witnesses coming forward who have had sightings and close encounters with UFOs increases across the world, governments can no longer keep UFOs an 'X-File' from society.
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even without the smily face, thats an awesome pic...
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I'm joking of course
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