Posted on 02/16/2005 1:22:41 AM PST by Dallas59
In India’s one of the premiere research and development laboratories, an interesting project reached its testing schedule. A chemical-imaging camera that is capable of capturing the chemical composition and distribution of a sample in seconds was unleashed.
The scientists were testing the camera in different sample parts. A camera that could quickly pick up a specific chemical signature and generate a three-dimensional data cube of spectral, spatial, and intensity information helped the scientist analyze objects and its chemical composition. A traditional cooled Infra Red (IR) camera was also used to take the photo of the same object. IR camera recognizes objects that are invisible at night by their heat signatures.
According to sources, while analyzing data the scientists came across something very strange and bizarre. A set of photos showed a tiny miniature Unidentified Flying Object. The IR camera failed to capture the same because apparently the UFO was using frictionless traction with anti-gravity lifting mechanisms. But the chemical-imaging camera picked it up.
According to some of these scientists, the group is now investigating if invisible UFOs are all around us. The IR camera cannot pick these up because they are not only stealth, they are non-heat producing crafts. Many of these crafts are remote controlled without any life forms inside the same. As a result, naked eyes, the most sophisticated radar systems and even the IR cameras cannot see them.
But these miniature tiny UFOs are captured by the presence of the Chemical-imaging cameras. Another interesting observation was noted - when the Chemical-imaging cameras captured the details of the UFO, the UFO’s maneuvers clearly suggested that it easily detected the presence of the Chemical-imaging cameras in the vicinity.
Too many of those and my lifting mechanism isn't worth a damn, let alone my frictionless tracking ability. Or so I've been told.
Retired?
No, he’s just on a trip.
Art's out hunting Wild Turkey.
Art unretired. But he only works weekends. Lucky Art!
"[snip] They had almost extricated themselves ..."
You could show that on TV way back then??? Musta been a wardrobe malfunction.
I think that was X minus 1. or something like that,
used to listen to it in Chicago. SiFi radio plays.
Used a little crystal radio shaped like a rocket, Jeez
I was all of 10 years old.
First of all, we probably don't have a clue as to what type of propulsion systems UFOs use. We just know that it's certainly more sophisticated, as they can take off at great speeds, and so on.
Second of all, how do we know that India Daily isn't the equivalent of our National Enquirer?
Flatulence? :~)
"because apparently the UFO was using frictionless traction with anti-gravity lifting mechanisms"
Or was it just simulating their use to distract from it's real operating technology.
"I did not have sex with that woman" and "Did you know I was in Vietnam?"
...it's only repeating what it's picked up over and over again from Earth
I hate getting ledged, it almost always ruins the crease in my knickers
But can it photograph Constitutional penumbras? We've already got some jacklegs on retainer to interpret those.
The "chemical Imaging Camera" mentioned in the article is based upon a real device. It's likely an infrared spectrometer using a focal plane array detector. It operates in the mid infrared (2500 nm to 13,800 nm) rather than the near infrared where most IR cameras operate (780 nm to 1500 nm). The mid-IR is a spectral region that contains the chemical signatures of covalently bonded materials. A detector like this costs between $100K and $200K, depending upon resolution, and that does not include the cost of the rest of the spectrometer. They are typically used on FT-IR microscopes, but I have heard one company working on a macro-imaging system. Most of the major FT-IR instrument vendors offer such a system (i.e. Thermo Nicolet, BioRad (bought recently by Varian), Perkin Elmer, Bruker). I would love to get one in my lab, but they are way to expensive and our single point detectors on our microscopes are sufficient for the work I do.
Here is a link to the products offered by Varian.
http://www.varianinc.com/cgi-bin/nav?products/spectr/ftir/ftir_imaging/index&cid=QQIKNIHFO
Teeny spot - don't know what it is. First guess: "UFO ... using frictionless traction with anti-gravity lifting mechanisms". Beneath pathetic. Beneath comment.
A mid infrared imaging system needs a source of radiation to illuminate a target. I don't believe there is enough ambient light in the required spectral region to provide enough of a useful signal. The IR cameras most people working with operate at shorter wavelengths. Perhaps these "UFO" have stealth technology to avoid near IR detection, but can still be seen in the mid-IR.
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