what is this?

[rockhoppernc]

pic was taken while out in the woods,,,we have no idea what it is?????

no sound and we did not see it but when the pic was taken of the view this is what we got...LINVILLE GORGE-BABEL TOWER area

not a rc plane..bird or man made plane...

[+Coldgears]

pic was taken while out in the woods,,,we have no idea what it is?????

no sound and we did not see it but when the pic was taken of the view this is what we got...LINVILLE GORGE-BABEL TOWER area

not a rc plane..bird or man made plane...

Ballistic missile?

[+Ambrosia]

It's an UFO of course.

[+dfx]

if you didn't see it, probably just dirt on the lens. or an insect buzzing by. if it was taken with a focus-less camera (e.g. phone), maybe even with flash, that's what it is.

Edited August 14, 2010 by dfx

[+orion X]

It kinda looks like, a drone. Like the ones that are being used in the Middle East. Is there a military instillation near by? Could be a training mission, as the landscape seems sorta similar to Afganistan, except with more vegetation.

[+drfred]

What is what? I see a mountain with a sunset. What else am I supposed to see? There are some clouds, of course...

[+orion X]

Well now that you mention it drfred, It does kinda look like a lonely fluffy little cloud. I still like my drone theory though!

[knowschad]

I'm guessing one of these: http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&rlz...280&bih=801

 

Really enjoyed your (now closed) duplicate thread, by the way. Very minimalist.

[+Too Tall John]

My first impression was a dragonfly.

[+wiseye]

The ghost of christmas past.

[+Colonial Cats]

It's part of the advance party from the Mothership of course!

[+Celtic4ever]

It's Momo the flying lemur.

 

http://mimg.ugo.com/201006/47223/cuts/momo...vie_480x360.jpg

[+Lovejoy and Tinker]

An out of focus insect flying close to the camera?

I can see the 'insect' but can't quite see the link to geocaching.

Unless it's a flying micro?? But moveable caches are not allowed any more.

[+roziecakes]

Darn it, I wanted my new toy to be a surprise. I didn't think anyone saw me. Shoot...

[+Mezgrman]

I'm guessing one of these: http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&rlz...280&bih=801

Why does Google.com have such a great design with all the images and Google.de not?!?

This is not fair...

[+Celtic4ever]

I'm guessing one of these: http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&rlz...280&bih=801

Why does Google.com have such a great design with all the images and Google.de not?!?

This is not fair...

 

This new design is pretty recent. Like maybe a month old? It used to be normal image search.

[+SixDogTeam]

It's a UFO of course.

Edited August 14, 2010 by SixDogTeam

[+Ambrosia]

It's an UFO of course.

 

It's a UFO of course.

 

OBMB.

[+SixDogTeam]

It's an UFO of course.

 

It's a UFO of course.

 

OBMB.

 

YAVWOC

[+JesandTodd]

Looks like a drone to me-we have little drones near our border, just big enough to hold a camera I believe....

[+dfx]

I'm guessing one of these: http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&rlz...280&bih=801

Why does Google.com have such a great design with all the images and Google.de not?!?

This is not fair...

google.ca was late in adopting it too. it will come eventually.

[+Touchstone]

Kind of fuzzy picture, but I'm going with a Predator UAV:

 

 

It doesn't look quite right for the Long E-Z Design mentioned earlier.

 

Not to mention they're noisy as all get out (or at least the ones I've heard), and they apparently aren't the easiest or safest thing to fly:

 

John Denver's Last Flight

[+BuckeyeClan]

Kind of fuzzy picture, but I'm going with a Predator UAV:

 

 

It doesn't look quite right for the Long E-Z Design mentioned earlier.

 

Not to mention they're noisy as all get out (or at least the ones I've heard), and they apparently aren't the easiest or safest thing to fly:

 

John Denver's Last Flight

 

Just for the record, the people that fly those things don't like the term "drone", and they are no longer refered to as UAV's--they are now RPA's--Remote Piloted Aircraft. It wouldn't be any fun if the Air Force didn't change up some of its terms every now and then, makes us all sound like we are stuttering. "So you're with the UA---ahhh---RP----uhmmm, the Predators?"

 

edited to add: To the OP, those things are very quiet, not much louder than an RC plane. If it was a Predator, you wouldn't have heard anything from where you were.

Edited August 14, 2010 by BuckeyeClan

[+kmartcachier]

This question is actually one that has spawned an entire "study" in cryptozoology. If you had been using a lower shutter speed you could have gotten the full effect of the phenomenae. I wont ruin the ending for you except to say that the answer can be found by Googling "skyfish" or "flying rods".

Edited August 14, 2010 by kmartcachier

[+Ambrosia]

It's an UFO of course.

 

It's a UFO of course.

 

OBMB.

 

YAVWOC

WWAGAETIGIACFOWIMTFPWM

 

[+vw_k]

Looks to me like an insect flying in front of the camera.

 

..or maybe that's what the men in black WANT us to think!

[+ipodguy]

Might be some "rod" phenomena, that's what it kind of looks like.

 

 

Check this link out, it's pretty cool and gives you an explanation of the phenomena:

http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicrods.html

 

That's pretty much how they show up - you take a photo and they fly through at such a high speed and you just happen to catch it.

 

There's a few neat documentaries on the subject, too.

[GOF's Sock Puppet]

Might be some "rod" phenomena, that's what it kind of looks like.

 

 

Check this link out, it's pretty cool and gives you an explanation of the phenomena:

http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicrods.html

 

That's pretty much how they show up - you take a photo and they fly through at such a high speed and you just happen to catch it.

 

There's a few neat documentaries on the subject, too.

 

THANK YOU!

 

I have been trying to pull that info out of my brain all day.