There are only 4 photos here, however I cropped (blew up) all four to the location that the objects are and are not. Note the date/time stamp - images 2,3 & 4 are only 1 second apart each. I am standing in the exact spot - not knowing there is an object there. Where did the object go in frames 1 & 3? I am baffled. Click here to view photos or read below.
[the following is the version of the story submitted to MUFON on February 1, 2008]
On vacation to Arizona in February of 2006, I photographed a bird perched on a cactus (or other plant). I am a photographer and as I usually do - I snapped multiple shots of the same object. In this case I took 4 photos. It wasn't until I was back in Minnesota looking at the images, that I noticed strange objects off in the distance in frames 2 and 4. The 4 photos are basically the same and were shot only seconds apart from the same exact spot. However the objects are not in the 1st or 3rd frames.
I have put the 4 images on my web site. First they appear as the image I photographed. In this set you can see the "trail" left by the object to the left has a bit of a curve to it as it goes to the left. Then I cropped all four images to bring the objects and the area that the objects appears in for a closer examination. In this set I cropped the photos so that the bird and it's perch are visible. In a third set I cropped even more to only view the blue sky area where the object is and isn't. Then in a 4th set I am only showing the two photos where the object appears.
Notice the slight difference between these two photos. The two objects that are almost "traveling" in a straight line are a little more off-set in the latter photo.
As you can see in the time/date stamp under the photos when enlarged (by clicking on the photo) that there is only one second time elapsed between photo number 2 and 3, and again only one second between photos 3 and 4. But what happened to the objects in the 3rd photo?
Take a look for yourself.... it is a mystery to me. view photos
These "sets" are not separated - you will have to just figure out the order. However, if you look at the jpg numbers that will help as they are in order: DSC_5854.jpg, ...5855..., ...5856..., ...5857...
The photos were taken at 2:38 pm on February 19, 2006. We were at (I believe) the Saguaro park just to the west of Tucson, AZ.
The objects look to me as though they are some sort of craft that is traveling at a high rate of speed and has separated. I am confused when I try to imagine which direction they are traveling because of the sloping "trail" to the left and the object to the right looks like a space shuttle entering the atmosphere and traveling to the left. Then it becomes more confusing that these objects that appear to be traveling fast are basically at a stand still between the 2nd and 4th frames which is a time span of 2 seconds. It almost appears as though the bird is spitting but where did it go in the 3rd photo? And even something like "bird spit" (which I'm not too sure about)would travel some distance in two seconds. Are we seeing a different dimension? Any ideas?
I obviously had no reaction or feelings at the time because I didn't know the objects were there. When I saw them, however it brought chills up and down my spine.... memories of weird things that happened around my hometown in SW Minnesota around 1965. That is another story for another time.
