by Jon Kelly UFO Examiner
The Australian
Associated Press reported on March 6, 2013, how Australian actor Russell Crowe photographedlights in Sydney’s Botanical Gardens that the “Gladiator” star is at a loss toexplain. Three time-lapse photographs posted to YouTube show what appear to bethe motion trails of lights moving at tree-top and ground level across theimage frame of a camera supported on a tripod.While the
images seem to reveal the profile of a disc-shaped vehicle in flight, other photographersare identifying these forms as the artifacts of long time exposures.Slow Shutter
If seen
with the naked eye (and there is no eye-witness account accompanying the video)these lights would have appeared as point sources and not the elongated streaksshown in the photos. Like the telephone admittedly thrown by the star of “TheInsider” at a New York hotel clerk in 2005, the origins of Russell Crowe’s UFOmay not be so mysterious after all.Watch the Video
to watch “UFO? Time Lapse Photos Outside RC's Woolloomooloo Office(THESE ARE REAL!)” posted by “Gladiator” actor Russell Crowe to YouTube.Listen to Podcast
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Follow the Light
A close
inspection of the images in the Russell Crowe video reveals how the trail oflight moving near ground level that accompanies the supposed UFO is actuallythe brighter of the two sources of illumination, suggesting how the artifact thatappears to be flying through the trees is actually second-hand light reflectedfrom the lower source bouncing off of a filter or one of the camera’s multiple internallens elements.Celebrity Benefit
While there
is likely to be a mundane explanation for Russell Crowe’s UFO photos, the positivesocial impact of his celebrity disclosure can be measured by the number ofYouTube viewers encouraged by his video to share testimony of their own encounters.In a CIA
Robertson Panel agenda-dominated media landscape, the award-winning actor’s assertionsconcerning the existence of UFOs reveal the gradual capitulation to thishypothesis even by some of the most hated and revered personalities in themovie industry.Letter to Larry
In a letter
written in 2009 posted on March 5, 2013, to the Open Minds website, Americanfilm director Steven Spielberg reportedly wrote to then-CNN host Larry King thefollowing comments:“Personally, I would like to think we are not alone, and
even though I have devoted a generous percentage of my movies toextraterrestrial related themes, I for one have never seen a UFO. That is sounfair! (sic)“I hope you will continue to pursue this topic on your
program, and that some day our government will offer a total disclosure aboutwhat they know about unidentified flying objects and their true and naturalorigins.”The Tweets So Far
Postings to
Twitter over the past 14 hours by “A Beautiful Mind” actor Russell Crowechronicle the release of his UFO photos to YouTube and detail the type ofcamera used, how the camera was mounted, why the camera was recording, the lengthof the exposures, the lights’ projected rate of speed and how the photos areactually three years old.UFO Report: “UFO? Time Lapse Photos Outside RC's
Woolloomooloo Office (THESE ARE REAL!)”Camera Used: “Canon 5D, No Flash, can't be a lense flare
because it moves , camera is fixed”No Windows: “The camera is on a balcony not behind glass”
Why Photos: “A friend and i set camera to capture fruit bats
rising from Botanic Gardens,this was a big surprise”Time Lapse: “It's not a video it is 3 time lapse photo's
taken in 4.5 seconds”Not Photoshopped: “That is the original photo's you egg
beater”Mystery: “3 time lapse photo's taken from balcony,not behind
glass, 3 years ago, I don't know what it is, but to call it fake is moronic”Projected Speed: “We considered that...but to cover that
distance in 4.5 secs it would have to be travelling at 80km per hour”Not Recent: “Good attempt, photo's were taken 3 years
ago...however you dropping the ball over the try line continuously did give mea migraine”Zoom: “I will grant you at the time the music wasn't
playing, also, yes, we have pushed in on the frame..this is 3 photo's in order,nothing added”Why Now: “I've been busy...remembered it the other day...”
YouTube Community Responds
Comments
posted beneath the YouTube video titled “UFO? Time Lapse Photos OutsideRC's Woolloomooloo Office (THESE ARE REAL!)” demonstrate how reasonable skepticism fromviewers not convinced of the lights’ supposed extraterrestrial origins pointsto other theories including lens refraction and reflections from a number ofpossible sources including yachts moored offshore, automobile traffic andcyclists.“A
refraction from car headlights driving down the road outside the building.”“If
it makes Russell happy, let him believe it is a UFO and not some lightinterference.”“It's probably just a guy riding a bike past the camera
with lights on his helmet.”“My guess is a reflection from stopped/crawling traffic.”
“Flasing siren lights ( red/yellow ) from a vehicle or craft
that have been caught on film via "caustic" relection, possibly via acurved glass balcony balustrade.”“Someone shining a laser pointer at the camera?”
“How's about funding some sort of UFO investigation
starring a nobody like me and a somebody like you?”“It's a AR DRONE 2.0. Check out ar drone 2.0 Australia on
Facebook and see what I'm taking about.”“If this was time lapse photography then that could just be
a plane?”“It's streetlights, you can see the tubes.”
“Could it be in fact a beacon from the top of a ship's mast
in the marina in front of his location????”“A car in the opposite window from where the camera was
positioned as it looks like there are actually two red light trails quite closetogether.”“This is a dark truck riding near camera.”
“It could be the port light on a yacht's mast going into the
marina at Woolloomooloo.”“A paparazzi drone waiting to get a time lapse of him.”
“Reflected light from a passing car outside the fence.”
“It's an internal reflection from the car headlights, caused
by a filter being on the lens. Take the filter off and the reflection will goaway.”“It's just a yacht motoring by... and you're just catching
the mast.”“Most likely just a tiny piece of US surveillance
technology that he accidentally caught.”“That UFO looks a whole lot like a window reflection of a
work lamp.”“Russ's place is near the end of the wharf, the shot is
taken looking west towards the botanic gardens and Mrs Macquarie's Rd.“In the video you see 2 cars
drive along Mrs Macquaries Rd, keeping in mind it's a time lapse shot with theshutter open for a number of seconds. The 'UFO' lights are a yacht passing inthe foreground... there are lots of millionaires yachts moored there.”Positive Outcome
While Russell Crowe may not have captured photographic proof
of life from outer space, the actor’s willingness to engage the public on thistopic has encouraged others (who may not have otherwise stepped forwards) to disclosetheir personal experiences, including the following brief testimonies posted toYouTube.“I live in melbourne and about 10 years ago I saw weird
stuff in the skies whilst living in malvern. One night about 12.30am I wassitting outside and a totally silent object twice the size of a helicopter flewat fairly low altitude over my house and kept traveling towards the dandenongs.It just appeared as a constant white/yellowish light and I couldn't see anystructure to it.”“Looks real to me , my brother inlaw and his mum saw one
like that at their house in portsea many years ago , over the house .completely silent and was very bright as he described it , they ran down thestreet cos they thought the colors coming off it was gonna make them catch onfire.”“I actually saw something red flying around in Melbourne the
other day.. was a bit confused on what it was but i thought it was balloon,but then i thought if it was a balloon it would be making more of a floatingaction.”(C) 2013 All Rights Reserved This article may not be reposted in its entirety without the permission of the author.