Friday, September 2, 2011

Blowing Smoke

This photograph was taken by my dad, Frank, back in the late-1960s, and it shows nothing stranger than a smoke-ring at an air-show in England.

On three occasions in the last decade or so, however, people have sent me near-identical images to this one, claiming they have something to do with UFOs. They don't! At all!

You can see such rings all the time at air-shows - as evidence, click on this link.

And if anyone tells you the rings are linked with UFOs, tell them, no they are not. Then tell them to go away.

2 comments:

  1. Sure they are! The little-known photo from the Rex Heflin sequence features a smoke ring that the witness claimed was left after the UFO departed.

    http://www.ufosnw.com/sighting_reports/older/heflin/heflin4.jpg

    ...although other than that, I know of no other smoke rings associated with UFO sightings.

    BTW, I actually have a pic of a smoke ring from the Miramar air show.

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  2. Greg

    Yes, but...!

    Only half a mile from where Heflin took his photos was the El Toro Marine Base Air Station, which holds (even back then) a yearly air show.

    Maybe Heflin actually took the photo there - not at the site of the alleged UFO event...

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