One of the most convincing UFO images from the 20th one C has been given a high - res make - over , revitalizing discussion around what has beendubbed“the finest image of a UFO ever made public ” .
jazz as the Lake Cote image , the picture was occupy from an airplane on the morning of September 4 , 1971 by a squad from the National Geographic Institute of Costa Rica studying the likely impact of a hydroelectric task that was being planned around the Arenal Volcano .
Unbeknownst to the photographers at the time , the image of an unusual metallic disk - shaped object was captured in the corner of one of their skeletal frame . The nature of the strange object has been furiously moot over the eld : some say it ’s a dupery , some say it ’s an optic trick — and , of course , others say it ’s a flying dish .
A handful of research worker have studied the pic over the years , write reports about it in1989and1990 , reason that the photo contains “ no evidence of ocular defects , deliberate hoax , or financial backing for other prosaic explanations . ” However , not everyone has been convinced .
In the latest chapter of the write up , the team fromUAPMedia UKrecently develop their hand on a high - resolution drum rake edition of the range of a function .
concord to UAPMedia UK , Esteban Carranza from Costa Rico was given a “ inter-group communication ” copy of the original negative ascertain in the National Archives of Costa Rica when his uncle overhaul away last yr . After discourse the image with Sergio Loaiza , the technician who snapped the project , Carranza sent the image to a picture laboratory in Kansas where it was capable to a barrel scanner , a kind of gamey precision digital television camera that can read images at an extremely high-pitched resolution .
The high - resolution version of the image can befreely download here .
Speaking about the renovated Lake Cote image , commentators have say it still does n’t full settle the debate about what was sincerely appropriate over the Costa Rican volcano . Nevertheless , they hope it could respark discussion aroundother images or videosof nameless aerial phenomenon .
" It ’s a really intriguing photograph , and one which totally bewitch the imagination . I ’m always impressed as to how ‘ right ’ it looks . As to its veracity , though , I ca n’t say , but I ’d love it to be genuine . It definitely looks a lot more convincing than a flock of other paradigm I ’ve find over the year , ” Graeme Rendall , source ofUFOs Before RoswellandFlying Saucer Fever , secernate UAPMedia UK .
“ Historic range like this one from Costa Rica still have stories to differentiate , and fresh insights are sometimes just around the corner . If we can socially democratise and crowdsource our hunt for answers we will arrive closer to the truth than if we just expect for further substantiation from our government , " sum up Jeremy Corbell , documentary film producer and UFOlogist . " I ’m lift up high fidelity imagery retain to emerge , specially when it allows us to get a glimpse into our UFO past . ”
