Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Case Overview

 "The objects in the footage have the structure of a specific material that
 is definitely not made up by any kind of computer animation, balloon, prop, 
model, or special effects used for simulation in a studio."
The Science and Technology Research Board of Turkey 
Related Documents

 The Kumburgaz, Turkey case was a series of sightings between 2007 and 2009. During that time reports of unknown aerial objects were reported across Turkey while a series of videos were taken over the Sea of Marmara by a resident who worked along the shore. The videos are extensive and show what look like a variety of UFO shapes. After many attempts there has yet to be anyone who has been able to prove evidence of a hoax. On many occasions disc, cigar, and oval shaped objects were witnessed by many people who live in the village between June 20, 2007 and May 17, 2009. The video was recorded with a camera that had a tele-converter adapter capable of filming at 200 times optical achieving a great amount of detail. The specific details of the camera model are explained below. Are the objects recorded in the footage the same objects that the residents of Kumburgaz were reporting? Overall there were more than 12 witnesses. One English speaking person in attendance was researcher Roger Leir. He was standing only feet from the camera with 7 to 8 others. Listen here as he describes what he saw. Roger Leir Interview

 After the witnesses were interviewed one by one the next step was to analyze the video. Haktan Akdogan of SIRIUS (Turkey's version of MUFON) had the video looked at by The National Council For The Study Of Science And Technology and the National Observatory of Turkey which is sponsored by the state and highly influential. They appeared on national television to discuss their analysis. (TV News Coverage of TUBIAK Report) Furthermore Jose Atenas with experience in graphics and video for 30 years on television reviewed the footage. Recently Mario Valdes, from Chile, and Jim Dellitoso from Village Labs looked at it. Also others from Japan, Russia, and Turkey have analyzed it. The case is still under investigation and there is much more needed to either confirm or solve the case including translating the witness reports from the Turkish to English. To understand this case better watch the original videos below. So far nobody has yet been able to demonstrate that the recordings are a hoax.
Original Footage: Raw Footage 2007 to 2009


2009 Full Length Footage

Sea of Marmara, Turkey
Multiple times unknown objects hovered and maneuvered over
 the sea and were filmed from the beach.

2008 Full Length Footage


2008 Key Segment Highlights

Sirius UFO Space Science Research Center 

 At first, the videos were analyzed under the direction of noted researcher Haktan Akdogan. SIRIUS UFO and Space Science Research Center firstly spoke with all the witnesses separately and then did the analysis of the videos. With participation of the members of their science board they enlarged the video images. They did all the detailed analysis, checked their pixels, and went through frame by frame. 

 After this was completed Haktan Akdogan stated: "After doing all the necessary analysis which went on for several weeks, the board came to a definite conclusion with no doubts that these are 100% genuine videos. The objects sighted in the aforementioned footage that have a structure that is made of specific material are definitely not made up by any kind of computer animation nor are they any form of special effects used for simulation in a studio or for a video effect therefore in conclusion it was decided that the sightings were neither a mock up or hoax. And it is concluded that these objects in the sightings that have physical and material structures do not belong in any category such as; planes, helicopters, meteors, Venus, Mars, satellites, fire balls, Chinese lantern, fire balls, weather balloons, natural or atmospheric phenomenon etc. and but rather fall into the category of UFOs." 
  Sirius UFO and Space Sciences Research Website

The film was taken with a MiniDV Canon DM-GRI-A camera based on the NTSC system. The objects were varied in shape and taken both during day and night. There were formations of orange lights and a classic metallic disc shape which maneuvered over the ocean. There are no oil platforms or islands in the field of view of the camera, however the body of water is used for shipping vessels. Approximately 8 to 12 witnesses have come forward. One could say it is pretty likely there are more who saw the objects which were displayed in front of a populated city. A speculation is that maybe there is a connection to the ancient structures such as Göbekli Tepe and Cappadocia or uranium deposits which exist in the region.


This is the approximate area that the objects were seen. The photo was 
taken from the same vantage point as the videos.

Video Explanation By Haktan Akdogan and Murat Yalcin

Camera Details:

The camera is based on the NTSC System with a diaphragm set at the maximum of 1.8. Canon DM-GRI-A. It's a 3CCD 20x optic 100x with a tele-converter mounted on a 58mm adapter. Tele-objective is a Sony brand vci hgd 1758 model lens, x 1.7

This is a map of the area which shows the approximate area of the UFO 
and distance to the nearest land mass in the field of view.





The National Council for the Study of Science and Technology 

 On January 31, 2008, a MiniDV format video cassette holding 35 minutes of footage was brought over to "TUBITAK" The Science and Technology Research Board of Turkey (a Scientific Institution owned by the state that is highly reliable and influential) National Observatory (TUG) by Mr.Tolga Ozdeniz, the Editor of "Reporter" that has been aired on ATV Channel. The footage on the cassette was said to have been recorded by a Canon GL1 MiniDV digital camera on a beach of a holiday village in Kumburgaz/Istanbul by an amateur. The images were examined by TUG- National Observatory Image Processing Unit. Because, it would take quite a long time to analyze all of the images, only randomly selected parts were pre-examined. During this process, emphasis was not placed on images produced by optical clarification effects which a number of point light sources generated. Here is a portion of their report:

“The objects observed on the images have a structure made of a specific material and definitely are not any kind of CGI animation or in any means a type of special effects used for simulation in a studio or for video effects. "So the conclusion of this report is that the observations are not a model, mock up, or a fraud”. At the last part of the report, it’s concluded that the objects observed have a physical structure and are made of materials that do not belong to any category (airplanes, helicopters, meteors, Venus, Mars, Satellites, artificial lights, or Chinese lanterns etc.)"  



June 8, 2008


2007 Full Length Footage
August 7 - 10, 2007
August 12, 2007

 May 15, 2009
4:59 AM                                       5:32 AM
Two frames from 5-15-09 show the object is in relation to the horizon.
With the camera pointing in the same direction the object appears to
change configuration. It now appears partly invisible but very similar in
shape compared to just 33 minutes earlier in the same location.

Overlay Comparison (2 Frames)
4:59am & 5:32am

Roger Leir Witnessed the Turkey UFO 
In this interview he describes the incident and what he saw.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Single Frame Images and Photos



May 13, 2009 Video






Photo Album Stream - Single Frame Slides

Photo Album Stream 2 - Single Frame Slides
Single Frame JPEG Slides 2007 to 2009

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Monday, February 18, 2013

July 2, 2008 Sighting

The incidents involved two different types of anomalies. The types varied between light ball phenomenon and solid structured appearing objects. In the vast files of UFO reports recorded over the history of the phenomenon many witnesses have reported UFOs looking as if they go in and out of our physical reality, or at least to the human eye, sometimes appear to become almost invisible. This is a speculation because we don't really have definitive evidence, but this is what hundreds of witnesses have reported.

Types of aerial phenomenon seen in the Kumburgaz videos:
1. Pulsating Orbs (orange, yellow, pulsating, plasma, mostly during day)
2. Structured Objects (appear metallic, gray, silver, seen at night)

After going through the footage from July 2, 2008 something became apparent. There was a bright cluster of pulsating orange lights that were leaving a reflection on the ocean surface. One of them appears to be isolated over a peninsula alone. The light does not appear in any other photograph or any other video. I checked to see if there could be a known explanation for the isolated light. There is no explanation however why some of the pulsating lights are hovering over the land and not over the water. This couldn't be a boat. Furthermore there are no oil drilling structures in the region. There is no known plausible explanation for this orange light. These orange lights are commonly seen and reported by witnesses worldwide. Some of them are misidentified Chinese lanterns but some are not.



This is contradictory to a popular theory put forth by skeptics who theorize that we are looking at oil flares from a passing ship. Some have also stated that it could be boat window reflections. I considered this theory and I checked to see if it indeed was. As pointed out above one of the orange lights is over land which rules out a boat or cruise ship. Furthermore after doing some research I am confident that there is no evidence of any oil drilling stations in the Sea of Marmara, it appears there are absolutely none.  The pulsating objects which show a reflection on the water are a mystery. The fact that some of them are over land makes this tougher to explain.

Continued..

On the same date as the above videos, July 2, 2008, the following video was taken at the same vantage point and all the circumstances were the same including the same camera and witnesses. The craft below was seen around the same area as the orange lights above.


2008 Single Frame Images - JPG


 July 2, 2008 Video

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Segments 1 thru 26 
June 22, 2007 Sighting
Cities of Cappadocia
Mario Valdes Analysis  
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

May 15, 2009 Sighting

 Multiple UFOs were reported for three years in a row and Murat Yalman was able to capture some of them on film. In 2009 a very similar series of events took place. This would be the third year in a row. Why did they return again? During the period between May and August both day and night the orange lights and metallic structured objects returned. The full details of the 2009 flap are more extensively detailed in my previous posts.
More on the video taken May 15, 2009


 When he zooms out you can see the object's location. In 2009 Murat filmed a curved shape of 4 orange/yellow light orbs. It is tough to determine the exact color. This was witnessed by multiple people in the city. He eventually zooms out and when he does it exposes the location and the surrounding environment. The area were the unknown object is hanging out is over open water. In other words if you look at a map there is no island, lighthouse, or shipping marker in that specific spot. I have tried to see if that could explain what these lights are. If there was a plausible mundane explanation I would like to hear it and take it into account. I used another image taken on a different day from the same vantage point for comparison. The orange orb objects are seen for some reason in similar areas and time that the solid objects are seen.

  


This could be one of the closest images ever taken of a "classic disc" 
UFO that has been reported thousands of times since 1947.

May 15, 2009 Video




Object Comparison

 A few people wonder how were they able to capture the UFO at such a close range? The reason is there were factors that were just right at the time of these videos were taken. The light source is coming from the moon which in some portions of the film was full but in others it was approximately half to 1/4. Stay tuned for a post about the moon cycles on the days of the sighting. Another factor is that the camera Murat was using had a 200x adapter which was an electronic doubler, which is frequently used for security video. It turns out that security cameras actually catch good ufo videos.


In the same 2009 video UFOs can be seen higher in the air above the horizon. The witness is heard talking to his friend as he notices them and then starts to film the objects. These higher altitude orbs tell us a bit more. Are we looking at a lighthouse from distant land? Or are these oil vessel flares? 

90 to 95 percent of UFOs can usually be explained. As a healthy skeptic I have gone over as many possibilities as I could think of that could be a possible explanation. There are a few that do not fit.
1. Chinese Lanterns
The 4 orange light orbs remain low just several feet over the water.
They maintain a precise half circle shape for a long period of time remaining motionless over the water. It would be extremely difficult to get lanterns to do this.

2. Distant Land or Lighthouse
As pointed out in a map in earlier posts the Sea of Marmara is a minimum of 27 miles across. The weather conditions recorded through the NOAA report that the visibility in the area was around 6 miles. NOAA Weather Info

3. Oil Vessel
As pointed out above some of the orange lights can be seen moving to a height above the horizon were no vessel or cruise ship could reach from the perspective of the camera. 

Dog Reaction
5-15-09 Orange Orb & Light Phenomenon

 Only 33 minutes earlier that morning on May 15, 2009 this craft was seen 
and filmed in from same location.

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