The first of Rex Heflin's UFO photos
In Santa Ana, California on August 3, 1965, highway worker Rex Heflin got three photos of a supposed UFO out the window of his van, using his Polaroid instant camera. This series of photos has long been touted as a "classic" by NICAP and many prominent UFOlogists. This object supposedly flew right over the Marine Corps El Toro Air Station, plus the Santa Ana freeway (Interstate 5) in broad daylight, but no one else saw it. (Sheaffer 1998, p. 91-93). In these photos, distant objects are hazy because of the Los Angeles smog, while the UFO is not, probably because it is tiny, and very close to the camera. For many years the original prints could not be investigated, because Heflin claims that they were confiscated by an investigator who came to his house, flashing an ID supposedly from NORAD. At least Heflin did not claim that the Men In Black came for his prints, or that the dog ate them. He blamed NORAD. So all we had left were copies made from the originals. The Air Force's Project Bluebook listed the Heflin photos as a "hoax." However, "In 1993, Heflin's Polaroid originals surfaced unexpectedly under mysterious circumstances." Heflin died in 2005.
Dr. William K. Hartmann replicated Heflin's photos for the Condon report (case 52), using a suspended lens cap.
Skeptics have argued that Heflin's UFO appears to be a tiny model, just a few inches in size, hanging from something like a fishing pole propped up over the cab of his van.
Enkidu created this stereo pair from Rex Heflin's UFO photos
However only in 2006 did a still-anonymous person, using the alias Enkidu, make an extremely important finding. In a discussion thread on the conspiracy-oriented website AboveTop Secret, Enkidu argues that Heflin unintentionally created a 3-D photo of his UFO. Assuming that the UFO was attached in some way to the truck, by moving the camera a few inches between the exposures, Heflin has produced a near-perfect stereo pair, as can be seen in stereo viewers. The photos above are reversed by Enkidu to allow easier viewing of the 3-D effect without a stereo viewer by simply crossing one's eyes. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE UFO IS SEEN TO BE TINY". "It's clearly farther away than the truck's mirror, but much closer than the roadside vegetation, or the distant trees. Responding to criticism, Enkidu writes, "Yes, it's possible that the UFO moved between the time the first photo was taken and the second. But it would have to move exactly horizontal to the way the camera moved, because there's no apparent difference in the size of the top part of the ship. It could only tilt forward. It didn't go up or down, and it didn't get nearer or closer. The odds of that happening are pretty slim." Great work, Enkidu! (I think I have figured out who Enkidu is - we've corresponded before. But don't worry, Enkidu, I won't "out" you!)
Enkidu also created this Red-Blue stereo image for viewing using Red-Blue 3-D glasses
Origin: ovni-news.blogspot.com
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