Suspected UFO spotted in Cao Dai Temple Vietnam_Tay Ninh_ 2006

[nightsky74]

Hi guys:

Received this from a friend while he was looking through his old digital camera. Photo taken way back in 2006 (no drones yet ~~), vietnam, Tay Ninh.
Need help to enhance and enlarged the unknown object on the top left.
Was playing aroundwith sharpness and temperature adjustment. Seems that this object has some heat signature. Help to confirm.

All kinds of assistance appreciated.

 

[Mick West]

Seems that this object has some heat signature.

That's just a sharpening artifact.

The object itself resembles other photos of birds or insects. But ultimately, there are not enough pixels to determine this.

 

[kotare]

Was playing aroundwith sharpness and temperature adjustment. Seems that this object has some heat signature

temperature here refers to a quality of the colours in the image (the exploitation/manipulation of warm/cool colours being an important part of art/design), not literal hot/cold as infra red cameras indeed do.
this photo (any conventional camera image) doesnt really tell you anything definitive about heat signatures.
also i physically winced at seeing that sharpness slider almost maxed out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature

 

[Ann K]

@nightsky74 , you'll see the term "the LIZ" used here. It stands for the Low Information Zone, and every type of camera has it. Some things occupy a very few pixels, or do so for a very few frames of a video, so that there simply isn't enough information to tell if a thing is a large object at a great distance or simply an insect passing the camera a few inches away. A very good camera can see more detail at a distance, but there is always going to be a limitation even for those.

 

[nightsky74]

That's just a sharpening artifact.

The object itself resembles other photos of birds or insects. But ultimately, there are not enough pixels to determine this.

Thanks Mick for the candid comment. Essentially, inconclusive i guess. Hope there are more comments coming

@nightsky74 , you'll see the term "the LIZ" used here. It stands for the Low Information Zone, and every type of camera has it. Some things occupy a very few pixels, or do so for a very few frames of a video, so that there simply isn't enough information to tell if a thing is a large object at a great distance or simply an insect passing the camera a few inches away. A very good camera can see more detail at a distance, but there is always going to be a limitation even for those.

 

[nightsky74]

Thanks Ann. Really wasted. Was hoping i could see something. Not sure if there are other experts out there who could help or with softwares that could enhanced the image.

 

[NorCal Dave]

Thanks Ann. Really wasted. Was hoping i could see something. Not sure if there are other experts out there who could help or with softwares that could enhanced the image.

I would venture that most software can only enhance what was on the original photo. That is, it can't show something that wasn't captured in the first place. As Ann noted, all recording systems have some sort of inherent limitations.

A classic example is the famous Patterson-Gimlin film of Bigfoot fro 1967. It was shot on 16mm Kodachrome II movie film with the Bigfoot approximately 80' away. That gave a maximum potential resolution for details of the creature at around .5"-1". The original film could not have captured any detail on the Bigfoot smaller than .5"-1" and no amount of software enhancement can either. The details that might have existed were never capture with the original film, so there is nothing to enhance.

The famous Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination suffers from the same limitations. It was shot on 8mm home movie film stock, so likely 1/2 the resolution of 16mm. There is only so much information captured. Modern software can eliminate scratches and imperfections from old film, but even then, it's trying to estimate what the photo would have looked like if the scratch were removed. That's still different from making a few unclear pixels into something they're not.

While I mention films, the same applies to digital photos. There is a limit or what the sensors can capture in the first place making enhancement difficult if not impossible.

 

[nightsky74]

Thanks Dave. This is as far as i could go then.