Is that a UFO photo taken by Morasov in Siberia?

It happened in 1959, 165438+2 1 year 10, facing Yakutia autonomy in the Arctic Ocean and Tiksi city in China. At about 9: 00 pm, Maura Schouw, a staff member of the Polar Station in Tekes, was taking photos of the Meteorological Observatory. There is high-sensitivity film in his camera, because it was dark at that time, so the exposure time was about 1 minute.

After taking the first photo, Morasov took another one and immediately developed it. But when I looked at the washed photos, I couldn't help but be surprised: both photos captured a strange-shaped object, similar to a flying saucer, with a halo around it. Comparing these two photos, it can be concluded that this strange flying object moves from west to east in the air. Maura Schouw said that when he was taking pictures, he didn't see anything unusual in the air, so he only noticed the lens. Maura Schouw dubbed this photo a UFO photo.

This photo immediately caught people's attention. Some people say this is a flying saucer! Some people say, no, this is not a flying saucer! The argument is very fierce. Many people copy photos as evidence of flying saucers in the air. Not only that, people also made various speculations and assumptions about the fact that Maura Schouw didn't find UFOs when taking photos. Some people think that Morasov can't see because strange flying objects emit ultraviolet light. Some people think that ultraviolet rays can't penetrate the camera lens, so the strange flying objects photographed are not ultraviolet rays, but infrared rays.

In fact, this matter is very simple. We might as well analyze these two photos from an optical point of view.

Careful observation of the photos taken by Morasov shows that there is a quite bright light source in the upper right corner. I can't tell from the picture whether it is a lighting lamp or not, but it doesn't matter. The light from this light source is directed at the lens of the camera. Some light is scattered and some is reflected. Reflection occurs on the lens of the camera and the surrounding frame. The lens is a part of a sphere, and its frame is round, so the reflected light is scattered. The lens collects these scattered lights to form an image. The objective lens of a camera consists of several lenses. Because it is close to the camera, it becomes several images. This is the "flying saucer" in Morasov's photo.

Anyone can try it himself. The experimental conditions are very simple, as long as there is a very bright light source and a very dark background.

If we adjust the optical axis of the objective lens and the direction of the light source, we can take different images of the "object" in Morasov's photo. Changing the angle between the optical axis and the direction of the light source will also change the shape of the "flying saucer", not just one or two, but also many others. These images can be clearly seen by looking at the viewfinder of the camera. But to make the photos clear, the exposure time should be longer.

Above, the image formed by the objective lens itself is reflected onto the film. When Maura Schouw took photos, she really didn't see anything on the weather station, and in fact, there was nothing.

When the camera rotates around the optical axis, the shape of the image remains unchanged, but the position changes. Just gradually move the angle formed by the optical axis and the direction of the light source.

This is the truth of the "flying saucer" photo taken in Tiksi, Siberia.