Re: Serious question from a skeptic - practical realities of taking clear video/stills of UFO's?

"Marvin" <physchem@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Doc wrote:
> <snip>
>> Or do I have a mistaken notion of how powerful the available optics
>> are? The News stations show clear, distinct shots of the fast-moving
>> Space Shuttle when it's well into its trajectory on launch days, I
>> would guess from at least as far if not farther than these objects are
>> from the cameras. The above link is an incident that occurred over a
>> major city and apparently caused quite a buzz. *Nobody* there had good
>> gear they could whip out to take some pics?
>>
>> I would think a major city has astronomy buffs and universities who
>> have fairly sophisticated gear already set up to photograph distant
>> objects. Wouldn't capturing something at airliner altitude be quite
>> possible?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> The pix of the shuttle soon after takeoff are made through a special 
> telescope, made by Perkin Elmer, as I recall.  It allows the ground
crews 
> to monitor the takeoff closely, with the extra use - a plus for the 
> image-concisions NASA - of providing dramatic shots for TV.
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