UFO turns up in Croatian island photo

6/27/2018

Cropped and enlarged version of the witness image. Credit: MUFON

by Roger Marsh

A Croatia witness at Korcula reported finding an unexplained object in a photo when reviewing images, according to testimony in Case 85884 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness stopped her vehicle to take a photo at 8:21 a.m. on August 8, 2017.

“It has live photo and makes two pictures in one second,” the witness stated. “In my iPhone, I’m able to click to each photo and then a have a few frames to see before the final photo is shown (like a mini video, a cool feature). And that was it.”
A few days later, the witness was searching for the best images to post on Facebook.

“I notice something strange. I have two pictures. One is normal and on the other it pops up some flying object from nowhere. I was confused because I didn’t remember that I saw something like that when I took the shot. I was concentrating to make a nice photo. There was a lot of sun and I wanted to make it quick because I was at the road with my car. The photos were taken just outside the town of Korcula, with a nice view to the Monastry of St. Nikola. Both photos are taken in a fraction of a second and has this ‘video effect’ so it is very clear that a UFO on second photo appears out of nowhere.”

CAG Investigator Robert Spearing for MUFON International closed this case as an Unknown Aerial Vehicle.

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61 Comments

Doctormoebius

6/27/2018 07:28:51 pm

Faked CG image. Look at the lighting- the sun is way right, casting shadows. The glint on the object is incorrectly placed.

Roger Marsh

6/27/2018 08:03:41 pm

I think the "glint" on the object you are referring to is actually a light on the object. This is the bright light facing the camera lens.

name

7/9/2018 11:50:56 am

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http://www.weirdus.com/states/washington/unexplained_phenomena/maury_island_incident/index.php

Eusebio

8/8/2018 05:29:55 pm

The buildings on the island also have some kind of lining around them too,I guess there fake too?

BILLY HALLMON

6/28/2018 06:58:14 am

"Doctormoebius" is a faked CG name.

Name

7/9/2018 11:51:22 am

time=space=invalid
http://www.weirdus.com/states/washington/unexplained_phenomena/maury_island_incident/index.php

Name

7/9/2018 11:50:16 am

time=space=invalid
http://www.weirdus.com/states/washington/unexplained_phenomena/maury_island_incident/index.php

Dorothy Shannon

7/24/2018 10:02:51 pm

Right, that is the FIRST thing I noticed, was the lighting on the left side of the UFO. I just can't stand it when people post "FAKE" pictures. Why can't MUFON, weed those pictures OUT..

Jo link

8/5/2018 05:32:03 pm

If mufon put it on there page and they are experts why would they do it they have other pic to post im sure

maddog909

8/5/2018 07:28:55 pm

Right on! That’s the first thing that occurred to me. That and the area around the supposed object looks rough.

Eusebio

8/8/2018 05:22:08 pm

Your insight maybe off,the glare is possible,sunlight reflection is probably in the lens

Adriano

8/13/2018 10:03:09 am

So badly done, cut and paste, you can clearly see the pixels ad

Tony link

8/26/2018 05:10:42 pm

Looks like an aircraft coming in low.

YOUDONTKNOWME

1/26/2019 11:06:17 pm

IT'S CLEARLY FAKE. WHEN IMAGE IS ENLARGED, ONE CAN CLEARLY SEE THE PIXELS AROUND THE OBJECT. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HERE AND THE PHOTO POSTED HAS CLEARLY BEEN "PHOTO-SHOPPED". DISAPOINTING.

Darren GARCIA

6/27/2018 09:02:43 pm

I would loveee me contactee, sighting from the higher beings that bring good ENERGY instead of the dark😶 especially for my birthdAy, 8/8/88 3:05AM

Name

7/9/2018 11:52:16 am

time=space=invalid
http://www.weirdus.com/states/washington/unexplained_phenomena/maury_island_incident/index.php

Freddy

6/28/2018 01:51:17 pm

Looks like a paper stapler to me.

Buffaloflash

6/28/2018 05:20:14 pm

Fake my Ass!
Enlarge the photo, and see the field of some type surrounding the craft!

Trevor

6/30/2018 09:56:18 pm

Yeah that’s not a field, it’s an obvious square which proves this was a cropped photo, and the backgrounds just don’t match up.

Rae

8/5/2018 01:07:47 am

Thank you! lol

D.B. Cooper

6/29/2018 12:41:17 am

Wow...so fake. The "field" seen around the craft when enlarged is from photo editing. The image is pasted in...How can you guys miss this???

Trevor

6/30/2018 09:57:01 pm

Agreed, I looked at for one minute and can see the obvious square blurr

mike macgiilivray

6/29/2018 12:48:32 pm

why isn't on the news lol. anybody ever ask that ?

Name

7/9/2018 11:53:09 am

time=space=invalid
http://www.weirdus.com/states/washington/unexplained_phenomena/maury_island_incident/index.php

Tuni

7/2/2018 03:56:32 pm

Totally fake! You can see the squared portion of the picture photoshopped onto the page.

tedd

7/2/2018 07:57:27 pm

fake... pass

sheridan

7/3/2018 01:37:44 am

fake . shame to displaying a such fake pic on the first page of the site :(

Philip Brodsky

7/8/2018 06:52:34 am

It is totally impossible out of the vastness of space and other planets that we are the only species of life

FFS FFS

7/10/2018 02:17:09 am

this comment has been written so many times.enough with that...

Darlene Dunbar

7/10/2018 05:44:58 am

Those of us who witnessed UFO in our lifetimes don't appreciate fake photos and dumb remarks made by others who don't believe. I know what I saw no photos though.

John Deighton

7/12/2018 08:56:41 pm

Wow its very disappointing that no image analysis was undertaken by Mufon, it clear shows this was added after some slight image diagnosis, its easy to see it is a cropped image pasted in!

Sandra

7/21/2018 06:15:46 am

So funny that UFOs are in the news bc they have been getting in the way of USA aircrafts. Our military videotaped one too. It doesnt have to be green men. It could be China. You are very ignorant.

Proveit

7/13/2018 10:14:19 am

Mr brodsky, while that may or may not be true, the tech it would take for us to be visited is far beyond anything we understand

Jeff Vaughan

7/13/2018 05:52:26 pm

Can't use the glimmering around the photo of the craft to establish it is a fake photo. If so, then the Trees and Monestary on the right in the photo are also fake, as they have the same glimmering around their edges....

John Deighton

7/13/2018 07:25:38 pm

Nothing to do with glimmering, there is an obvious square geometric block around the image so it has been copied, cropped and placed. Its very clear to see once zoomed in and the contrast turned down and the rest of image doesnt change so its not pixilated. Im a follower and believe in this subject and have my own facebook page on ufos, but i dont just take any photo as proof and im not into ridiculous conspiracies either, but its a shame people need to fake these things, but then again thats the way the world seems to be going with fake news been on top of it! i am just flabbergasted that MUFON have posted this image, and why the silence?

Dee Ess

8/9/2018 12:06:52 am

The trees have the same square around them. Mind you, I believe it’s fake. I don’t believe in extraterrestrials having visited the planet - I think what craft people see are made by us. However, why are the trees framed in the square as well? Just something to do with enlargement and copying of the original photo? Thanks in advance for any reply.

warptek

7/13/2018 11:29:39 pm

This doesn't have to be fake at all. It looks to me like a plane coming in for a landing. Question is... is there an airfield nearby? Just digging up some information might solve this one.

Dan

7/14/2018 05:44:32 am

I take that back, the same pixelation is around the edge of the buildings as well.

I would delete my original comment, but it won’t let me.

James

7/17/2018 07:38:46 pm

If you zoom in all the way. Almost looks like a haze around the craft. Leaves me skeptical but very interested. Thanks for sharing

Tim link

7/20/2018 08:03:43 am

Enter earth objects near the core base

7/24/2018 10:25:25 am

its a bird look at it. black bird

Sam

8/2/2018 12:48:52 pm

Different pixelation around the object within a sharply defined rectangular frame indicates that it was brought into the picture using the most amateurish methods.
This pixelation can be seen by a naked eye. It’s surprising that an “expert” did not notice that the picture is a fake.

bobo

8/2/2018 05:10:59 pm

First i zoomed on the ufo i was like yeah fake there is a clear square around the object but then i zoomed on the island or what it is a the same geometrical squares are literaly around every single object there. Just zoom at the boat, the first tree and the church tower, there is a square around all of them. So dont judge to quickly. Sorry for my bad english.

Damien McLeod

8/3/2018 12:29:17 pm

I liked it, looked pretty real to me, I guess I'd have to say-not fake. However some of those yelling Fake sounded pretty fake, or wacko, or nutso or whatever, come on guys, you don't have any more idea of what it is than I do. Lighten up.

JAVIER

8/6/2018 06:37:08 am

IS A FAKE...TAKE A LOOK IN TO LIGTH OF THE OBJET NO MATCH WITH THE SUN....NO SHADOW IN THE WATER

BILLY HALLMON

8/11/2018 06:05:31 am

Reduce your browser to half size, grab the photo and drag it to the desktop. Then, it becomes a jpeg that you can enlarge.

You can see for yourself that the pixelation around the UFO is present throughout the picture, especially over the monastery and so forth. It does not appear to be cropped.

As a UFO witness, I believe the photograph is real. UFOs have been seen, heard and recorded repeatedly over the past 70-years. They are obviously extraterrestrial machines with advanced technology.

Stephen

8/12/2018 03:34:47 pm

It's not even a good fake. Just zoom in to see its a paste in. Mufon discredits itself by posting this stuff on their website..

BILLY HALLMON

8/12/2018 05:12:04 pm

"Stephen" is a web troll who is afraid to post his full name.
I zoomed in and saw nothing pasted in and nothing to discredit Mufon.

Stephen

8/15/2018 03:51:13 pm

There is a square of pixelation around the object. It is an obvious fake. Try to discuss the matter rather than insult someone who has a different opinion to you.

James

8/15/2018 01:22:00 pm

I do not believe this is CGI but just misidentification. I think it's just a water bird (they tend to have oily wings ergo the glint) gliding across the frame a lot closer to the photographer than this photo would depict. The UFO photos I believe to be true are smooth and symmetrical. This looks lumpy and the two protrusions at the bottom are probably folded legs. Case closed in my mind.

Mickey Sentif

8/18/2018 03:24:15 pm

I zoomed in 400% - they're right it IS photoshopped!

Hector Gonzalez

8/19/2018 04:23:31 pm

Although there are some differentiation of pixel size around the buildings and their background, the biggest difference of pixel size can be seeing around the flying object and it's background. That makes me doubt it's authenticity.

James

8/21/2018 10:34:43 am

It's not photoshopped in my professional opinion. The pixel aberrations around the object match aberrations around other artifacts within the photograph. Algorithmic analysis shows no inconsistencies within the photograph. However, I maintain that this is not an alien or man-made spacecraft but a misidentified bird much closer in the field of view than it seems (forced perspective). For the record, I am a believer as I've had two first encounters that are still unexplained.

Héctor S Gonzalez

8/22/2018 07:38:22 pm

Thanks for your reply. Very informative.

9/21/2018 01:08:00 pm

I believe. Really I do. But why can't someone who actually takes a picture of a UFO know how to actually take a picture? No wonder no one believes us. We're the crappiest photographers ever to exist!

Rene S

9/26/2018 08:09:24 am

Interesting to see so many arguments whether this is real or fake picture. It took 15 minutes to establish where the picture was taken based on the time stamp and the main features (Medvinjak road, west of Korcula near to Mia Apartments). The pic doesn't seem to be taken not from the road but slightly higher. There is no shadow of the UFO as sun comes from 1oclock on the picture.I first thought this could be a small aircraft (sightseeing tour), as I have PPL but given the profile of the terrain it is facing, it would be suicide flying that low (50m AGL give or take). Also, doesn't fit the statement that 2 pictures were taken in 1 second. So aircrafts (big or small) and drones (however fast) are excluded as they cannot fly so fast and the witness would hopefully remember them, as well as E.T. craft as they normally don't fly low against hills with speed of light (means fast). So I am inclined to accept the bird or insect version.

Beth

10/20/2018 10:19:31 am

Great photo, thanks for sharing : )

Pascal

11/1/2018 09:58:33 pm

As told by many this picture is a fake... background and object don't have same definition (zoom on object.
I understand that some guys are willing to cheat us... but I don't understand how this picture can be uploaded and accepted by the admin... I'm new here and considering this I'm not sure to stay a member for long

Kristina

11/3/2018 04:02:56 am

Dear All,
I'm the person who took that photos. I’m a serious person, I’m 39 and don’t have any interest on putting fake photos on-line, believe me. I'm not an UFO hunter, but I believe.
And it seems to me that I was very lucky to record this photo. Please find below the links to the original photos, but please read this first.
There are a lot of different opinions, but what I can confirm is that we've (me and my husband) done everything to find out what's on this photo and whether it's a possible mistake on camera or in the nature.
When we become aware of what we have, we've sent all the materials to MUFON. After that, their agents analyzed photos and statements and confirmed that the whole story was very credible and the photos were legitimate.
They worked on two theories. First, it was a mirage and second it was a vehicle.
This is part of their answer: ”The mirage should have been seen and should have lasted more than one second. However, its low angle and appearance over water made the mirage theory viable.
The vehicle theory is intriguing. Maybe it was something the camera could see but human couldn’t. However we had to rule out that the reason it was not seen in your first photo was due to speed. Was it traveling so fast across the water that it was only captured in one frame? The answer is no. The iso was so slow on the camera that it would have appeared as a blur if it was traveling at a fast pace. This object was clear and crisp. We surmise it was stationary which adds even more mystery.
We don’t know what you captured. We are classifying it as unknow aerial vehicle. origin unknown.”
Just a few more facts: Below the photo in this post you can read that it is cropped and enlarged, and it is not looking good, I agree. When I make a full zoom with the original photo, it's looking much better. The anomality’s around the object are normal, I’m not a photo professional but it could be that are from the emitted heat, or something to do with the atmosphere. That day in August was very hot, too. This anomaly around the flying object you can see it also around other objects. They are a bit more visible around that flying object because of the strong contrast with the sky and for the reason that this object is closer to camera then the other, like for example the monastery. No, there is no an airport there. The photo was taken with IPHONE 8, and I have 2 LIVE photo. Every photo acts like a very short video, just a few frames. I actually can see the bird in the beam of light (from the sun) moving. In the first photo there is no UFO, and then, just a few frames further, on the second photo, it appears out of nowhere. Look at the position and the wings of the bird in the beam of light on both photos. It is really a fraction of second. I am ready to share also the original IPHONE photos, but that must be done trough the devices itself (can’t post it her want work). Regarding the shadow, if you look the position of the sun, the size of the UFO, and the conditions on the sea surface then it is obvious that it is impossible to see the shadow on the sea. I know that because Im living near the sea. Also, we don’t know from which material is this UFO made. Could have different performance than the normal stuff. The greatest thing is that this object came out of nowhere (extremely fast moving or invisibility feature).
So, go ahead and analyze it!
I believe! 😊
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BziWyYqKFYN6MUQ1QkFBRHFDYnc/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BziWyYqKFYN6Mk1xNmZMdEZxc2s/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BziWyYqKFYN6dHc3VG1qTTloS2c/view?usp=sharing

steve

12/15/2018 05:24:27 pm

the flying object is in that first photo of the list of photo's, and its in the 2nd photo in the list and 3rd photo is just an colorised version of the second photo. its in focus in both photo's,

Wedsley

2/3/2019 12:21:04 pm

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