The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20060823154635/http://www.alcione.org:80/FAM/FLIR_CONCLUSION.html ( NON-PROFIT ) ESPAÑOL Mexican Air Force FLIR's video lights are not UFO's they are oil well gas flames! PART II See the latest video of Cantarell oil rigs area recorded on april 14, 2004. The gas flame lights match and proof the real lights source of the march 05, 2004 FLIR video and is the most convincing evidence till today. See the video Here (LEFT) Still frame from video recorded april 14, 2005 (different angle and altitude ) (RIGHT) FLIR frame. Click here or any image to see the video To see the video you need windows media player download here Also you can see HERE the list of still frames from video experiment of april 14, 2005 where you can see the oil rigs structures CLICK HERE for images list CAMERA USED : SONY ® HANDYCAM DCR-TRV18- MINI-DV DIGITAL ZOOM 120X LENS: CARL-ZEISS-VARIO-SONNAR Perceiving Layout One of the fundamental requirements for the control of action within an environment is the ability to perceive the layout of objects and surfaces. No single source of information about the relative distances of objects and surfaces can provide the information required to perceive layout throughout the range of distances required. However, in cluttered well lit conditions typical of natural environments people are very good at obtaining information about layout through the simultaneous use of multiple cues. The relative effectiveness of different sources of information differs systematically with the distance of objects and surfaces from the observer, and also with characteristics of the observer and the environment (such as the size of objects, the speed which an observer is moving through the environment, and the nature of the terrain). TRY THIS SIMPLE EXPERIMENT! LIGHTS AND THE CLOUDS ABOVE ARE NOT MOVING! CLICK HERE Motion perspective The apparent motion of objects caused by movement of the observer through the environment provides information about the layout, for example, near objects appear to move past a moving observer more rapidly than far objects. Information is not available about objects which are too close relative to the velocity of movement to be tracked, and decreases in effectiveness to about 100 m, again, depending on the velocity of movement (useful at greater distances when velocity is high). Any information hereby given, is the opinion of Tim Wescott , and not necessarily that of FLIR Systems Inc. Because, although he worked for FLIR Systems for nearly 10 years, he now runs his own company. See: http://www.wescottdesign.com Tim Wescott Senior Systems Engineer. (1994-2003) FLIR Systems Incorporated, Portland OR (www.flir.com) Resume: http://www.wescottdesign.com/tims_resume.html Tim Wescott was system architect and software lead for FLIR's next generation of thermal imaging equipment. This effort included selecting the DSP chip used on 12 boards in the system, designing and coding the data acquisition and control algorithms for lens controllers, gyros, optical dither stages and focus/field of view mechanisms, working with the mechanical engineering team to insure the mechanisms will meet the control system goals, and designing the image processing architecture. Tim Wescott was control system architect and software lead for the Star SAFIRE II product, which features enhanced line-of- sight stability over its predecessor. This effort included overall control algorithms for the gimbal as well as designing software and critical analog components of a DSP-based gyroscope control board that allowed for significantly improved noise and DC offset performance. Tim Wescott worked on the control algorithms concerning the gyroscopes, the lenses and the optical dither stages as well as the FOV/focus mechanism. If anyone knows all there is to know about the SAFIRE-II is Tim Wescott. Information regarding the Mexican Air Force FLIR video from march 05, 2004: Tim Wescott estimates, that the oil flares in question ( AKAL-J, AKAL-C and NOHOCH-A ) is detectable by the SAFIRE II on the given distance, due to the size of the flares if the weather conditions is good. He adds; that the conditions in the FLIR video appeared to be good. Another thing which is equally interesting is that of the FLIR elevation problems. Gyroscopes are stabilized with respect to the inertial frame of reference. In this case, we can assume that it is fixed to the Earth. However the SAFIRE II has two modes: One is a hybrid mode where the camera is stabilized against image vibration by the gyros, but more or less fixed to the aircraft attitude for lower-speed motion. That this is the mode which is active while these images is shot, is documented in the top-center of the images where you can see it says " INRPT ", this 'hybrid mode'. The second mode is denoted as " HDHLD ", and this denotes inertially stabilized position servo mode. In the video, the images in question are shot with respect to the aircraft's attitude since it is in hybrid mode, but the camera is still stabilized against image vibration by the gyros. So the assumptions concerning that the camera must have been relative to the mounting point on the fuselage, is hereby documented to be correct. It is common practice for pilots to crank a few degrees of flap so they can cruise a little slower while keeping the airplane leveled. Reference source: JREF Forums-Mexican Airforce films UFOs http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40244 DISCLAIMER Dr. Julio Herrera posted on sept 28, 2004. From: Dr. Julio Herrera -herrera@nuclecu.unam.mx- Date: September 28, 2004 9:05 am To: Cap. Alejandro Franz -director@alcione.org- Dear Cap. Franz, I saw your page on the "oil flare hypothesis". I'm thankful that you gave me the credit on the basis of something that was published at some web page, where indeed it looks like it's my idea. However, I must clarify that's a misunderstanding induced by the reporter who wrote the note. I can't tell where the idea originated. In any case, I recognize this hypothesis may explain many things. What matters by the end is to find out the true about this affair. Best regards, Julio Herrera P.S.: I'm writing this in English so you may quote me if you wish. Dr. Julio Herrera Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM A.P. 70-543, Ciudad Universitaria Del. Coyoacán, 04511 México, D.F. MEXICO tel.: +52-55-56224672; FAX: +52-55-56162233 e-mail: herrera@nuclecu.unam.mx COMPELLING AND VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE ABOUT THE STRANGE SIGHTING OF THE MEXICAN AIR FORCE FLIR VIDEO TAKEN IN A DRUG SMUGGLING CAMPAIGN ABOARD A C26A ON MARCH 05, 2004 IN THE STATE OF CAMPECHE, MEXICO. Click on image to view full size OFFICIAL DATA GATHERED FROM DIFFERENT U.S. GOVERNMENT SOURCES AND BY THE HARD WORK RESULTS OF OPEN MINDED INVESTIGATORS WHO KINDLY SUPPORTED MY THEORY CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT THE OIL FLARES FROM THE CANTARELL OIL WELL FIELD MATCH THE LIGHTS OF THE FLIR VIDEO AND THE GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES FROM THE THE "SONDA DE CAMPECHE" LOCATED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IN FRONT OF CIUDAD DEL CARMEN CITY. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO BELIEVED IN ME AS I BELIEVE THAT IN THE VAST UNIVERSE INTELLIGENT EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE COULD EXIST SADLY THERE IS A MAJORITY OF UFO PSEUDO INVESTIGATORS WHO ARE MAKING BUSINESS AND A CIRCUS WITH NO RESPECT TO HUMANITY Capt. Alejandro Franz director@alcione.org C26A Merlin (Metro) FUERZA AÉREA MEXICANA MEXICAN AIR FORCE ( CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE ) FIRST IMAGE GENEROUSLY PROVIDED BY JAMES SMITH ( Tue., 08 Jun 2004) IMAGE SOURCE: http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ebigvideo1/mexicoufo.jpg THE PATH IS REPRESENTING A 22 MINUTES INTERVAL THE IMAGE WAS CREATED FROM DATA AVAILABLE AT: DMSP ( Defense Meteorological Satellite Program ) DOWNLOAD SITE: http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/html/download_world_change_pair.html Stable lights: ARCHIVE USED TO EXTRACT DATA OF STABLE LIGHTS http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/data/2000_change_pair/2000_stable_lights_version1_TIF.tar TIFF FORMAT 13 MB COMPRESSED 700 MB UNCOMPRESSED Stable lights have DN values from 0-63. These numbers are the average DN values for the year. Stable lights are the human settlements and gas flares combined. DN value of 63 = saturated lights DN value of 0 = no lights. PROGRAM USED TO VIEW AND LOCATE WORLD'S STABLE LIGHTS PCI Geomatica FreeView V9.1 http://www.pcigeomatics.com/product_ind/geomatica_9.html Geomatica FreeView 9 is a flexible data viewing tool supporting over 100 raster and vector formats for loading, viewing, selection, and enhancement. FreeView is useful for any geospatial data viewing application, and it is freely distributable FreeView includes a modern interface with many useful display tools, including fast roam and zoom, image enhancements, numeric values display, and attribute table display. To download de installation program archive (25 MB) click here http://www.pcigeomatics.com/freeware/FreeViewV91.exe Freeview 9.1 Screen ( CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE ) IMAGE CREATED BY JAMES SMITH WHO KINDLY PROVIDED TO ME AND HELPED DEFINITELY TO COMPLETE THIS INVESTIGATION IMAGE SOURCE: http://www.ufocom.org/pages/v_fr/m_articles/video_mexique/Image24.jpg Chart showing the trajectory followed by Merlin C-26A (black line) since the moment of the first detection of a radar target (16:42:20) and the end of the observations from the FLIR infra-red data (17:28:06). The geographical road (in degrees) and the ground speed average (in knots) are given for the principal segments. The vectors indicate the direction of aiming of infra-red camera FLIR. (given GPS by Bruce Maccabee) Graph of Laurent Léger (sic) -Gildas Bourdais- Source: Une observation remarquable au Mexique Par Gildas Bourdais, 1er juin 2004 http://www.ufocom.org/pages/v_fr/m_articles/video_mexique/Mexique_GB.htm FREEVIEW 9.0 SCREEN SHOWING CANTARELL LIGHT SIZE COMPARED TO MERIDA CITY WITH A 4 MILLION POPULATION This graphic shows the Mexican Air Force C26A trajectory from 16:42:20 to 17:28:06 LOCAL TIME The composite image was created by myself over imposing three images to make this overlay and it shows: a.-) Primarily ( background ) the image provided by James Smith. b.-) The image from Laurent Léger ( red vectors ) and c.-) Two of the FLIR's video images vectors that match almost exactly pointing to Cantarell Oil Field flares and Campeche City. Because of an involuntary mistake, I omitted the image bellow from Laurent Léger received on May 28, 2004 who wrote to me supporting the Cantarell Oil Well theory and providing some interesting information that I lost because an inappropriate use of my Netscape email box. Alejandro Franz Image from Laurent Léger -Cantarell2.JPG - May 28, 2004. Indexed message received on june 16, 2004 from Laurent Leger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurent Leger" <leger-l@wanadoo.fr> To: "Gildas Bourdais" <gbourdais@wanadoo.fr>; "Bruce Maccabee" <brumac@compuserve.com>; "Santiago Yturria"<syturria@intercable.net>; <alfafox@prodigy.net.mx> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 8:35 PM Subject: Cantarell ? Dear all, I used coordinates given for IXTOC I on Alejandro Franz page : http://www.alcione.org/FAM/REFERENCE_DATA.html Not so bad match, except the misinterpretation of the Az number (flir azimuth relative to longitudinal plane axis instead of QDR from Cantarell, why would they have input this waypoint ?) El(evation) figures biased by plane incidence or bad calibration ? It doesn't explain radar blips, nor the lights seen around -90° later (full left of plane). LL Subject: Re: UFOs Or Simply Oil Well Flames? Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 13:16:42 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: j smith <zeus001002@earthlink.net> To: "Cap. Alejandro Franz" <alfafox@prodigy.net.mx> Hello, I am sending you my latest work. I thought I would tinker with generating a 3D image of at least one of the more interesting parts of the video. I extracted the circa 1997 locations of the oil rigs -from your chart image- (I would guess more were added between then and now). I then placed them in the 3D modeller with the aircraft location at 17:07:00. I adjusted the azimuth and elevation until something came into view. It turns out to be about -140 deg azimuth and -2 deg elevation (down) (the video says -139.1 deg and +2 deg elevation (up)). My modeller doesn't have fine enough resolution to give any better angles. I then adjusted the FOV of the camera from the aircraft location to match the three main values of the FLIR. According to Bruce Maccabee, the values are .4 by .3 degree (which he says this particular frame was at), .8 by .6 degree and 3.4 by 2.6 degree. The match for the oil rigs at 92 by 19.37 degrees, 92.04 by 19.4 deg, 92.07 by 19.425 deg and 92.19 by 19.51 deg is pretty good One has to wonder how well the FOV adjustment is calibrated. Also, it is clear that this is a pretty extreme zoom mode. I also wonder whether they usually use it in their normal operations. http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ezeus001002/3d_oil.jpg Regards, James IMAGE PROVIDED BY JAMES SMITH Image source : http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ezeus001002/3d_oil.jpg IMAGE SHOWING A CLOSE MATCH OF THE FLIR's SCREEN AND THE OIL WELLS GEOGRAPHIC POSITION RENDERED WITH 3DsMax Rastering&Vectoring PROGRAM CANTARELL OIL WELLS LUMINOSITY COMPARED TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS OIL WELLS NOTE: COORDINATES SHOWN BELLOW ARE FROM NDB'S (NAVAIDS) LOCATED AT MOST OF THE OIL WELLS WHICH ARE INSTALLED TO GUIDE HELICOPTERS AND ANY SHIP WHEN APPROACHING ANY PARTICULAR OIL RIG. COORDINATES FROM (NDB 'Navaids') LOCATED AT EACH OIL WELL: SOURCE: http://www.wapf.com/world/n.PO1.html ( LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE) OIL WELL NAMES LATITUDE LONGITUDE AKAL J (PA2) 19 deg 25min 41 sec N 92 deg 04 min 31 sec W NEPTUNO (PO1) 19 deg 26min 00 sec N 92 deg 02 min 00 sec W AKAL C (PA1) 19 deg 23min 57 sec N 92 deg 02 min 20 sec W NOHOCH-A (PN1) 19 deg 22min 06 sec N 92 deg 00 min 14 sec W NDB: ( CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE ) Image provided by JAMES SMITH LANDSAT-7 PHOTO OF THE OIL WELLS AT CANTARELL AKAL-J, AKAL-C AND NOHOCH-A OIL WELLS IMAGE SHOWING NDB'S (NAVAIDS) COORDINATES NDB'S AT CANTARELL OIL FIELD CHART FROM 1997 ONC J-25 SCALE 1:1,000,000 CHART ONC J-25 SCALE 1:1,000,000 DATED 1998 NDB'S AT CANTARELL OIL FIELD CHART FROM 1997 ONC J-25 SCALE 1:1,000,000 I thought you may find this link useful. http://mirage-mex.acd.ucar.edu/Literature/2003Villasenor.pdf Page 4 has a nice diagram of all the platforms in the area. I guess they did a lot of work gathering location data for all platforms and flare types. Diagram Page 6 has the following: " The three types of offshore flaring operations used either elevated, boom or ground level flares. Each of the seven major oil and gas producing platform complexes mentioned above may have one or more elevated flares. Some vertically pointing flares operate at either high flow (4.2x10^6 m^3/day) or low flow (9.1 to 24x10^5 m^3/ day). Several platforms have "boom" flares rated at 2.3x10^5 m^3/day. The designed flows to boom flaring are generally much higher than the average flows (0.85 to 25x10^5 m^3/day ). " OIL WELL FLARES ( BOOMS) AT CANTARELL, CAMPECHE. IMAGE SHOWING THE LIGHT (HEAT) INTENSITY OF CANTARELL OIL FIELD AREA CALCULATION CHART INPUT data in the following chart: in the " Height of the light above Sea Leve l " WINDOW INPUT 200 ft (average elevation of oil rigs booms) in the " Height above the eye of the observer above sea level " WINDOW INPUT 11500 ft ( C26A Merlin altitude) RESULT = 141.89344043992807 NM Nautical Miles (1nm = 1.852km) Given the Height of the Light Above Sea Level( 200 ) and the Height of the Eye of the Observer ( 11500 )above Sea Level, Compute the Geographic Range http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/calc/range.html Height of the Light above Sea Level (specify units): feet meters Height of the eye of the Observer above Sea Level (specify units): feet meters Compute Reset Geographic Range: (Nautical Miles) IMAGE PROPERTY OF: UNAM - INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DEL MAR Y LIMNOLOGÍA http://biblioweb.dgsca.unam.mx/cienciasdelmar/instituto/1983-1/articulo156.html IMAGE COMPOSITE BY L.D.G KURT FRANZ RUÍZ PICTURE SHOWING THE FLIR DIRECTION VECTORS THAT MATCH EXACTLY TO THE CANTARELL OIL FIELD ( CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE ) ( CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE ) ( CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE ) MAGE PROPERTY OF: UNAM - INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DEL MAR Y LIMNOLOGÍA http://biblioweb.dgsca.unam.mx/cienciasdelmar/instituto/1983-1/articulo156.html Infrared Imagery in Flight With the aid of advanced imaging sensors, pilots of both rotor craft and fixed wing aircraft