NUFORC Sighting 72292

Occurred: 2009-08-30 07:17 Local
Reported: 2009-09-14 17:58 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 0

Location: Dawn, VA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Emitted beams

Unidentified beam "spot-lights" deer from above

Although we did not actually see a UFO, we did find what we believe to be evidence of a UFO-associated event based on descriptions given by other people over the years.

On 30 August, we pulled the memory chip on our wildlife camera which is located on our property in Central Virginia near Dawn, Va. We were very surprised to find that the last three photos show two deer being "spot-lighted". by a bluish-white beam from above. The beam first shines on both deer together, then on just one after it moves to the left, then on the other back to the right. The beam definitely moved and encompassed only on the deer themselves, and never lighted the ground beneath the deer. In two of the pictures it appears that the camera flash reflects off the beam. We have no explanation for the beam of "light" that appears in these images. What is shown in the images is exactly as they came off the camera.

The images were taken with a Moultrie digital game camera. The camera is mounted on a tree 6 feet above the ground and about 20-25 feet from where the deer were standing at the time the images were taken (an exact measurement to the inch can be taken if needed).

We pulled the chip about 4 hours after the time on the photos and noticed nothing odd at that time. I have since gone back and taken a digital photo of the tree canopy from the location the deer were standing and looking up at about the same angle the beam was coming down. As close as I can tell the beam came from an angle about 20 degrees south-west of nadir. The canopy at that location is almost solid as shown in the additional image taken a few days later. In our opinion, there is no way a helicopter spotlight could possibly have generated the beams caught in our digital photos. Also, we considered the possibility of an insect on the camera lens, but since the lens is separated from the flash, an insect on ! the lens should have just made the image blurry and would not appear as a bright light following the deer.

Images 1-3: Deer and beam Image 4 : Tree canopy Image 5: Normal image from this camera

Posted 2009-12-12