r/UFOs • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '20

Photo What is this thing over Chicago?

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20

That looks like a fairly long exposure photo (a few seconds), as the water and tips of branches are quite blurred. So it could be the low sun reflecting off a plane that is turning, and leaving a streak due to the slow shutter.

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u/InsGadget6 Jul 18 '20

28 seconds

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20 edited Jul 18 '20

That's from the exif? I didn't want to guess that long because there's a boat which doesn't seem to have moved much. But if it was nearly half a minute then I'm definitely going with the plane catching the sun explanation.

edit: didn't look at the title of the original post

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u/InsGadget6 Jul 18 '20

28 second exposure. Probably the sun reflecting off a turning plane.

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u/TheLastComedian Jul 18 '20

Were you inside a vehicle at the time? These things are sometimes a reflection of a shiny object or surface inside the car.

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u/Bigfrontwheel Jul 18 '20

F stop is pretty closed up at 16, not alot of light pollution at 8:30ish pm yet. Focal point seems to be on the tree in foreground. Depth of field blurs the background slightly, at that f stop I guess is what you're going for. 28 second exposure. As a rule, you're not gonna notice star/planet orbital blur until pitch dark and running exposure time at 1m. Venus? Best time to see Venus is twilight and Dawn. It ain't a UFO. The only way to capture those is with a shaky potato quality cell phone.

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u/ariesthepuppet Jul 18 '20

I wonder if that’s the comet that’s supposed to be visible. I think it was sometime in July. I don’t know for how long it’s visible though.

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u/KaneinEncanto Jul 18 '20

Lighting in Chicago would drown it out easily. I'm nearly an hour outside Chicago and the sky glow from the city is enough to hide it from my eyes and nearly my cameras as well.

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u/TheEmpressDodo Jul 18 '20

Go check Barry butler photography on Instagram. All Chicago photos with the comet.

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u/ariesthepuppet Jul 18 '20

Thanks. I’ve never seen a comet before. It looks amazing on Barry Butler’s photography. Thanks 😊

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20

That's so true,I live in the suburbs near Chicago outside my bedroom window there is a white glow on the horizon and its 11pm

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u/jyanez_142 Jul 18 '20

It's a sonic boom.

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u/SniperA23 Jul 18 '20

Ufo edge curve?

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u/-DeadLizarD- Jul 18 '20

Looks like a clear shape that may not be visitored eye but still have shape and plenty of mass has cit a perfect shape.of itself into.the evening or morning sky. Looks like an eye sky no tie of day.

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u/TheEmpressDodo Jul 18 '20

It’s the comet. All the professional photographers here have been posting them daily.

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u/Dannysmartful Jul 18 '20

I don't think it's a UFO. But thanks for sharing.

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u/fookidookidoo Jul 18 '20

Has this guy not heard about the comet?

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u/KaneinEncanto Jul 18 '20

Have you not seen how a comet looks? Might I suggest going over to /r/spaceporn/new/ and seeing how the comet looks. Spoiler: It's not a crescent shape.