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ESPAÑOL
UFO's
or simply Oil Well Gas flames?
PART
I
by Capt. Alejandro Franz
director@alcione.org
( non profit
)
ESPAÑOL
UFO's
or simply Oil Well Gas flames?
PART
I
by Capt. Alejandro Franz
director@alcione.org
UFO investigators must examine
all the available evidence to reduce
the risk of culminating
a case without some extra valuable information.
What are those lights in the Mexican Air Force FLIR video?
Mexican Air Force Video lights are real UFOs or simply Oil Well flames?
Did you know about the Oil
Well Field named CANTARELL in the Gulf of
Mexico exactly in front
of Ciudad del Carmen not to far from the sea shore?
-Cantarell Oil Field-
Cantarell Field or Cantarell
Complex is the largest oil field in Mexico,
located 80 kilometers offshore
in the Bay of Campeche. This field
comprises four major fields
Akal, Nohoch, Chac, Kutz and the recently
discovered Sihil. The first
field was discovered in 1976, then known as
Cantarell complex in 1996.
(Click here or image
to enlarge)
Source:
http://www.pemex.com/files/dcf/jose_carrera.pdf
The lights (UFO's) shown
in the video of march 05, 2004 provided
by the Mexican Air Force
could be the heat source produced by
the flames of the oil wells
located in the Cantarell Oil field
between 50 km to 90 km in
the Gulf of Mexico, very close to the
shores of Ciudad del Carmen
city in the Campeche's State in México
and within the range of
the Mexican Air Force C26A FLIR camera
at the moment of the strange
sighting.
I remember one crew member,
I don't recall who he was, but in
some part of the in-flight
communications tells the others that
the "object" is two miles
and then one mile ahead (one o'clock)
the airplane and then he
said it was over the city of Ciudad del
Carmen. By that the airplane
was heading to the Northwest
where at the bottom this
Oil Wells are located.
There are in the Cantarell
Oil Field 214 oil wells in 9 platforms
from 184 that PEMEX (Mexican
Oil Company) has in the
Gulf of Mexico.
I used to fly as a private
pilot in the area of Ciudad del Carmen
in the late 70's. I remember
very well seeing those oil wells at
night from the shore and
their close proximity to Ciudad del
Carmen city. I Also can
remember the IXTOC1 oil well that
burned out of control for
ten months.
Is there a possibility that
the continuos flame in the offshore
Oil Wells "platform flames"
(passive fire) could have been
mistaken as the lights (UFO's)
that we have seen in the now
famous Mexican Air Force
FLIR video?
Is it possible that the FLIR
camera was not handled in the
appropriate brightness control?
I must remark that the FLIR
equipment was used in daylight
and maybe because of that the
heat sensors detected the
oil well's flames causing the infrared
focal plane array (IRFPA)
to work improperly? Or maybe was
out of range and by that
out of focus and the images are shown
blurred or as in an excess
of zooming?
Regarding the presence of
this numerous oil wells that have
their burners always with
flames (passive fire) to burn the
excess of gas in the platforms
I saw the UFO video many times
and noticed the following
coincidences that will provide new
data to this case and I
hope you'll find this data useful. I'll
appreciate whatever you
have to say on this information I've
recollected for the last
13 days. This information was gathered
with honesty and I hope
it'll help solve this outrageous case
If any of you have not seen
the Mexican Air Force UFO Video
you can download it at:
http://www.ufoevidence.org/specialfeatures/mexicanairforce/mexicanAFvideos.htm
Please take your time to
watch the video carefully and I hope
you also will notice what
I discovered some days ago about the
Cantarell oil field in the
Campeche Bay located in the Gulf of
Mexico, I insist, precisely
in front of Ciudad del Carmen City
from which the oil wells
are not to far away (50 to 90 Km from
the shore.)
The objects (lights) are
in a fixed position with a dark background
(the sea) while the camera
on board is following the lights that are
showing in the screen as
a very brilliant source of light. There is a
great distortion as there
is no sign of an object but only light.
TRY THIS SIMPLE EXPERIMENT!
LIGHTS
AND CLOUDS ABOVE
ARE
NOT MOVING! CLICK
HERE
Take your time and repeat
the video. Try to focus as if the lights
are STEADY and the camera
movements shows when turning
in his axis that the clouds
move sometimes rapidly and then
suddenly they stop moving
while the lights (UFO's) never changed
their formation neither
their speed.
If you take your time you
will see the fact that the lights are always
steady if we repeat the
scene and see at the very bottom of the FLIR
screen that the AZIMUTH
(Az) NEVER CHANGES more than
TWO or FOUR degrees.
The FLIR was working at that
moment in the DAY screening mode as
you can see in the upper
white strip of the video's screen.
Ciudad del Carmen's map (PDF
format) with Cantarell Oil Field
wells location provided
by PEMEX (the Mexican Oil industry):
http://www.pemex.com/files/dcf/jose_carrera.pdf
You'll need Adobe Acrobat
reader to view PDF format archives
Download here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html
See the C26A Merlin Mexican
Air Force relative position in a
Campeche's map (not in scale):
http://www.alcione.org/FAM/campech0.gif
Note: Azimuth is the direction,
in degrees in which to fly. It
is shown in the lower white
section of the screen the
coordinates an the negative
number (-137.4Az). That means the
objective of the camera
is pointed to the opposite direction,
that is 317.4 or NORTHWEST
so the airplane is SOUTHEAST
from Ciudad del Carmen as
the coordinates are shown in the
FLIR's screen: LAT. 18
26.56' LONG. 90 46.22'
About the movement of the clouds and lights in the video:
While the airplane is moving
the clouds also move but sometimes
they don't, that's when
the FLIR's operator focuses on the
lights and then the clouds
stop their movement in the screen and
sometimes they move at the
same speed as the lights (parallel to
the airplanes movement).
That is because the lights are coming
from steady Oil Platform
flames (passive fire) located in the
Gulf of Mexico between 50
and 90 Km from Ciudad del Carmen
City where the objects,
at least one light as the FLIR or RADAR
operator tells is exactly
over Ciudad del Carmen city (one o'clock).
The Star Safire II's FLIR
can detect HOT SPOTS at a great
distance (50 NM) where the
human eye can't see any spot or
temperature source. (Maybe
that's why the C26A crew couldn't
see nothing with the naked
eye).
Watch the clouds very carefully
and see how they move sometimes
at the same speed as the
lights while some of them are left behind
the camera lenses, but when
the FLIR's operator focuses the
camera (sensor) on the lights
as the airplane moves the clouds
stop moving. And that corresponds
to a moving object effect
(C 26A airplane) and the
moving camera (FLIR) rotating
(panning) in his axis at
the same time.
So if you focus your attention
in the lights movement regarding
the space between the clouds
and the lights, in first plane
(closer to the camera lens
as the clouds move in second plane
seem to be steady above
the objects).
LIGHTS
AND CLOUDS ABOVE
ARE
NOT MOVING! CLICK
HERE
In the in-flight conversation
(not an official phraseology as
the military) the crew members
told that they were chased by the
objects but as I can remember
the lights never changed in speed,
separation or any sharp
turns were made nor any change in their
speed and track.
I think there is an optical
effect and by that a distortion of
the reality that make the
lights to appear as if they were
flying while they are steady
flames coming from the source of
heat that are generated
by the Oil Well flames. Remember, there
are 214 wells in 9 platforms
from 184 that PEMEX has installed
in the Gulf of Mexico. Most
of them are in front of Ciudad del
Carmen city were this now
famous sighting was recorded.
This investigation will continue.....
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Did you know about the Oil well field called CANTARELL in the Gulf
of
Mexico exactly in front of Ciudad del Carmen and not to far from
the shore?
CANTARELL
Oil well field
Could
this images have any similarity?
SEE
BELLOW
SEE HERE
WHY OBJECTS AT A GREAT DISTANCE CLOSER TO THE
HORIZON APPEAR TO BE
AT SAME ALTITUDE OF FLIGHT
http://www.alcione.org/ARTIF_HORIZON/
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Merlin
C26A Mexican Air Force relative position in a Campeche's
map
(not on scale). {The airplane's heading was apparently north}
-Following FLIR video data not verified-
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Azimuth is the direction,
in degrees in which to fly.
http://www.informationgenius.com/encyclopedia/a/az/azimuth.html
It is shown in the lower
white section of the screen the coordinates an the
negative number ( -137.4ºAz)
.That means the objective of the camera is pointed
to the opposite direction,
that is 317.4º or NORTHWEST so the airplane is
SOUTHEAST from Ciudad del
Carmen as the coordinates are shown in
the FLIR's screen: LAT.
18º26.56' LONG. 90º46.02'
USGS Global Visualization
Viewer ( cross hair shows Latitude and Longitude of the airplane's
approximate position
the day of the sighting regarding the available video images).
(edited picture above
obtained from U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) Global Visualization Viewer)
OVER IMPOSED PICTURE
FROM THE ABOVE AND BELLOW IMAGES
SHOWING SOME OIL WELLS
IN FRONT OF CIUDAD DEL CARMEN CITY.
picture above from:
U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) Global Visualization Viewer)
IMAGE PROPERTY OF:
UNAM - INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DEL MAR Y LIMNOLOGÍA
http://biblioweb.dgsca.unam.mx/cienciasdelmar/instituto/1983-1/articulo156.html
MAGE PROPERTY OF:
UNAM - INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DEL MAR Y LIMNOLOGÍA
http://biblioweb.dgsca.unam.mx/cienciasdelmar/instituto/1983-1/articulo156.html
Basic Camera Performance Specifications and Relevant Questions
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Imaging Performance • Minimum Measurement Spot Size Resolution Can the camera fully resolve
and accurately measure the temperature of the smallest targets
• Optics Does the camera come with
a lens that can focus on and enable full resolution of all targets?
• Sensitivity Can the camera clearly differentiate
between the most subtle temperature differences that will encounter?
• Resolution -- clarity of images produced under all ambient conditions Can the camera produce images that are sharp and readily interpreted by the eye? • Video Output/Input Can we connect the camera
to a monitor to see the target enlarged in real-time?
• Onboard Video Capability Can the camera record and playback a full-motion video of objects in motion? • Onboard Visible Photograph Capability Can the IR camera also record visible light images of the targets? Image Presentation • On-board Display Is the display clear and
readable?
• Backlighting Option Does the display have backlighting for low-light conditions? Measurement Performance • Temperature range(s) Is the camera able to measure targets at all the temperatures that I will encounter? • Sensitivity and Accuracy Over the Stated Temperature Range(s) How accurate are the camera’s
measurements over the entire range of ambient and target temperatures?
• Measurement Modes Does the camera offer measurement
tools we may need such as movable spot, area maximum,
• Set-up Controls Can we easily set/adjust date/time, ºC/ºF, language options, scale, information field, on-board display brightness? • Measurement Corrections Can we manually set emissivity and reflected apparent temperature? •Special
Features and Accessories
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| REFERENCE
DATA:
Gulf of Mexico Cantarell Oil wells names and location: IXTOC I Offshore
Platform
Abkatun 91 Offshore
Platform
Abkatun-N
Offshore Platform
Akal-GC Offshore
Platform
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
 Akal-B
& L Offshore Platform
Abkatun-AOffshore
Platform
Abkatun-B
Offshore
Platform
Abkatun-C
Offshore
Platform
CHUC-A
Offshore
Platform,
LIST OF OIL PLATFORMS IN FRONT OF CIUDAD DEL CARMEN:
PEP = ( Pemex Exploración y Producción
)
EQUIPO DE PERFORACION Y MANTENIMIENTO 5643 (PEP)
Source: PROFEPA ( The Program of Environmental Justice Procuration)
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