UFOs in Mexico? Photo analysis shows not the real thing.

By accident I came across a photo taken in Mexico that shows 4 “UFOs” hovering above a cathedral. This is a case I found on MUFON’s website and that immediately caught my attention because I right away recognized it as being something else. Being a photographer myself I saw this is a case of lens fragments causing internal reflections within the glass, caused and brought out because of the special, but not uncommon, circumstances.

There are 4 objects visible at the top, seemingly hovering above the church. (click photo to enlarge)

After studying this photo I could quickly see that we have internal reflections of the very strong street lights. Proof of this works as follows: Since this photo was provided full size and in original form I was able to find the absolute center by drawing two lines down the middle (in red). Now we can draw a line from each of the UFOs through the crosspoint of the absolute middle of the lens system and they come out exactly at the center of each of the street lights.

Slightly brightened photo and reconstruction of lens reflections’ paths added with blue lines. (click photo to enlarge)

There have been a couple of photos circulating around the web from a very similar “UFO” in London, but they show the exact same effect that caused it. I would be curious to see if that was the same brand and model of digital camera, but unfortunately I do not have the original photos.

In any case: Case closed!