(03-19-2026, 08:36 AM)F2d5thCav Wrote: That has been my sense of whatever has been perceived. Something not of this world, but adjacent to it.
I've heard that night vision devices and thermal sensors see some odd bits at night. I wanted to try it, but the good gear is too expensive.
You can get infrared gear pretty cheap, but genuine starlite tech with light intensifier tubes is pretty pricey - a single pair of goggles runs anywhere from 3500 to 5000 dollars. Scopes like rifle scopes go for a good bit more than that.
The problem with infrared is that whatever you're looking at can see you too, or at least your location if your using "active" gear that comes with it's own illuminator beam. If you have steady nerves, you can make a half-assed infrared image capture device out of a digital camera. The CCD's they use in them are infrared sensitive, and have an infrared filter ( what looks like a sheet of clear plastic) over the CCD that filters most of it out. If you remove that filter, you can catch some pretty wild looking shots.
I used to have a Sony camera years ago that had an infrared switch. When you slid the switch, it slid the infrared filter off of the CCD. BUT - it also had built-in infrared beams for illumination in total darkness, and anyone could see your location if they also had an infrared detector.
Most TV remotes use infrared. If you point a remote at yourself and push a button, your eyes see nothing. But if you point one at a digital camera and push a button, you can see the IR LED light up, even with the filter in place.
Most "night vision" cameras and most of the "night vision" gear you can get at sporting good stores work on IR principles.
Genuine "starlite" gear can also detect infrared even though it doesn't use it. You can see IR lasers and illuminators through it, for example.
Here's a fun thing to try some time - get a spook real good and drunk and ask him what UFO's are. Make sure he's real good and drunk, though, and won't remember it the next day!
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