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Medjugorje Unseen Object Photograph

1991-09-19Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia (historic)

Maria Kulis photographed St. James Church at Medjugorje; a dark object was noticed only after film development. The original negative was examined, but no visual sighting existed and ordinary airborne objects were not excluded.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Unresolved Structured Object(C-000265)→Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→
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Encounter · Hall Volume II Encounter Claim

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CLAIM-953245reported
“Maria Kulis’s church photograph contained a dark object noticed only after development; the original negative was later examined.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Medjugorje photograph; uploaded PDF pp. 321-322
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Encounter · Hall Volume II Source Caveat

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CLAIM-953246disputed
“No witness saw the object visually and a kite or other ordinary airborne object could not be ruled out.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Medjugorje kite/ordinary-object caveat; uploaded PDF pp. 321-322
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Hall Volume II Photographic-Evidence Framework · Hall Volume II Source Framework

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CLAIM-953200reported
“Hall retains the 1964 principle that a still photograph is only approximately as reliable as the person who took it and the documented circumstances surrounding it.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Photographic evidence witness-reliability principle; uploaded PDF pp. 297-299 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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Hall Volume II Photographic-Evidence Framework · Hall Volume II Evidence Claim

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CLAIM-953201reported
“Hall evaluates six factors: witness character, strangeness, camera technical data, direct testimony/circumstances, completeness of analysis and peer review.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Hall six-factor photographic rating methodology; uploaded PDF pp. 297-299 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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CLAIM-953230disputed
“Hall discusses an anomalous October 1978 DMSP weather-satellite image obtained through an Elmendorf AFB weather center. Bruce Maccabee reportedly ruled out several image artifacts but could not fully exclude a satellite or space-debris object.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · October 1978 DMSP weather-satellite anomalous image; uploaded PDF pp. 312-313
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Hall Volume II Photographic-Evidence Framework · Hall Volume II Source Caveat

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CLAIM-953202reported
“Hall stresses that a technically authentic image does not by itself establish the identity or extraordinary origin of the photographed object.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Image authenticity versus object identity caveat; uploaded PDF pp. 297-299 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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Medjugorje Unseen Object Photograph (1991-09-19): Evidence Dossier & Witness Reports | ANOMALY | ANOMALY UAP Archive & Controlled Vocabulary