Scottish UFO sightings caused by camera phones

There have been a rash of camera phone videos showing, supposedly, flying saucers, reports the Sunday Mail in Scotland.

Scotland has one of the highest number of UFO sightings in the world.  The camera phone videos are not, however, the result of “true” sightings. 

As the Sunday Mail reports, the white blobs -- the “flying saucers” -- in the videos are actually produced because camera phone optics aren't able to cope with the light of the sun and produce a flare that looks like a shining UFO.

Expert opinion

The newspaper interviewed Gordon Ridley, a senior lecturer in photography at Glasgow College of Printing.  He says, "I believe the footage came about due to sensor burn-out when the picture was taken into the sun.

'The limited sensor in a camera phone cannot cope with the brightness and a solid black blob appears in the image in the middle of the bright area.  The rays coming down can be explained by the flares created from photographing into the sun, causing the sensors to overload."

(Written on and transmitted from my RIM BlackBerry)

Comments

[Dave]

Surely then this can be proven scientifically in order to repudiate the many sightings. And why only Scotland?

I personally haven't been able to replicate a UFO in the way suggested. I'm sceptical as to this explanation.

[jez ippolito]

All the Conjecture is Bullshit. I have seen the phenomena and even I with conclusive photographic evidence have now come to the truthful conclusion that extra terrestrial activity is undeniable.What I saw is
technology that we didnt invent.
Its technology of this there is no doubt.There are too many photos I have for all of it to be conveniently explainable.Photographic evidence the likes that has never been seen before. That I can gaurantee. The Pictures I took.The other thing is, the only reason I took pictures was because that was prompted by THE EYE THAT NEVER LIES You will really just have to take my word for it.
The truth is even if you get the truth IN A MOMENT you will still disbelieve because a moment is not enough. If you see something extrenely rare dont bother reporting it. Your report will get explained, doubted, rubbished or something worse. Let these city doubting bastards individuals frolick in the heap of their doubt and terrible disbelief.