How i capture my ufos and how i edit them

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       There was a time when the idea of making videos of UFOs would have never entered my head.   To make a video, you need a UFO.  Then it would all fall into place.  Then you'd have ONE video.  That's more than most people would ever dream of having.

      If you read my UFO history page, you'll get a clearer picture of this idea.  Mine was an evolving encounter with UFO sightings, until one day I realized, "Oh, my God.   I get it.  They're just here all the time.   They're just not showing themselves."

      Then all of a sudden I was seeing them all the time.  A strange light here.  A streaking object there.  Stars in the daytime sky.  Orbs all over the place.    Southern California is also a UFO hotspot--for whatever reason and "all of the above."  So it's ripe for the picking.

        I hold the assumption that the beings in these UFOs are from varied planets/dimensions, of varied "races," of varied goals and purposes, both good and perhaps bad.   And "historical" anecdotes tend to weave a story of longstanding aliens on our planet who are here for our betterment.  And in that context I feel certain that they become aware of you as an observer.  And as "social?" beings working towards a positive future for the planet, they perhaps desire a social interaction with the beings who aren't able to believe in their existence.  And maybe they just take it when it's available.  (See documentary Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind.)

      So, for whatever reason, I find myself in the mostly unique position of "knowing" they will be showing up ... now and again.   For certain.

      So, I'll be working in my yard, and when I look up, there's something moving through the area.  Or walking in from my car.  Or on the roof painting.  Or pouring patio cement.  They just show up.  And there are times when I ask them to behave in a certain way, .... and they do.       As a result of all of the above, I keep my cell phone near, just in case.  

      I chose my cell phone as my camera of choice.  It's what I already have.  It's almost always with me.  I can shoot in 8k resolution now.  And I'm very comfortable with it.  

      These objects show up unexpectedly and often disappear fast.  You need to act fast and with a firm grip.  And since so far all my videos are in the daytime with a bright southern California sun, usually the best I can do is hit "camera video go" and point it in the right direction.  There is too much glare to see anything clearly on the screen.   So far that works.  

      Might there be a better solution?  Perhaps.  But I don't have the money to buy a super expensive camera to experiment with.  And most of them require you to look through a viewfinder and zoom.  These little UFO guys are just too fast and all over the place for me to keep up.

      When something shows up, I grab my phone and go.  I point it in the right direction and wait for it all to end.  Sometimes I'm able to grab my near-at-hand binoculars for better context.  I do not always know what I capture.  I have an idea.  But what I've learned is that the camera catches things the naked eye never sees.  

      Also, I finally came to realize that the zoom quality of many of my videos is not as great as I'd like--not because my camera isn't good enough, but because so often the objects are MILES away.  40,000 feet is 7 1/2 miles!  Many of my sightings in the north are probably objects over the San Bernardino Mountains.  That's at least ten miles away.   And even some of the closer sightings are probably at least one or two miles away.   So now I don't feel so bad.  

      I download all my cell videos to my PC and put them on my editing software.  I use Cyberlink Power Director 365.  

      Everything I put out is what it is.  I do not Photoshop.  I do not cheat.  I do not lie. 

      I DO edit.  I cut out parts of the video that are not of the UFO.  I use a "follow" function that allows me to center the object on the screen to a great degree.  I will play with brightness and contrast without changing the nature of the object.  I will use an edge enhancer function if I judge it improves the quality of the image without turning it into something that it is not.  I will choose to emphasize certain parts of the video that seem the most important or extraordinary.   I often show different views of the object in multiple windows so the viewer has a better chance to see the object's uniqueness.  I often use the zoom function.

      The zoom function is like discovering that there is frosting on the cake.  

      The objects I catch are usually fairly small to the naked eye.  I'm never sure exactly what it is until it get it on the editing software and zoom in.  That's when the extraordinary nature of what I've captured on video hits me.   That's when I say, "Holy cow.  This is a freakin' alien spacecraft!"

      At this point I create a valid storyline for the sighting and hone in on the details that I hope make the believability of a video stand on its own.   Then I put on the finishing  touches and publish the video on YouTube, my Facebook accounts, and here on this website.