Objectiveness Press Release
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5347 South New Hampton
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Copyright 2007-2018 Jonathan David Whitcomb
Glowing Creatures Videotaped
in Papua New Guinea
Investigators declare that fourteen seconds of a video taken in Papua New
Guinea are of two bioluminescent pterosaurs. A physicist who analyzed the
video found no commonplace explanation and no refutation of the concept.
NEWS PROVIDED BY
Jonathan David Whitcomb
Original version: Feb 7, 2007
Slight revision: MURRAY, Utah, July 6, 2018/OBJECTIVENESS —
A physicist, who examined video footage of two strange lights that explorers think are bioluminescent pterosaurs, declares
that the glow is not from meteors, lanterns, campfires or an airplane. Paul Nation, of Granbury, Texas, videotaped the lights
one night, in November, 2006, in a remote mountainous area of the mainland of Papua New Guinea. Here, the natives call
the creature "indava," but explorers call it by the name used on Umboi Island: "ropen."
Cliff Paiva, a missile defense physicist working in Southern California, found no commonplace explanation for the fourteen
seconds of video. Reporting his initial findings to Jonathan Whitcomb, author of "Searching for Ropens," he also noted that
the two glowing forms independently and only slowly changed light intensity; this is unlike the flickering of a fire. The telephone
interview, on February 5, 2007, was in anticipation of the final scientific report, expected later in February. Paiva doubted that
any shape or features could be identified in the video frames: only two lights. Therefore, he could not present his case as if it
were a proof that those lights were from pterosaurs. He simply eliminated commonplace alternatives.
Paul Nation's 2006 sightings make his expedition stand out from all previous living-pterosaur expeditions from 1994 through
2004. He saw eight flights of the nocturnal creatures: low altitude over the mountain ridges, far northwest of Port Moresby,
the capital of Papua New Guinea. Two of the creatures were videotaped on a ridge, above the village of Nation's base camp,
as they were about to take off into the air. But even with binoculars, he never saw any shape of the creatures, and only the
glow was recorded on his consumer camcorder. Nevertheless, investigators, including Nation and Whitcomb, believe that the
lights are made by bioluminescent creatures similar to the Umboi Island ropen.
Paiva told Whitcomb that the analysis found no evidence of any smoke or rising plume that would indicate a fire-source.
Meteors and airplanes were also ruled out. One of the lights, through 3-D imaging analysis, showed a slight dip in intensity
at the center, the opposite of what should be found in video footage of a lantern or large flashlight. Preliminary findings showed
nothing contradicting the idea that the lights were made by bioluminescent creatures, and nothing in a deeper analysis gave
any different perspective.
Until November, 2006, skeptics had criticized the living-pterosaur investigators for their lack of physical evidence. Standard
scientific models say that the last pterosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago, but the American investigators (expeditions
from 1994 to 2006) all disbelieve in ancient, universal extinctions and even doubt the ancient ages of pterosaur fossils.
Nation and Whitcomb had explored Umboi Island, northeast of the mainland of Papua New Guinea, separately in earlier years.
Those early searches resulted in no sightings by Americans, only interviews with eyewitnesses. Two more Americans followed
them, late in 2004, and one of them saw the "ropen-light" briefly, but no form was seen. The eyewitness testimonies of the
natives interviewed in those earlier expeditions, however, convinced the four Americans that the creature, known in various
native languages as "ropen," "indava," "duwas," and "seklo-bali," is a long-tailed pterosaur.
The first explorer was Carl Baugh, founder of the Creation Evidence Museum in Glen Rose, Texas.
Learn more at https://ropens.com
Investigators declare that fourteen seconds of a
video taken in Papua New Guinea are of two
bioluminescent pterosaurs. A physicist who
analyzed the video found no commonplace
explanation and no refutation of the concept.
Glowing Creatures Videotaped
in Papua New Guinea
NEWS PROVIDED BY
Jonathan David Whitcomb
Original version: Feb 7, 2007
Slight revision: MURRAY, Utah, July 6, 2018/OBJECTIVENESS —
A physicist, who examined video footage of two strange lights that
explorers think are bioluminescent pterosaurs, declares that the glow
is not from meteors, lanterns, campfires or an airplane. Paul Nation,
of Granbury, Texas, videotaped the lights one night, in November, 2006,
in a remote mountainous area of the mainland of Papua New Guinea.
Here, the natives call the creature "indava," but explorers call it by the
name used on Umboi Island: "ropen."
Cliff Paiva, a missile defense physicist working in Southern California,
found no commonplace explanation for the fourteen seconds of video.
Reporting his initial findings to Jonathan Whitcomb, author of "Searching
for Ropens," he also noted that the two glowing forms independently
and only slowly changed light intensity; this is unlike the flickering of a
fire. The telephone interview, on February 5, 2007, was in anticipation
of the final scientific report, expected later in February. Paiva doubted
that any shape or features could be identified in the video frames: only
two lights. Therefore, he could not present his case as if it were a proof
that those lights were from pterosaurs. He simply eliminated common-
place alternatives.
Paul Nation's 2006 sightings make his expedition stand out from all
previous living-pterosaur expeditions from 1994 through 2004. He saw
eight flights of the nocturnal creatures: low altitude over the mountain
ridges, far northwest of Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea.
Two of the creatures were videotaped on a ridge, above the village of
Nation's base camp, as they were about to take off into the air. But even
with binoculars, he never saw any shape of the creatures, and only the
glow was recorded on his consumer camcorder. Nevertheless, investi-
gators, including Nation and Whitcomb, believe that the lights are made
by bioluminescent creatures similar to the Umboi Island ropen.
Paiva told Whitcomb that the analysis found no evidence of any smoke
or rising plume that would indicate a fire-source. Meteors and airplanes
were also ruled out. One of the lights, through 3-D imaging analysis,
showed a slight dip in intensity at the center, the opposite of what should
be found in video footage of a lantern or large flashlight. Preliminary
findings showed nothing contradicting the idea that the lights were
made by bioluminescent creatures, and nothing in a deeper analysis
gave any different perspective.
Until November, 2006, skeptics had criticized the living-pterosaur
investigators for their lack of physical evidence. Standard scientific
models say that the last pterosaurs became extinct 65 million years
ago, but the American investigators (expeditions from 1994 to 2006)
all disbelieve in ancient, universal extinctions and even doubt the
ancient ages of pterosaur fossils.
Nation and Whitcomb had explored Umboi Island, northeast of the
mainland of Papua New Guinea, separately in earlier years. Those
early searches resulted in no sightings by Americans, only interviews
with eyewitnesses. Two more Americans followed them, late in 2004,
and one of them saw the "ropen-light" briefly, but no form was seen.
The eyewitness testimonies of the natives interviewed in those earlier
expeditions, however, convinced the four Americans that the creature,
known in various native languages as "ropen," "indava," "duwas," and
"seklo-bali," is a long-tailed pterosaur.
The first explorer was Carl Baugh, founder of the Creation Evidence
Museum in Glen Rose, Texas.
Learn more at https://ropens.com
Objectiveness Press Release
Related press releases (living pterosaurs):
Flying Dinosaurs — Alive!
Murray, Utah, Resident Seeks Eyewitnesses
Living pterosaurs in North Carolina
*
Contact:
Jonathan Whitcomb
5347 South New Hampton
Murray, Utah 84123
Or contact Whitcomb by email
*
The original press release (very similar to the above) was published
on the following page:
https://www.prfree.com/index.php?action=preview&cur=index&id=58416
(but this page is no longer functioning)
Copyright 2007-2018 Jonathan David Whitcomb
Objectiveness Press Release
Related press releases (living pterosaurs):
Flying Dinosaurs — Alive!
Murray, Utah, Resident Seeks Eyewitnesses
Living pterosaurs in North Carolina
*
Contact:
Jonathan Whitcomb
5347 South New Hampton
Murray, Utah 84123
Or contact Whitcomb by email
*
The original press release (very similar to the above) was published
on the following page:
https://www.prfree.com/index.php?action=preview&cur=index&id=58416
(but this page is no longer functioning)
Copyright 2007-2018 Jonathan David Whitcomb
Glowing Creatures
Videotaped in
Papua New Guinea
Investigators declare that fourteen seconds of a video taken in
Papua New Guinea are of two bioluminescent pterosaurs.
A physicist who analyzed the video found no commonplace
explanation and no refutation of the concept.
NEWS PROVIDED BY
Jonathan David Whitcomb
Original version: Feb 7, 2007
Slight revision: MURRAY, Utah, July 6, 2018/OBJECTIVENESS —
A physicist, who examined video footage of two strange lights that explorers think are
bioluminescent pterosaurs, declares that the glow is not from meteors, lanterns, campfires
or an airplane. Paul Nation, of Granbury, Texas, videotaped the lights one night, in November,
2006, in a remote mountainous area of the mainland of Papua New Guinea. Here, the natives
call the creature "indava," but explorers call it by the name used on Umboi Island: "ropen."
Cliff Paiva, a missile defense physicist working in Southern California, found no common-
place explanation for the fourteen seconds of video. Reporting his initial findings to Jonathan
Whitcomb, author of "Searching for Ropens," he also noted that the two glowing forms
independently and only slowly changed light intensity; this is unlike the flickering of a fire.
The telephone interview, on February 5, 2007, was in anticipation of the final scientific report,
expected later in February [2007]. Paiva doubted that any shape or features could be identi-
fied in the video frames: only two lights. Therefore, he could not present his case as if it were
a proof that the lights were from pterosaurs. He simply eliminated commonplace alternatives.
Paul Nation's 2006 sightings make his expedition stand out from all previous living-pterosaur
expeditions from 1994 through 2004. He saw eight flights of the nocturnal creatures: low
altitude over the mountain ridges, far northwest of Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New
Guinea. Two of the creatures were videotaped on a ridge, above the village of Nation's base
camp, as they were about to take off into the air. But even with binoculars, he never saw any
shape of the creatures, and only the glow was recorded on his consumer camcorder. Never-
theless, investigators, including Nation and Whitcomb, believe that the lights are made by
bioluminescent creatures similar to the Umboi Island ropen.
Paiva told Whitcomb that the analysis found no evidence of any smoke or rising plume that
would indicate a fire-source. Meteors and airplanes were also ruled out. One of the lights,
through 3-D imaging analysis, showed a slight dip in intensity at the center, the opposite of
what should be found in video footage of a lantern or large flashlight. Preliminary findings
showed nothing contradicting the idea that the lights were made by bioluminescent creatures,
and nothing in a deeper analysis gave any different perspective.
Until November, 2006, skeptics had criticized the living-pterosaur investigators for their lack
of physical evidence. Standard scientific models say that the last pterosaurs became extinct
65 million years ago, but the American investigators (expeditions from 1994 to 2006) all
disbelieve in ancient, universal extinctions and even doubt ancient ages of pterosaur fossils.
Nation and Whitcomb had explored Umboi Island, northeast of the mainland of Papua New
Guinea, separately in earlier years. Those early searches resulted in no sightings by Americans,
only interviews with eyewitnesses. Two more Americans followed them, late in 2004, and one
of them saw the "ropen-light" briefly, but no form was seen. The eyewitness testimonies of the
natives interviewed in those earlier expeditions, however, convinced the four Americans that
the creature, known in various native languages as ropen, indava, duwas, and seklo-bali, is a
long-tailed pterosaur.
The first explorer was Carl Baugh, founder of the Creation Evidence Museum in Glen Rose,
Texas.
Learn more at https://ropens.com
