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This article is copyright, 2007 by Cody Polston, Bob Carter and SGHA. All rights reserved.
Location: The Lodge, Cloudcroft, NM
Date taken: October 14 , 2007
Photographer: C. Polston
M/E/EM fields: 2 nt
Camera Model : Sony MVC-CD 350, IR enhanced

 SGHA Research ~ Photograph analysis ~ The Lodge Photo

A digital image can be treated as a data set to extract information. This is the information that we extracted from a digital photograph taken during a investigation at the Jerome Mining Museum.

A digital image can be treated as a data set to extract information. Each pixel's intensity value is a measure of how much energy was used to generate it within the band of spectrum used to produce the image. The sum of the pixel intensities is a measure of the total energy used to create the whole image.

Before

Shot 1

Shot 2

Shot 3

After

This is an analysis of a photo sequence captured at the Lodge in Cloudcroft. the photos were taken at a media event attended by the local newspaper photographer from Alamogordo. The photographs were taken in the Governor's Suite, which, according to local legend, is a favorite spot for their ghost "Rebecca".

Twenty two people were present in the hallway adjoining the room in the photographs, watching the event. In the photograph, Chris Fleming is attempting to contact the ghost of Rebecca.

Shot 1

In this shot, the object appears to be composed of a darker mass with a "tail" composed of a brighter mass. There also appears to be a shadow on the right side of the object.

Spectrum Analysis: In a spectral analysis, the darker region appears to vanish as its frequency is close to the image's background. the brighter mass appears to be composed of at least two different wavelengths.

Band Pass Filter: The particulate nature of the object becomes more apparent and defined. Notice how this changes between Shots 1 and 2.

Shot 2

Shot 3

In Shot three the object is in the process of vanishing (loss of density and form). This is more obvious in the Band Pass Image below.

The spectral analysis shows the object collapsing between the time shot 2 and shot 3 were taken.

Composition of the object is still unknown.

Programs used for analysis: Scanalyze, Analyze 7.0

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