Why do so many UFO'S appear on Photos but the Witness Did Not See Them? We have become aware that many UFO objects have appeared in photos and the photographer was unaware of the object in the viewfinder or digital screen. The UFO object was discovered when viewing the photos later. There may be a few reasons why this is happening. We know that today's digital cameras have infrared capabilities and this means the camera can see what the eye cannot see. Screens on today's digital cameras are so small, it would be impossible to see a small UFO in the background. We can all agree that UFO's are advanced in technology, possible by a million years, so a UFO being "cloaked" to be invisible to our human eye is not too farfetched a theory. Our eyes can be affected by many things and "change blindness" can be a part of this problem. Change Blindness occurs when our peripheral vision is less than perfect. We can easily visualize the image we are concentrating on through the viewfinder of a camera (Macular Vision) but the objects around our main object (Peripheral Vision) do not register in our brains. The term "inattentional blindness" was coined by Arien Mack to describe the results of extensive studies of the visual perception of unexpected objects. People often miss the unexpected shape. Classifying a failure of awareness as inattentional blindness. All of the following criteria must hold to classify a failure of awareness as inattentional blindness as opposed to a different type of failure of awareness. Note that not all failures of awareness that result from distraction or inattention to a stimulus constitute inattentional blindness. Observers fail to notice a visual object or event. The object or event is fully-visible and observers readily see it if they are looking for it. The failure to notice results from engagement of attention on other aspects of the display and not from aspects of the visual stimulus itself. The object or event is unexpected. Why it matters that the critical stimulus is unexpected... Traditionally, inattentional blindness refers specifically to the failure to notice unexpected objects. Some recent studies have demonstrated failures to notice objects that occur on many trials due to attentional engagement on a primary task. In such cases, the critical objects are expected, but observers fail to report them because they are engaged in another task. When a critical stimulus appears repeatedly during an experiment, observers do have a reason to look for it. Consequently, it might be attended, just not sufficiently to produce awareness of it. Such failures of awareness might be due to insufficient attention rather than inattention. The unexpected nature of the critical stimulus is what differentiates inattentional blindness from other failures of awareness due to distraction or attentional failures. Back to UFO Sightings || Viewzone Magazine || Comments? Comments: