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Both Jonathan Whitcomb and Clifford
Paiva, early in 2017, concluded that the
image now called “Ptp” had a genuine
photographed modern pterosaur. It now
seems that the wings may have come
from a hoax manipulation.
Civil War Pterosaur Photo
Two
old-looking
photographs
are
often
confused,
both
appearing
to
have
several
Civil
War
soldiers
standing
over
something
lying
on
the
ground.
The
one
on
the
left
is
more
realistic
(
click
for
a
better
view
).
For
clarity,
it
is
labeled
“
Ptp
.”
For
many
months,
it
was
thought,
by
physicist
Clifford
Paiva
and
cryptozoologist
Jonathan
Whitcomb
to
be
an
image
of
an
actual
modern
pterosaur,
maybe
related
to
the
Pteranodon
.
In
November
of
2018,
however,
a
still
image
from
an
animation
in
an
episode
of
Walking
with Dinosaurs
was seen to have a wing very like a wing in Ptp.
As
of
mid-December
of
2018,
it
is
still
unclear
what
processes
were
used
in
the
overall
construction
of
Ptp.
It
seems
most
likely
that
both
wings
were
inserted
into
the
image
from
an
image
in
an
animation
in
an
episode
of
Walking with Dinosaurs
, but that does not explain the rest of Ptp.
Jonathan
Whitcomb
has
shown
that
those
six
apparent
soldiers
were
probably
standing
for
a
photograph
together,
at
least
some
of
them.
Close
examination
of
the
belt
buckles
shows
that
the
soldier
who
appears
to
be
in
front
was,
according
to
the
pixel
width
of
his
belt
buckle,
closer
to
the
camera, compared with the other soldiers.
In
previous
years,
at
least
one
or
two
skeptics
suggested
that
the
six
soldiers
(in
Ptp)
were
just
images
of
men
inserted
onto
a
photo.
To
get
the
distances
from
the
camera
realistic,
however,
that
would
have
been
hard
to
do,
probably
more
difficult
that
just
photographing
men
dressed
up
in
uniforms used by American Civil War reenactors.
But
the
Haxan
Films
imitation
on
the
right
has
long
been
known
to
be
a
hoax:
In
that
Freakylinks
TV-show
photo
of
Civil
War
reenactors,
one
or
two
of
whom
are
heavyset,
which
is
not
normal
in
Civil
War
photos.
At
their
feet
(in
the
hoax
photo)
is
what
may
be
a
large
canvass
construction,
not
an
animal
carcass
but
crudely
made
to
imitate
one.
Don’t
confuse
that
hoax
with
Ptp,
even
though
at
least
part
of
Ptp
appears
to
have
come
from
some kind of hoax manipulation.
Yet
Whitcomb
no
longer
supports
Ptp
as
anything
like
clear
evidence
for
some species of modern pterosaur.
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Clifford Paiva shows how the boot of
the soldier and the head of the animal
have consistent shadows. Although the
wings appear to have been created as a
hoax, other aspects of Ptp are not so
easily dismissed with “Photoshopped.”
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A ropen was observed here (CA) in clear
daylight in the summer of 2007. The tail
was estimated to be 15-16 feet long. This
modern pterosaur may have been the same
species seen in other areas of the USA.
The great majority of sightings of modern
pterosaurs suggest Rhamphorhynchoids
rather than Pterodactyloids. The above
sketch was drawn by the U. S. Marine
Eskin C. Kuhn just minutes after his
observation of two large “pterodactyls”
at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 1971.
Some eyewitnesses of large featherless
flying creatures, however, describe them
in terms suggesting a Pterodactyloid.
Encounters with very large pterosaurs—
those are not restricted to the 1800’s in
the USA. Gideon Koro saw one in about
1994, along with six other native boys.
Umboi Is. native saw a huge ropen
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Civil War Pterosaur Photo
Two
old-looking
photographs
are
often
confused,
both
appearing
to
have
several
Civil
War
soldiers
standing
over
something
lying
on
the
ground.
The
one
on
the
left
is
more
realistic
(
click
for
a
better
view
).
For
clarity,
it
is
labeled
“
Ptp
.”
For
many
months,
it
was
thought,
by
physicist
Clifford
Paiva
and
cryptozoologist
Jonathan
Whitcomb
to
be
an
image
of
an
actual
modern
pterosaur,
maybe
related
to
the
Pteranodon
.
In
November
of
2018,
however,
a
still
image
from
an
animation
in
an
episode
of
Walking
with
Dinosaurs
was
seen
to
have
a wing very like a wing in Ptp.
As
of
mid-December
of
2018,
it
is
still
unclear
what
processes
were
used
in
the
overall
construction
of
Ptp.
It
seems
most
likely
that
both
wings
were
inserted
into
the
image
from
an
image
in
an
animation
in
an
episode
of
Walking
with
Dinosaurs
,
but
that
does
not
explain
the
rest of Ptp.
Jonathan
Whitcomb
has
shown
that
those
six
apparent
soldiers
were
probably
standing
for
a
photograph
together,
at
least
some
of
them.
Close
examination
of
the
belt
buckles
shows
that
the
soldier
who
appears
to
be
in
front
was,
according
to
the
pixel
width
of
his
belt
buckle, closer to the camera, compared with the other soldiers.
In
previous
years,
at
least
one
or
two
skeptics
suggested
that
the
six
soldiers
(in
Ptp)
were
just
images
of
men
inserted
onto
a
photo.
To
get
the
distances
from
the
camera
realistic,
however,
that
would
have
been
hard
to
do,
probably
more
difficult
that
just
photographing
men
dressed up in uniforms used by American Civil War reenactors.
But
the
Haxan
Films
imitation
on
the
right
has
long
been
known
to
be
a
hoax:
In
that
Freakylinks
TV-show
photo
of
Civil
War
reenactors,
one
or
two
of
whom
are
heavyset,
which
is
not
normal
in
Civil
War
photos.
At
their
feet
(in
the
hoax
photo)
is
what
may
be
a
large
canvass
construction,
not
an
animal
carcass
but
crudely
made
to
imitate
one.
Don’t
confuse
that
hoax
with
Ptp,
even
though
at
least
part
of
Ptp
appears
to
have
come
from
some
kind
of
hoax
manipulation.
###
Clifford Paiva shows how the soldier’s boot and
the head of the animal do have consistent shadows.
Although the wings appear to have been created as
a hoax, other aspects of the Ptp image are not easily
dismissed with the word “Photoshopped.”
Both Jonathan Whitcomb and Clifford
Paiva, early in 2017, concluded that the
image now called “Ptp” had a genuine
photographed modern pterosaur. It now
seems that the wings may have come
from a hoax manipulation.
Whitcomb no longer supports Ptp as
anything like clear evidence for some
species of modern pterosaur.
Contact:
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