Infrared film is available in B&W and so-called “false color” slide film, which is used for reconnaissance, scientific and agricultural imaging. Since it’s also sensitive to blue light, it must be used with an orange, deep red or IR cutoff filter. Regular light meters don’t measure these frequencies of light, so exposure tests are in order.

If all that sounds like too much trouble, try a digital forensic camera, like the Fuji IS-1 or a modified Finepix S3 Pro, which will shoot both infrared and UV photos in autofocus and autoexposure!

However, no amount of technical savvy or technology can replace an inquiring, skeptical attitude. UFOlogy is riddled with attitudes and opinions that transcend belief and verge on becoming religion. I see profound disappointment and anger in some writers because “disclosure” (whatever that means) is not forthcoming from the new administration. It seems obvious to me that whatever contact is taking place or will take place is happening on the terms of what Whitley Streiber calls “the Visitors,” not on our terms. To wait indefinitely is difficult; to invent fanciful scenarios and point to every speck of dust or blurred bird as evidence of extraterrestrial visitation is worse than unproductive, it is counter-productive. Only discrimination, rationality and the thorough application of science will bring us any closer to a solution to the UFO mystery. We have no assurance, however, that our beliefs lead us anywhere at all.

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