Here is an updated photo on which I did a rendition showing the shape that I perceive in this image.
I've not thought too much of this until I saw a similar picture posted here by M. Thomas.
Again, I snapped this image while turning around to take a picture of a redtail hawk with prey on the
side of the road. I mention this because I like to think that I would have noticed a bird in the frame as
I had "birds" on my mind. I snapped the image of the plane because I have painted nose art on several
of these tankers for the local wing (126th ARW) of the air national guard. I thought that I might be
able to blow it up on my computer and see my artwork! Needless to say, I had the camera
unfortunately set on low resolution.
When I first saw the shape in the frame, I couldn't help but be reminded of an old photo of a ufo from
the 50s or 60s at a similar angle which I've seen reproduced in books and on tv shows. I've done a
rendition on this image to convey this shape. It appears as a somewhat of a "pie pan" shape with a
slight bulbous appendage on the top. There seems to be a dark area (or two?) on the vertical side
portion perhaps representing a sort of banding around the object (like the band around a hat). And
there is a slight color differentiation towards the front as well.
I can't help but see a similarity to the second pic posted by M. Thomas especially the dark banding I
describe above. I can email you the original image file (116kb) without my renditions, etc. if you are
interested.
--Marc Sova
marcsova@charter.net