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 Confusion with a natural object or phenomenon

• Meteorological

• Cloud
• Electricity (ball lightning, transitory luminous phenomena)
• Hanging ice crystals (parhelion, light pillar, halo, sub-sun)
• Other (glory or Brocken spectre,…)

• Astronomical

• Star

• [2012 - Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone (France)]

• Moon

• [2000 - Tlamacas (Mexico)]

• Planet
• Meteor
• Other (comet,…)

• Animal

• Insect

• [2012 - Glen Rose (USA)]
• [2017- Six-Fours-les-Plages (France)]

• Bird

• [2010 - Tulum (Mexico)]
• [2014 - Auburn Hills (USA)]
• [2016 - Saint-Raphaël (France)]

• Other…

Confusion with an artificial object or phenomenon

• Satellite

• [2012 - Michigan (USA)]

• Airplane

• [2006 - Barcelona (Spain)]
• [2011 - Heathrow (UK)]
• [2013 - Bolingbrook (USA)]
• [2014 - Chilean Navy (Chile)]

• Helicopter

• [2005 - Palm Beach (USA)]

• Balloon, solar airship

• [2009 - Col de Vence (France)]
• [2009 - Lake Havasu (USA)]
• [2016 - Buenos Aires (Argentina)]

• Flying lantern

• [2011 - Nashville (USA)]
• [2013 - Lyon (France)]
• [2013 - Aguadilla (Puerto Rico)]

• Reflection on a window, a mirror

• [2009 - London (UK)]
• [2010 - El Yeso (Chili)]

• Other (rocket, kite, frisbee, skytracker, boat, model, microcopter, banner,…)

• [1979 - Treviso (Italy)]
• [2011 - Austin (USA)]
• [2011 - New York (USA)]
• [2012 - Nashville (USA)]

Artefact due to the camera

• Focus

• Orb

• [2006 - Trout Lake (USA)]

• Obstacle (window)

• Exposure

• Double exposure
• Long exposure (rod)

• [2011 - Boston (USA)]

                         

• Sensor

• Saturation (CCD burning, blooming, smear,…)

• [2011 - Manipur (India)]

• Dust

• Lens

• Lens flare

• [2011 - Saint Jean Cap Ferrat (France)]
• [2012 - Monaco]
• [2012 - Castel Rock (USA)]
• [2017 - Montpellier (France)]

• Dust

• Other (quality degradation due to JPEG compression,…)

Artefact due to the operator or another person

• Pareidolia

• [2005 - Dharamsala (India)]
• [2010 - Hawaii (USA)]

• Fake

• [1950 - McMinnville (USA)]
• [1952 - Lac Chauvet (France)]
• [2006 - New Forest (UK)]
• [2007 - Gulf Breeze (USA)]
• [2010 - Phoenix (USA)]

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