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Smoke, angel or ghost?

By On March 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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We took the photo on our webpage, Ghost Hunters – Ecto and Smoke, as part of a controlled experiment. We were demonstrating how smoke can look like “ecto” in photos.

However, although this picture was not taken in a “haunted” location, we wonder [...]

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‘Ecto’ and smoke

By On March 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment

We often see photos that claim to display ‘ectoplasm’ but actually show smoke. Even if someone had been smoking 20 minutes earlier, smoke particulate lingers in the air and can reflect light. This is easy to confuse with genuine anomalies.

Here are some results from our initial study of cigarette smoke.

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