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The first opportunity to use my twin-cam device on a VGHRS investigation was
Saturday evening, January 10, in Waynesboro. Two 35 mm film cameras were used to capture
simultaneous images from slightly different perspectives.

The camera mounted on the left (as seen in the pic) had a 58 mm lens with aperture set at f 4. Film speed was 400 ASA. I'll call it "Camera A".

"Camera B" (seen mounted to the right) had a zoom lens set for 35 mm
focal length (more "wide-angled" than Camera A) with aperture of f 22
(smaller opening than Camera A) and 200 ASA (slower) film.

Camera A was generally used with a UV transmission filter that blocks
all but ultraviolet light, thus allowing long exposure times in normal lighting.

Camera B was used with a smaller aperture setting and slower film to help offset the effects of extended exposure times which ranged from a few seconds to several minutes. No flash or auxilliary lighting was used, normal room
lights (as well as TV sets) were on.

After making a series of exposures in each room, I would remove the UV
transmission filter from Camera A and snap a quick shot with both cameras. This was intended to provide a "reference frame" that would indicate the change of camera location and to help "synchronize" the different view points recorded by each camera.

Camera A - Camera B

The two photographs shown below were taken simultaneously with both cameras
while the UV pass filter was removed from Camera A. This was following a series of shots in the mother's room.
Exposure time was approximately 1-2 seconds. Please look closely at each.

The "ecto-plasmic" looking image from Camera A (at left) seems quite bizarre and would appear to fit with a pattern of other strange photographs that had been taken previously by the mother of the same girl in this very room. The simultaneous image from Camera B (which gives a more wide-angle view of the room) seems less bizarre at first glance, although it is still somewhat challenging to explain or to reconcile in light of the other image. Note however that the outlined shape of the "ecto-plasm" from A matches the upper left portion of the dark silhouette in B.

Several interesting observations and questions can be
raised after examining the two photographs. For example,
a close-up detail of Camera B's image seems to show a
swirling vortex of dark energy emanating from the girl's
left arm and billowing upward to form the dark figure:

BUT . . .

Views of the room from other photos show that this
"swirling vortex" is just the design pattern on the bedspread!

Close inspection of the dark silhouette in photograph B with a magnifying glass revealed a textured pattern and a hint of brown coloration. There were also some wispy hairs clearly showing near the upper left portion of the figure. Eventually, I remembered that the mother - who is rather short with longish hair -was wearing a long brown sweater that night. She must have stepped right in front of the cameras just as I snapped this shot...

While there are still several technical questions from photograph A that I can't explain,
my conclusion based on the twin-cam evidence is: