VGHRS Investigation of the Civil War Museum at the Exchange Hotel
Photography: Digital

Digital Pics From Prelim Available
Submitted 11/26/03 by Gary Dillon for the VGHRS

I have posted the pictures for the Exchange Hotel on my server.
Sorry that they are not in a slideshow format, just in a directory.
The next to last file is an mpeg of Jim Hale's oscilliscope taken in
darkness. To access the photos, go to:

http://fluvannaonline.com/Exchange%20Hotel/

Let me know if you have any questions.
e-mail Gary Dillon at: sqzdog@yahoo.com

A Closer Look at Exchange 071.jpg
Submitted 11/26/03 by Gary Dillon, Jim Hale and Tommy Amos for the VGHRS

Gary Dillon captured over 90 digital pics and 1 mpeg file with his Sony DSC-3P during our preliminary investigation of the Museum & grounds. Among the set of shots taken indoors after dark (and without flash) only a few showed any signs of light exposure. In other words, most shots yielded just a dark blank image - not even an orb!

However - Gary noticed that seven of the shots displayed variations of streaking lights. Those seven are:
Exchange Hotel jpg files: 061, 064, 070, 071, 072, 073 & 075. They can be found in their original unedited form in Gary's directory listed above or ~ click on a tab below to open that image now. Let us know if you spot anything interesting.

061 064 070 071 072 073 075

Scroll down for a closer look at Exchange Hotel 071.jpg

071.jpg

A reddish/orange streak.

Zoomed in and lightend.

Window is visible now and

the streak appears to be

crossing in front of a window pane.

Outline of chair back in lower left

is just visible.
Additional enhancement by Tommy Amos.

Now we see window is covered by a curtain.

Chair back is also seen more clearly -
there appears to be a double exposure
effect, but camera is picking up the
chair's shadow cast against the curtain.

The curtain is a one piece natural muslin
and hangs over the entire window.
Did it act as a projection screen and
serve to reflect light from some
ordinary source?

???

Another Look at the Room With the Window
Submitted 12/01/03 by Charlie Hutchin, Gary Dillon and Jim Hale for the VGHRS


Charlie Hutchin identified the room that 071.jpg was taken in
as being the same room shown in 053.jpg (taken with flash).
This is the top floor front south west corner room that we were
told was the center of most activity - and the same room where
visitors reported seeing strange "flickering shadows" recently.

The reddish/orange light seen in the window is probably a
"sodium" street light that's located about 100-200 feet away.
Its color appears identical to that of the streak seen in 071.jpg -

But how did the light from an outside source appear to
cross in front of the window pane?

???

 

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