Unveiling the Taraia Object, Episode 5: New Zealand Photos 1938 Tom Reitter

Format:

Video

Series:

Unveiling the Taraia Object

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kiribati.

Local Subjects:

Kiribati.

Genre:

Documentary films

Nonfiction films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file) sound, color

Place of Publication:

2025

Language Note:

English

System Details:

video file

Biography/History:

Tom Reitter: Tom is passionate about helping interesting people share their stories to inform, enlighten, and entertain. With two long careers—one as a filmmaker and another in software engineering—he brings a unique perspective to storytelling. Now based in Eugene, Oregon, Tom values the enduring power of facts and the clarity of the documentary format to connect with audiences. He believes storytelling is not only a way to share ideas but also a means to build new friendships and strengthen connections. By patiently listening to uncover the core and breadth of the human experience, he collaborates with storytellers to craft messages that resonate deeply with their intended audience

Summary:

In Series Episode 5, Rick Pettigrew reviews and interprets the visual evidence found in the series of aerial photographs shot by the New Zealand military on Nikumaroro in 1938. In this series of pictures, two images, one with a view to the south and another oriented to the north, appear to show the same bright object in the lagoon alongside the Taraia Peninsula. The shape of this object is essentially the same in both pictures, and when one object is rotated with respect to the other by the angular difference between the two photographic bearings, they appear parallel to each other.

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