Here's a funny example. I could convingly tell people that I saw a moving object in the sky and that, by sheer luck, I had a telescope ready.
I immediately pointed it at the location and took images but of course, being soooo advanced, the aliens immediately detected my interest and just warped away.
I was barely lucky enough to catch the ripples their ship left in space-time when it warped. I have images, and they are authentic. No IA, no image manipulation.
I bet that, provided I managed to keep a professional, slightly worried tone, I could convince a bunch of idiots on youtube.
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Now, here is the whole field and it contains interesting additional information. No aliens, I am afraid. Some stray reflection of the very bright star in the corrector, an improperly blackened screw in the optical path, whatever... But as an amateur doing public outreach, you won't imagine how many times I have seen handheld shaky smartphone shots of lights _proving_ that we aren't alone, how many times I have been considered arrogant and it was decided that I am either close minded or must belong to a great conspiracy.
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For info, the shot above was just a short exposure in RGB meant to recover star colors in a Narrow Band Ha OIII exposure of the nebula called the "Ghost of Cassiopea"
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