An image of the Orion Nebula taken by the Hubble Telescope last year shows a cylindrical object in space somewhere between the telescope and the nebula, which is 1,500 light years from earth.

There is no way to tell how far the cylinder is from the Hubble telescope, but an examination of the high-resolution TIFF file available on the Hubble site reveals that it is not a camera artifact or a digital inclusion, but an actual part of the image as taken by the telescope.

This is because there is a star behind the object, and flare from that star can be seen around the lower part of the object. This flaring has been examined, and it is in no way disturbed by digital manipulation. It is a flare of starlight around an actual object.

However, there is evidence of digital manipulation of this image. There are four apparent airbrush marks, two beside each end of the object. If these are indeed airbrush marks, and there is little else they could be, then the image has been altered to remove four smaller objects, two of which were present at each end of the cylinder.

Had such an object grouping been imaged by Hubble, it would have been irrefutable evidence of the presence of a craft of intelligent design somewhere between the telescope and the nebula.

As it is, it is possible--just--to argue that the cylinder is an asteroid.

It might be noted that NASA hacker Gary McKinnon has reported that he found evidence of the existence of a NASA airbrushing facility when he hacked into their computer system, as well as lists that suggested a large human and/or alien presence off-planet.

To see the cylinder on an image taken directly from the Hubble site, you will need to download one of their JPGs or their large TIFF file into an image viewer and zoom in. The object will quickly become visible. If you continue to zoom to 200% magnification, the four probable airbrush marks will be visible, too.

Go to the Hubble image here.

http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/entire_collection/pr2006001a/

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