What equipment would you need to hunt UFOs?

[kittenshark (Cheryl-Ann Tan)]

Originally Posted by clive milne

Cheryl Ann, would you be so kind as to clarify a point here...

Did you recommend (or sell) a barlow lens to aid in this person's endeavour?

I sold him a barlow because he wanted to get more use out of his existing scope, UFO hunting or not, so hopefully he gets more interested in general astronomy than in hunting UFOs only.

I wanted some suggestions (and some laughs) as to what the next progression should be so I though I'd pick your brains here. Because no doubt he won't be the last UFO hunter we'd get.

He's still thinking about the all-sky camera.

[AussieTrooper (Ben)]

Originally Posted by kittenshark

There are some birding people who refuse to go to hunting stores for their sports optics because "they shoot innocent birds", so they feel more comfortable in a store that does more astro gear and have binoculars as a sideline rather than a shop that sells guns and have binoculars as a sideline.

Guilty birds are somewhat difficult to identify. The scoundrels...

I'm not sure why bird watchers would come to a hunting store anyway.
That's not the area of expertise of the staff there.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Some UFO hunters also use image intensified video cameras or frame integration video cameras, Magnetometers and EMF meters.

This is getting old now but I captured a bunch of satellites with a frame integration video camera and USB capture device. For all I know they are all LGM and not tumbling satellites, but I don't think so lol. But this sort of thing gives them some footage to review so usually makes them happy.
Better video can easily be done nowdays with a DSLR, tripod and interval timer.
Best bits are after 3 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsk2I3TLMU4

Shorter edited one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6Zg82wq1_s