UFO's on the Central Coast?

Are these old pictures proof that aliens exist? 

I recently went to an estate sale and purchased a "surprise box", you know, a box of unknowns that some rich folks owned, hoping to find something of more value than you paid for it. The contents contained items such as a pair of shoes, a lamp, and other unremarkable trinkets. There were also a bunch of old photos, nothing of which stood out to me..... except for three in particular. 

This picture titled "UFO in Pismo Beach, Ca 1959" clearly shows what appears to be a strange craft flying behind the Pismo Beach marquee in downtown Pismo. The UFO is very similar to the one's I would see in documentaries and pictures of UFO conspiracies as a kid. 

This picture is titled "UFO over Suey Creek, Ca 1962" again, shows a strange craft flying over the hills. I live in Suey Creek, and would have loved to witness this "thing" flying over head.

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Ok, here's the skinny - I made these photos and the story that accompanies them. They are not real. I'm sure to people who are accustomed to photo manipulation, they look obviously "Photoshopped".  I have been a photographer for some time now, and have never used photoshop for anything. Never. I still don't. I have tried to outline images with the lasso or whatever, and felt it to be cumbersome and not intuitive. Besides, I didn't really need layers. 

I recently purchased Perfect Photo Suite 7 from onOne Software, and it is fantastic!  It is a complete stand-alone application, but also works as plug-ins for Photoshop and PS elements, Lightroom, and Aperture. It has this masking brush that allows you to brush the backgrounds away very easily, and a new feature called the Perfect Brush, with edge detection, which continuously copies the background that's directly under the center of the brush, and allows you to paint away edges with even greater ease, even through hair and trees. Now, I am brand new to layers of any kind, but I can say that I love the manipulation and control of it. Layers really opens up a whole new world. Of course, I would never try to fool someone purposely, as I find that to be immoral and unethical. I just thought this would be a fun exercise to practice with and develop my skills with layers. 

I will admit that I wished I had tried to learn Photoshop sooner, but then again, I might have not discovered Perfect Photo Suite 7 from onOne. Seriously! Try it out. I think Perfect Photo Suite 8 has just been released.

So, here's the manipulated image again:

Here are the images in their original form, before using Perfect Layers from onOne:

In the first manipulated picture, I combined these two pics, then added B & W, with a little film grain and a blur brush tool with Perfect Effects.

Next, the Suey Creek image:

I used the two images below, with the same effects and blur tool.

Yes, the UFO is a street Lamp from the Lompoc Mission! 

So, there you go. UFO's are real! Ok, I'm kidding. I really love the UFO culture, though. You could say I'm a fan. And I  love the new Perfect Photo Suite from onOne. It is a lot of fun to mess with images. I think I just opened a can of worms. Or Pandora's Box.