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Bermuda Triangle Mystery - 2

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Well-known Disappearances
Many Bermuda Triangle Web sites include long lists of missing ships and planes. But many of those were nowhere near the Triangle when they disappeared or they turned up later with rational explanations for their disappearances. For example, the Mary Celeste, found floating in 1872 with not a person on board and everything exactly as they had left it, is on nearly every list of losses blamed on the Bermuda Triangle. But in reality, it was many hundreds of miles from the Triangle at the time.
Here is a sampling of the some of the most notable incidents. As you'll see, some of these have reasonable explanations although they're still attributed to the strange and unknown powers of the Bermuda Triangle.

The U.S.S. Cyclops, 1918
During World War I, the U.S.S. Cyclops served along the eastern coast of the United States until January 9, 1918. At that time, she was assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service. The Cyclops was scheduled to sail to Brazil to refuel British ships in the south Atlantic. She set out from Rio de Janeiro on February 16, and, after a brief stop in Barbados from March 3 to 4, was never seen or heard from again. All 306 passengers and crew were gone without a trace.

U.S. Navy Avengers Flight 19, 1945
The most famous Bermuda Triangle story is the mystery surrounding five missing Navy Avengers in 1945. The story of Flight 19 is usually summarized this way: a routine patrol set out on a sunny day with five highly experienced student pilots. Suddenly, the tower began receiving transmissions from the flight leader that they were lost, compasses were not working, and "everything looked wrong." They were never seen again, and extensive Navy investigations turned up no clues to explain the disappearance.
Lieutenant Charles C. Taylor led the mission, which included several planned course changes. They departed at 1:15 p.m. on December 5, 1945. At 3:00 p.m., Lieutenant Robert F. Cox was flying over Fort Lauderdale, Florida when he heard a signal that he thought was from a boat or plane in distress. He called Operations at the Naval Air Station to report what he had heard. Cox told Taylor to fly with the sun at his left wing and up the coast until he hit Miami. Taylor then said that they were over a small island with no other land in sight. If he was over the Keys as he had said, however, he should have seen several islands as well as the Florida peninsula.
With less than two hours' flying time until they ran out of fuel, Taylor described a large island to Operations. Assuming this was Andros Island, the largest in the Bahamas, Operations sent Taylor a heading that would take him to Fort Lauderdale. Apparently this heading was correct, because once Flight 19 assumed the new course, Taylor's voice began coming in stronger over the radio. Taylor, however, didn't believe this course was right and after a few minutes said that they "didn't go far enough east. Turn around again and go east. We should have a better chance of being picked up closer to shore." With this move, transmissions began to weaken as they flew out of radio range in the wrong direction. For unknown reasons, Taylor ignored the standard flying procedure of flying west if over water and east if over land.
Two PBM-5 Mariner seaplanes went out to search the area, but one exploded soon after takeoff. The other never located Flight 19.

Read on for more Bermuda Triangle disappearances.

Bermuda Triangle Mystery - 1

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You won't find it on any official map and you won't know when you cross the line, but according to some people, the Bermuda Triangle is a very real place where dozen of ships, planes and people have disappeared with no good explanation. Since a magazine first coined the phrase "Bermuda Triangle" in 1964, the mystery has continued to attract attention. When you dig deeper into most cases, though, they're much less mysterious. Either they were never in the area to begin with, they were actually found, or there's a reasonable explanation for their disappearance.

Does this mean there's nothing to the claims of so many who have had odd experiences in the Bermuda Triangle? Not necessarily. Scientists have documented deviations from the norm in the area and have found some interesting formations on the seafloor within the Bermuda Triangle's boundaries. So, for those who like to believe in it, there is plenty fuel for the fire.

The Bermuda Triangle is located off the Southeastern coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean, with its apexes in the vicinities of Bermuda, Miami, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. It covers roughly 500,000 square miles.

Many think of the Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, as an "imaginary" area. The U. S. Board of Geographic Names does not recognize the Bermuda Triangle and does not maintain an official file on it. However, within this imaginary area, many real vessels and the people aboard them have seemingly disappeared without explanation.

In this article, we'll look at the facts surrounding what we do know about the area as well as some of the most commonly-recited stories. We'll also explore the bizarre theories like aliens and space portals as well as the mundane explanations.

Over the past 100 years, the Bermuda Triangle has seen what some say is a significant and inordinately high number of unexplained disappearances of planes, ships and people. Some reports say that as many as 100 ships and planes have been reported missing in the area and more than 1,000 lives have been lost. The U.S. Coast Guard, however, maintains that the area does not have an unusual number of incidents.

In 1975, Mary Margaret Fuller, editor of "Fate" magazine, contacted Lloyd's of London for statistics on insurance payoffs for incidents occurring within the Bermuda Triangle's usually accepted boundaries. According to Lloyd's records, 428 vessels were reported missing throughout the world between 1955 and 1975, and there was no greater incidence of events occurring in the Bermuda Triangle than anywhere else in the world.

Gian J. Quasar, author of "Into the Bermuda Triangle: Pursuing the Truth Behind the World's Greatest Mystery" and curator of Bermuda-triangle.org, argues that this report "is completely false." Quasar reasons that because Lloyd's does not insure small crafts like yachts and often doesn't insure small charter boats or private aircraft, its records can't be the definitive source. He also states that the Coast Guard's records, which it publishes annually, do not include "missing vessels." He requested data on "overdue vessels" and received (after 12 years of asking) records of 300 missing/overdue vessels for the previous two years. Whether those vessels ultimately returned is unknown. His Web site has a list of these vessels. The National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) database indicates (according to Gian J. Quasar) that only a handful of aircraft have disappeared off the New England coast over the past 10 years, while over 30 have occurred in the Bermuda Triangle.

The mystery of the Triangle probably took hold with the first well-publicized disappearance in 1945, when five Navy Avengers disappeared in the area. The cause of the disappearance was originally "pilot error," but family members of the pilot leading the mission couldn't accept that he had made such a mistake. Eventually they convinced the Navy to change it to "causes or reasons unknown."

The myth gained momentum after reporter E.V.W. Jones compiled a list of "mysterious disappearances" of ships and planes between the Florida coast and Bermuda. Two years later, George X. Sand wrote an article for "Fate" magazine, titled "Sea Mystery at our Back Door." The article was about a "series of strange marine disappearances, each leaving no trace whatever, that have taken place in the past few years" in a "watery triangle bounded roughly by Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico."

As more incidents occurred, the reputation grew and past events were reanalyzed and added to the legend. In 1964, "Argosy Magazine" gave the triangle its name in an article titled "The Deadly Bermuda Triangle" by Vincent Gaddis. Argosy magazine's tagline a "magazine of master fiction," but that did nothing to halt the spread of the myth. More articles, books, and movies have appeared, suggesting theories ranging from alien abductions to a giant octopus.

Next, we'll look at some early well-known incidents that have been attributed to the area.

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part NINETEEN

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#181
1997 - Phoenix, Arizona. Taken by Dr. Lynne Kietei, who also wrote a book on the Phoenix Lights, and took video footage of the phenomena.
The good doctor has been a real proponent on getting the truth out about the Phoenix situation. She has taken a lot of ridicule for her actions, especially being a professional person who is "supposed to know better."
A truly amazing photo this is, clear and impossible to assign some known craft to.

#182
1997 - British Columbia, Canada. This picture was taken near Prince George, British Columbia, on June 24, 1997. Taken early afternoon, it shows what appears to be a discoid shape. Very typical of UFOs taken during the seventies.

#183
1997 - Georgia - No other information available.

#184
1998 - Turkey. Taken in Karagol, near Izmir. Two friends, Cem Arat and Mehmet Safak, had taken a UFO photo at the location in February, 1996, and had often revisited the site to capture another.
They finally got lucky at the beginning of 1998, when another UFO revealed itself. This photograph has been examined by Dr. Ahmet Imancer, head of the Photograph and Graphic Dept. Aegean University of Izmir, who was convinced that photo was not hoaxed.

#185
1998 - Lladudno Beach, UK. Thanks to Margaret Fry who said that this photo was taken in the summer of 1998 by a couple and their young son who were watching a display by the helicopter from RAF Valley, Anglesey.
The film wasn't developed until two years later, in March 2000, when the couple finally finished the reel of film.
The amazing thing is, they had forgotten about the Llandudno photos they had taken two years earlier and were using the camera in 2000 to photograph UFOs in the shape of white arrows they were seeing regularly over West Shore, Llandudno.

#186
1999 - Pisaq, Peru. Adriano Forgione wrote: "March 9, 1999, a beautiful photo was sent to us by our correspondent in Udine.
A photo showing a golden object hovering above Inca ruins of Pisaq in Perù. The photo was shot by Silvia Z., the girlfriend of our correspondent during a vacation in Perù in the summer 1998.
The date of event was 16 August. The object is there in the negative film too.

#187
1999 - Mt. Popo, Mexico. Taken over Mt. Popocateptl, Mexico on June 29. The famous volcano-topped mountain has been the site for many strange phenomena, including several excellent shots of UFOs.

#188
2000 - Stinson Lake, New Hampshire. Stinson Lake is in close proximity to a United States Army training area, and this unknown could be an experimental craft, or then it might not be. According to the photographer, the object made no sound whatsoever, and it appears that the unknown has no wings of any type.
Nice photo! Image is copyright J. Foss.

#189
2000 - Florida - 2000 - A picture from Fred R. from Jensen Beach, Marin County, Florida, July 23 at 15:20. Fred said he was the only witness of a disk shaped object that had an aura or haze around it.
Very unusual as the object was being filmed just above the water, or going into or out of the ocean. Some claim this one to be a hoax. What do you think?

#190
2000 - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Two UFOs were photographed Sunday afternoon, August 20, at 3:09 PM hovering on either side of the famous "Copse of Trees" (clump of trees) in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
However, the UFOs were not visible to the witnesses or the photographer, but showed up later in the photograph. There was a fair amount of activity in this area, but no reports were made of any unknown objects around the time the photographs were taken.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part EIGHTEEN

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#171
1993 - Jalisco, Guadalajara, April 24 - This photograph was taken in the state of Jalisco in 1993. Several years later more reports of UFOs are made from the same area. On Saturday, January 3, 1998, at 3 AM, airline pilot Gary Sanders, who has 24 years of flying experience in the USAF, saw a reddish-colored light move rapidly from east to west, then the object suddenly changed direction by about 135 degrees of turn and very sharply, twice, defying "any laws of flight and physics that I am aware of." On Saturday, December 5, 1998, between 7 and 7:30 PM, thousands of people in the states of Jalisco and Aguascaliente in Mexico watched a UFO described as "a very bright white light" fly over the Sierra Madre mountains.

#172
1993 - Meridan, Idaho - This picture was originally taken in 1993 outside Meridian, Idaho. I've made several copies and distributed them to some people, but no one seems to have taken it seriously. The sighting lasted for around 1.5 minutes. It seemed to circle around, changing its speed. When I first saw it, it was moving at incredible speed, about as fast as military fighter jet; it slowed once to a hover (during which moment I snapped the photo), then jumped back into high speed and flew upward and into the distance. The only noise it made was as it whooshing sound, I didn't hear any whirring or roaring of engines.

#173
1994 - Gulf Breeze, Florida. Ed Walters. After some "not so clear" video footage of UFOs, Walters decided to get a good photograph of a UFO he saw outside his house on January 12, 1994. His Canon camera with a Soligor Autozoom 70-220 mm (f/3.5) lens was in his office and loaded with Konica XG100 film. He grabbed the camera and walked quickly onto his deck where he pointed it toward the UFO. He twisted the barrel of the lens to the infinity focus position and zoomed in on the UFO. The results you see here are bonifide proof of UFOs, the unknown object is partially blanketed by an F-15.

#174
1994 - New York, N.Y. World Trade Center. Yes, even before the infamous world trade center UFO video of 2000, there were supposedly UFOs flying around the twin towers. This particular photograph was allegedly taken by an Italian tourist in 1994. What the object is, I don't have a clue, but it is a UFO in the true sense of the word.

#175
1995 - Kazakhstan, Russia. A picture taken by Semyon Teglyov in the region of Bogadinski, Kazakhstan, on April 27, 1995. An excellent photograph of the traditional shaped flying disc.

#176
1996 - Hungary - October 27th. Lajos Kosina was visiting his girl friend's parents house in the small village of Erpatak in the county of Szabolcs-Szatmar. His girlfriend posed for one snapshot in her parents' garden and no one noticed anything unusual in the sky at the time. HUFON has studied the photograph using both optical and computer techniques on the original negative and have concluded that that the UFO is not a result of a film fault, nor is it a small model suspended on a wire. HUFON researchers are convinced that it is a genuine UFO and not the result of a hoax.

#177
1996 - California - Photo taken on July 6, 1996, on the Armagosa range by Jim W. No more information is available at this time.

#178
1996 - Denver - This photo appeared in a recent issue of UFOCUS, but it was not in color. It was taken in Denver, Colorado, in January, 1996, by Joe Clower, who was photographing some workmen painting the gold balls on a city monument. He was waiting for the workmen to get ready for the photograph when he saw this strange bell-shaped flying object in the sky. Clower took two photographs of the UFO, the one posted here the best of the two.

#179
1997 - Bethel, New York. September 27.
"My family has just moved to Rhinebeck, and we were having a very nice drive. It was a bright sunny day. I am a huge music fan, and had always wanted to see where the original 1969 Woodstock was held. I knew it was in Bethel, which is only around an hour away. To make a long story short, we found the field in Bethel, there is a monument there, etc. and I was shooting a lot of videotape of the monument, the field, and my family goofing around in the field. As I was taping, I heard a big flock of geese "honking" overhead so I turned my camera to the sky and started taping them. As they were all heading the same way, in formation, I suddenly noticed something else enter the viewfinder, heading the opposite direction and was not a goose. It maneuvered very quickly as to avoid the flock. I didn't know what it was, so I stopped taping, to see if I could follow it with my eyes, not through the camera. I could not find it after that? I'm very familiar with glare, and other optical effects caused by sunlight in photography, but this was clearly not that. "

#180
1997 - Phoenix, Arizona. One of the most publicized UFO events in history. First observed in a hexagram pattern at about 7:30 PM over the Superstition Mountains area east of Phoenix, the characteristic 8+1 formation of amber orbs was next seen in two separate arc patterns with "trailing lights" over the Gila River. They were spotted about 9:50 and again at 10:00 at the southern edge of Phoenix, were they were seen by thousands and videotaped by a handful who had camcorders close enough at hand to catch the fleeting minutes of their displays.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part SEVENTEEN

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#161
1990 - Canaima, Venezuela, 1990. This photograph confirmed mutiple witness UFO visual observations. This one is interesting in another aspect.; it shows the same type of UFO as those seen on the controversial photographs at Gulf Breeze, Florida, by Ed Walters. Taken in January. Just after the photograph was taken, the object became orange and luminous and shot upwards in the sky. It was not seen again. The larger photo clearly shows a type of beam from the object to the ground. A very interesting photo.

#162
1990 - Petit Rechain, Belgium. One of the most famous UFO pictures ever taken. The photographer, to my knowledge, still remains unnamed. Taken on an April night during a well known "wave," the photo very clearly shows a triangle-shaped object with lights. One of the best proofs of UFOs we have. Original photo was too dark to show object outline, and had to be lightened.

#163
1991 - Los Angeles, California. This photograph was taken by one Dorothy Drudge, near the Los Angeles International Airport. She stated that it was so foggy you could hardly see. The object never made a sound, and was gone in a heartbeat.

#164
1991 - Space Shuttle Discovery, mission "STS-51a." Enlargement of the light metal coloured sphere taken from the video camera on board the Space Shuttle Discovery. The UFO is similar to the one seen on mission "STS-37" of April 1991. UFO is considered to be space debris by debunkers.

#165
1991 - Space Shuttle Atlantis, mission "STS-37" During the mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis "STS-37," a metallic object arrives from the top and then swings in front of the video camera (it moves to the right and to the left, up and down). In the background we can see the earth.

#166
1991 - Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico. This glowing red UFO with lights was taken by the Puebla Judicial Police on July 7, 1991, after they were called out on a call from residents of an unknown object in the area.

#167
1991 - Grangemouth, Scotland. It was on 12th November at around 9.30 PM, that friends Phil Trevis (previously known as Peter Muir, a pseudonym used in previous SPI accounts) and Paul Penman (pseudonym) were out taking photographs for a project called 'Light and Dark.' The following is the written testimony by Phil Trevis, as given to SPI.
"My friend and I were taking photographs of the BP chemicals plant in Grangemouth (from Polmont Reservoir) when we noticed a dim, or rather, two small dim flashing lights over by the two 'flashing pylons' at Kincardine Bridge. We watched the object, which we thought was a helicopter, fly slowly over from the bridge to above the brightly lit Grangemouth Stadium. We watched it hover for around five minutes. It was then that we noticed that the 'craft' wasn't making any noise. Normally, if it was a helicopter, we would have heard the blades. It then turned around and faced our direction.
"It was roughly 2,000 feet above the ground, then it dipped and increased dramatically in speed. At the point of the photograph, it was about 200 to 300 feet directly above us. It was then that we heard the light 'pulsing hum' of the object. My friend and I were quite shaken at the time, but afterwards had an overwhelming sense of excitement."

#168
1992 - Tepotzlan, Mexico. This dramatic photograph is just one of many photographs taken by Carlos Diaz. He is a very controversial figure in Ufology. Alleging to be a contactee, and making direct alien contact, he is considered a charlatan by many Ufologists, yet his photos and videos have been accepted by some. This one was taken in 1992, in the same area where he continues to contact alien beings.

#169
1992 - Kikar Hamedina, Tel Aviv, Israel. These pictures were taken by Udi and Smadar Baraban. They took several pictures of three glowing objects, watching them for 30 minutes.1992 - Four years after the couple claims they were visited by grey aliens with silvery rays in their eyes. Smadar claims: "they paralized me and sucked out info."

#170
1992 - Teotihuacan - from Inexplicata - The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - March 10, 2006 - Professor Ana Luisa Cid presents us with the following images of UFO activity at the ancient ruins of Teotihuacan to the northeast of modern Mexico City. Photo taken by Baltazar García taken on June 25, 1992, at 15:00 hours at the esplanade of Teotihuacan, State of Mexico.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part SIXTEEN

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#151
1988 - Puerto Rico. As you can see, this seems to show a jet fighter chasing a discoid / or wedge shaped object with a protuberance on top and bottom. A reader has sent in this info on this picture.Picture taken by Amaury Rivera. He also took several others after running to his car to get his camera after being abducted at the Laguna Calthena.

#152
1988 - Near Alton, Illinois - I was scanning some old photos into my computer when this turned up. It appears to be a disk. The photo was taken in the fall of 1988 in the Alton, IL area.

#153
1988 - Czechoslovakia. August 15. This photograph was submitted by a man whose grandfather worked for the government in classified material. He claims that after his grandfather's death in 2001, he went through a lot of material, finding UFO videos, photographs, etc. This is an excellent picture, if it is legitimate. This is one of those that we need more information on.

#154
1988 - Wloclawek, Poland - Jan B. told about his observations of unidentified flying objects. He even managed to take a photo of one disc in 1988. The first sighting witnessed by him took place in summer 1988. In early afternoon, he was with his cousin in a room and then his son appeared screaming about a falling star. When they went out all of them saw a hovering disc located about 300 meters away. The UFO was reflecting sunbeams and was flashing. Jan B. went for his camera and two other witnesses were observing it with binoculars.

#155
1988 - San Jacinto, California, July, - This photo was taken by John R. English, past Director of the "International Aerospace Hall of Fame" (IAHF), San Diego Air & Space Historical center. He was involved in the research, selection, and installation of several US and foreign Astronauts, as well as other significant aviation related candidates. He was a Licensed pilot S.E.L. and a "Diamond" level Soaring pilot (18 years), with approx. 400 flight hours logged, 350 in high performance Sailplanes in multiple flight envelopes and conditions. Two aircraft observed the anomaly, and a chase plane photographed it.

#156
1989 - El Progresso, Guatemala - This photograph was taken at El Progresso, Guatemala, in March. The object was observed by a good hundred witnesses. It is eerily reminiscent of the Trinidade Island photographs, but somewhat better in quality. The photo was shown in local newspapers, and several witnesses documented the taking of the pictures, and the object itself. You can clearly distinguish a hollow or dark section of cone shape at the bottom of the UFO. An excellent photo.

#157
1989 - Nashville, Tennessee. September 27. The photographs of these UFOs were provided by Commander Graham Bethune of the US Navy. He obtained these photographs of a FS-143 saucer from a close friend who claimed to have rendezvoused with another intelligence and requests anonymity.

#158
1989 - Nashville, Tennessee - September 27. These photographs were allegedly taken on September 27, 1989, near Nashville,Tennessee and used to build a model for theatrical events. The photographs show strong circular columns of light shining down from the craft that suddenly stop in mid-air. Our spotlights do not function in this manner.

Three more photographs below...

#159
1990 - Wallonia, Belgium - This photograph was part of the Belgian Wave of 1989-1990. Taken by J.S. Henrardi on June 15, 1990. Mr. Henrardi released all copyright ownership to the photograph in 2003, making it available for public use. The object very closely resembles the Petit Rechain triangle (further down page), also part of the Belgium wave. The triangles were reported by hundreds of witnesses during the wave over Belgium.

#160
1990 - Alkmaar, Netherlands. This one was taken in Alkmaar, Netherlands, 1990, allegedly by Klaas Rutanga. It shows a silver-metallic disc with a top. Very close to the many UFOs taken in Mexico only 3 or 4 years later. No other details available at this time.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part FIFTEEN

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#141
1984 - Hoboken, New Jersey, May 9 1984. Taken by Philipe Orego. Image shows either a triangular-shaped object or three or more objects flying as a unit. Taken over the Manhattan skyline. The photograph has been examined by researchers who found no sign of a hoax. Nice photo.

#142
c. 1985 - Nuzidath, Israel. This picture was taken in the village of Nuzidath and published by Gil Bar aided by Adrian Dvir's technical equipment. This picture is a difficult one to draw any type of conclusion from. Are we looking at a bright light of a domed top with windows below, or is it something else?

#143

1987 - Corydon, Indiana, August 23. At approximately 10:20 PM, an object described as brilliant orange, suddenly materialized in the SSE. The suddenness and the brilliant orange, flare-like characteristics were unmistakably unusual. The elevation of the object was approximately 20-25 degrees at the beginning of the sighting. The object appeared to be an orange headlight and appeared to be either hovering or moving toward the witnesses. At one point there was a rapid descent down to the left, all the time the brilliance varied only slightly. Several times the light winked completely out, only to flare up again. After about 5-8 minutes, the object went into a flat W-E flight mode at a relatively slow rate of speed at an elevation of 10-15 degrees. Actually a frame grab from video.

#144
1987 - Connecticut - Randy Etting was taking a walk outside his home. A commercial airline pilot with over 30 years experience, he always looked at the sky... he saw a number of orange and red lights approaching from the west. He got his binoculars and called his neighbors to come outside. The object by this time was a great deal closer and seemed to be over I-84, just east of Etting's home. The lights were shimmering like distortion from engine heat, but he could hear no sound. "As the UFO passed over I-84, cars in both the east and west bound lanes began pulling over and stopping. The UFO displayed a semi-circular pattern of very bright multicolored lights. Five motorists reported that, as the object became visible, a number of cars lost power and had to pull off the highway.

#145
1987 - Gulf Breeze, Florida. Of the many accounts of UFO sightings, photographs, and videos, the sensational reports that originated in Gulf Breeze, Florida, are some of the most controversial. Gulf Breeze was a small city of approximately 6,000 at the time of the wave of sightings that began in the winter of 1987. News of UFO photos par excellence spread rapidly and far, becoming a world-wide sensation, and the subject of a plethora of newspaper and magazine articles, and television talk and feature programs... continued in next clip.

#146
1987 - Gulf Breeze, Florida. Though many sighted the elusive flying craft and snapped photographs of the glowing lights, the majority of attention was on one Edward Walters, a local building contractor. According to Walters, the sightings began on November 11, 1987. He was working late that night when his attention was drawn to a light coming from his yard. As he went to the window to get a better vantage point, he saw a glowing object partially obscured by a 30 foot tall pine tree in his front yard. Racing outside to get a clearer view of the object, he was taken back by the sight before him. He was staring at an object with the shape of a top...

#147
1987 - Gulf Breeze, Florida. It had a row of dark squares which were separated with portals between them. The craft seemed to hover just above the road, showing a glowing ring around its bottom. Ed ran into his house, and grabbed his Polaroid camera. He snapped off several photos of the craft before deciding to get even closer. He headed into the road. As he paused in the street to take more photos of the strange object, it began to hover almost directly over his head. Walters was then hit by a bright bluish beam which shot from the object...

#148
1987 - Gulf Breeze, Florida. He was literally lifted from the ground by its force. It was then that he heard a voice say, "Don't worry, we will not harm you." Images began to enter his mind. Ed stated the images were revealed to him "as if they were turning the pages of a book." The next thing Walters remembered was waking up. The glowing UFO was nowhere to be seen. Only a few days later, on November 17, Walters took his photographs and story to the local Gulf Breeze Sentinel newspaper. Ed discussed the photographs with the paper's Editor, and began to relate to him the details of the sighting. The legend of the Gulf Breeze sightings had begun...

#149
1987 - Gulf Breeze, Florida. When the news of the flurry of sightings spread beyond the close knit community of Gulf Breeze, soon the whole world was involved. Both pros and cons were well represented. Shortly after Walters' photos hit the local newspaper, more UFO photographers came forward with their stories or sightings fortified with the proof; more images, both still and moving, and the war was on. Walters became everything from a community leader to a con man, depending on who you listened to...

#150
1987 - Gulf Breeze, Florida. Walters accumulated a catalog of 40+ photographs, many of them controversial. Although many of the photos were corroborated with simultaneous sightings of the craft by others, even the UFO community was divided. This debate continues even today, and the photos and videos from the time period of roughly late 1987 through early 1992 are being analyzed and evaluated.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part FOURTEEN

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#131
1979 - Malaysia, Butterworth. Photograph taken by an RAAF Serviceman on 2nd January at 6.15 PM. The object was described as glowing in a bright, orange color and had several portholes lining the edge of the saucer shaped UFO.

Unfortunately, the photo is black and white, which does have its redeeming qualities, but doesn't help much in validating the pilot's description in this case.

#132

1979 - Oulu, Finland. A picture taken by a man named Rheneas Niequest in Oulu, Finland, on August 11, 1977.

If this is authentic, and I have no reason to think not, this is an excellent photograph, especially for the time period. See full size image on this one for sure.

#133

1979 - Suonenjoki, Finland. On March 16, 1979, Jarmo Nykanen took pictures in Suonenjoki, of a tiny, blue glowing bell-shaped object as it moved up the slope of a hill.It ascended and descended and wandered from side to side in its travel. This looks like some type of monitoring device or probe to me.

#134 1979 - A disc "chases" a Phantom jet fighter above Germany on September 19, 1979.The picture was shot by teacher Dr. Karl Maier of Keltern-Weiler with a Polaroid camera.

#135 1979 - California - Taken by Gigi Brobeck in Santa Monica, in February 1979. More details are needed.

#136

1979 - New Zealand, October 27. Two former Air Force photographic analysts called this picture,"inscrutable." In other words, a mystery.

This one photograph is from a series of photos, none of the others had an unknown in it. The object was not seen nor heard at the time.

#137
c. 1980 - France. The witness was sitting on the passenger's seat taking landscape photographs under the rain when suddenly this luminous object appeared.
The photograph is from the UFO files of the Gendarmerie Nationale, which does not list much about the picture. Be sure and see the larger image on this one.
Quite impressive it is, as a type of large beam can clearly be seen from the object which seems to hover below a mountainous forest.

#138
1981 - Vancouver, Canada. On October 8, 1981, Hannah Roberts was traveling toward Kelsey Bay by the Isle of Vancouver. Along with friends, she stopped to take some photographs of the surrounding landscape.
Several days afterwards, when the photographs were developed, they noticed in one photograph a discoidal object in the sky. They do not remember noticing anything in the sky at the time photograph was taken.
Richard F. Haines, a retired NASA scientist who became a famous Ufologist, carried out a thorough analysis of the negative and could not discover any anomalies.
His analysis is inserted in the scientific report of the Sturrock Panel.

#139
1981 - Argentina - This photograph was taken in Saavedra, Argentina by one Leopoldo Diaz.No other information is available at this time.

#140
1982 - 83 - East Germany. This is an excellent photograph. The picture was given to UFO researcher Michael Hesemann on a lecture tour.A retired officer of the National People's Army of the old GDR entrusted the photo to Hesemann, telling him that a comrade of his took the picture during a close encounter one night during a training exercise. A photo from that domain is extremely rare.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part THIRTEEN

2011-06-28T00:46:00.000+05:30

#121
1975-Saas-Fe, Switzerland. July 26. Members of a hunting party spotted this craft hovering low near the ground. It moved almost silently through the surrounding trees. Fortunately, one member was able to snap this photograph of the object. I wish we had a better photograph of this one, it is a traditional disc shape with a top. Still, for 1975 this is an excellent piece of history.

#122

1975-1982, Switzerland One-armed Eduard Billy Meier's UFO photos are unmatched for their clarity. Dubbed the Pleiadian/Plejaran "beamships," his photographs are numerous. Because of his handicap, he used for the most part an Olympus 35 ECR still camera. He also filmed many moving picture sequences using an 8mm movie camera.

#123
Revigny Sur Ornain, France, 1975. The photograph was taken by the Gendarmerie patrol on June 6, 1975 near Revigny Sur Ornain. This one was shot at the time when the phenomenon left the ground and shot up to the sky. No simple explanation has been found since for the reported events and the confirming photographs. A very interesting image.

#124
1976-A Brazilian Airline pilot on a passenger flight shot this photo over the Amazon jungle from the cockpit of his Boeing 727 in 1976.

#125
1976-Petaluma, California. Witness states: I was shooting Ektachrome film on a warm summer evening north of Petaluma, CA in August 1976. I shot several exposures in a 5 minute period when I was able to capture this shot. Everything is silhouetted as the sun had already gone done but this was easily seen. There are four blue dots on the flat side of the object and the edge would tend to show it was moving very quickly. Enlarging shows quite the detail. I sent a copy in the early 1980s to Walt Andrus who was with MUFON then. Having this on film and going thru some strange events made me a believer. Since then, over the past twenty years I have seen a few odd things in the sky that keeps me looking up !!! credit: 'Zirp Twirp'

#126
1976-Canary Island, Spain. Although the Canary Island case features a most extraordinary description of aliens and their craft, the occurrence is extremely reliable in that it includes multiple witness reports which agreed in all aspects of the case. The phenomenon began on the night of June 22, 1976, as residents of Tenerife, La Palma, and La Gomera began reporting the sighting of unusual lights in the sky. These lights and their maneuvers were different from anything residents of the area had seen before.

#127
1976-Argentina. Sr. Gonzalo Luis Heuer, watching storm clouds over the city of Balcarce on December 23, 1976, saw a pinkish-orange lenticular luminosity flying in and out of the clouds. He obtained a camera and snapped two pictures of the object before it disappeared.

#128
1977-Argentina. At 10:00am on July 11, 1976, Sr. Eduardo Gizzi and his family, driving their automobile from Victoria to Diamante, noticed a very strange flying object approaching at low altitude from the West. At first they thought it was a helicopter because of its compact appearance and low-level altitude, but as it came closer and they could see it in better perspective, they could see that it had no rotor on top and was not shaped like a helicopter. The object took up a position to their right and for some 15 or 20 seconds paralleled the Gizzy automobile. This allowed the witness to take one good color photograph of the flying craft without stopping the automobile.

#129
1978-Colfax, Wisconsin. On April 19, 1978, police officer Mark Coltrane was on patrol in the vicinity of Colfax, a small town with a thousands of inhabitants in Wisconsin, USA. At midday, he decided to stop the car to eat something, in a small isolated area. He noted that his radio was emitting crackles. He then noticed a metalic looking disc raising towards the the sky at a short distance from the parking space. While the object seemed to move towards him, Coltrane picked up his Polaroid camera, came out of the car and snapped some photographs. The object was so close in one of the images that it is possible to notice some details of its lower surface. Truly amazing photograph.

#130
1978, Italy. Taken over the city of Purugia on September 16, 1978. No other information available.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part TWELVE

2011-06-25T01:26:00.000+05:30

#111
1972-Salt Lake City. August 3. Standing in a vacant lot near the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mr. Roy Lauritson took several photographs of this hazy object hovering directly over the Temple. The negatives have been analyzed and found to be free of manipulation. It has been suggested that the actual UFO objects hide behind or within a cloud bank, or create some type of artificial cloud looking substance to camouflage themselves. This could be an example of this process.

#112
1973-Louisville, Kentucky. "It was about 2:00pm I'd guess. I didn't hear anything. I had just seen two chipmunks scampering around the base of a Sycamore tree. Then I looked up and, by God, there it was... this round flying saucer. That's all I know to call it," reported this an electronics technician from Louisville. The man took six pictures in all, two of which were blurred because of the object's rapid departure. The pictures and negatives were examined by the COURIER-JOURNAL photo staff, and if the photos were faked, they were fakes of the highest quality. There were no other sightings in this area at this time.

#113
Circa 1973 Ontario, Canada The photographer remains anonymous. The witness took a series of photographs of the object. The circular object is clearly seen moving about a clump of trees. The photos have been deemed authentic by various photographic experts. A good, clear image for the time period.

#114
Chantereine, France, 1973. Jean Marc Bisson, aged 16, took this photograph from the window of his residence in Chantereine in the Seine-et-Marne on June 7 between 09:30 P.M. and 10:00 P.M. He was drawn to the window by the mewings of his she-cat, and there he saw strange gleams in the sky, coming from the Southeast and going towards the NorthEast, so he decided to grab his Kodak instamatic camera. The largest of the gleams seen on this photographs had the apparent diameter equivalent to that of the Moon for its central part.

#115
March 7, 1973 South Carolina In a rural community several members of a family were shocked to see an unknown object slowly floating towards their farm. A sound could be heard as it approached them. Several fairly clear photos were taken of the UFO.

#116
Cocoyoc, Mexico, November 3, 1973. A Mexican banker and his family saw a strange object approaching rapidly from the East in a clear afternoon sky. His wife said that the object was a round shape, and she drew her husband's attention to the object, and that while the distance between them and the object decreased they realized that it was not what they had initially thought: it was not a plane, neither a helicopter, nor even a competition balloon. The banker stopped the car on the side of the road and the passengers went out to get a better look at the object. The banker thought about his camera, took it, and made a first photograph at this time.

#117
Tavernes, France, 1974. A classic French UFO picture. Photographed by a French medical doctor that remained anonymous on March 23, 1974 in Tavernes in the department in Var, during a major UFO flap over France. Skeptics doubted the picture on the ground that "luminous rays cannot end like this." Of course they do not, normally. But the skeptics simply forgot to consider that these are not luminous rays but light emission by ionized air, for example.

#118
July 7, 1974, Belotie, Yugoslavia The anonymous witness was driving away from Belotie on the mountain highway system when they took this picture. The UFO appeared hat-shaped, a similar look to the Heflin photos taken 13 years before in Santa Monica, California. Also, amazingly similar to the famous object captured on video from Nellis Air Base.

#119
1974- Denmark, Scandinavia. Could this be the real thing? I have few details on this picture, but it is obviously a zoomed in portion of a larger image. The UFO is neat looking, but I have no documentation on it to make any type of determination on its authenticity.

#120
1974-Belotia, Yugoslavia. While driving away from Belotie by way of the mountain highway system on July 7, 1974, an anonymous witness photographed this UFO. Hat-shaped in appearance, similar craft were observed by Mr. Rex Heflin, near Santa Monica, California 13 years earlier, Mr. Amiel Barnea of Cluj, Romania six years earlier, and the UFO over Nellis Air Force Base.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part ELEVEN

2011-06-21T23:21:00.001+05:30

#101
1971, Moon. In this second shot, the shape of the object looks like the one of a flying saucer with lights! Reference: NASA AS14-70-9836/37. There are two avenues of thought here. Firstly, the debunkers say if these really were UFOs why would NASA release the pictures, since they are part of a conspiracy to keep this info from the pubic. Secondly, UFO proponents say that if NASA did NOT release them, then everyone would holler "coverup, " and they were hiding UFOs.

#102
1971, Apollo 15. This photograph is from NASA, and some say we are looking at a UFO on the Moon at the time of Apollo 15 mission. Reference: NASA AS15-85/08. This bluish light mass has been explained as either debris from the capsule or some camera anomaly. Still, a very good picture, and quite a conversation piece.

#103
1971-Apollo 15, Mission Dates: July 26-August 7, CDR: David Scott, CMP: Alfred Worden, LMP: James Irwin Importance: First use of the Lunar Rover, extended Lunar exploration time, focus on on field geology. NASA archives (photo No AS15-85-11514) Astronaut David Scott on slope of Hadley Delta. UFO is seen at top just right of center.

#104

1971-Apollo 15, Mission Dates: July 26-August 7, CDR: David Scott, CMP: Alfred Worden, LMP: James Irwin Importance: First use of the Lunar Rover, extended Lunar exploration time, focus on on field geology. NASA archives. Photo NASA No AS15-90-12189 - Mission Apollo 15 on the Moon. UFO top right.

#105
1972, Apollo 16, Moon Mission Dates: April 16-27, CDR: John W. Young, CMP: Kenneth Mattingly, LMP: Charles Duke, Importance: Explored the Moon's rocky central highlands. NASA archives (photo No AS16-109-17804) Mission Apollo 16 on the Moon. Astronaut John Young on rim of Plum crater gathering lunar rock samples. UFO at top right.

#106
1972, Apollo 16, Moon Mission Dates: April 16-27, CDR: John W. Young, CMP: Kenneth Mattingly, LMP: Charles Duke, Importance: Explored the Moon's rocky central highlands. NASA archives (photo No AS16-109-17804) Mission Apollo 16 on the Moon. View of Plum crater photographed by Apollo 16 crew during EVA. UFO can be seen at top right.

#107
1972, Apollo 16, Moon Mission Dates: April 16-27, CDR: John W. Young, CMP: Kenneth Mattingly, LMP: Charles Duke, Importance: Explored the Moon's rocky central highlands. NASA archives (photo No AS16-109-17804) Mission Apollo 16 on the Moon. Astronaut Charles Duke photographed collecting lunar sample at Station 1. The UFO is seen at just right of top center.

#108
Las Lunas, New Mexico 09.24.1972. A farmer in Las Lunas, Mexico, returning to town, spotted several small objects "fluttering" along a few dozen feet above the desert scrub. They were small, about three feet in diameter, silver in color and made a buzzing sound. Similar domed disc-shaped objects were seen and photographed in the same area about five years later. This picture has long been thought to be a hoax, because of its clarity, and proximity to the witness.

#109
1972 Quebec, Canada The witness to this UFO wishes to remain anonymous. He was fishing at a lake when he first noticed this strange object moving below the clouds. He was able to get his camera and take one photograph before the object disappeared from his view.

#110
Herbault, France, 1972. Photograph captured near Montferrrier in the department of Hérault on September 16, 1972. It is ashamed that there is not more detail here, as this could be a very good image of a UFO. The darkness of the object seems to indicate a possible hoax.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part TEN

2011-06-20T15:51:00.000+05:30

#91
Early 1970s-Taken on Arizona/Utah border. Henry Rowland was doing landscape work for a client in California in the 1970's, and when the client finished paying him for the work he asked Henry, "Do you want to see a picture my brother took last week?" The client returned with this astonishing and detailed picture of a UFO and explained, "My brother went to the mountains last week, and while on the trip he suddenly saw this craft disappear behind a hill. He frantically ran to his car to get his camera, and in the nick of time held it up the split second when the thing reappeared again from behind the hill and shot off into the sky." Henry asked to make a contact print of the original photo, and the image below is this original one-off print. Original source-http://www.neilslade.com/Papers/BrozUFO.html

#92
1970s-This strange glowing object was photographed during the 1970s over Bremerton, Washington.

#93
1970-Tagish Lake, Yukon, Canada. While travelling along the edge of the lake. Jim and his wife saw seven strange glowing orbs as shown in the photograph. Jim estimated that they were 3 to 4 feet in diameter. They moved about slowly for the estimated 15 minutes that they watched them as he and his wife traveled down the lake. Their friend George was too far back to notice the objects and didn’t even have sight of Jim's boat. His concentration was devoted to the rough water. Jim or his wife never mentioned anything to George until the film was developed, about a week later.

#94
1970-Taken in Japan some time during 1970.

#95
Corsica, France, 1971. At 4:00pm on February 12, a family who had recently purchased a new home in the northern part of the French island of Corsica, were preparing their camera to take a picture of the new house when one of the party noticed a glint in the sky and looked up. They all looked up to see a shiny, metallic object glinting brilliantly where it caught the sun's rays in the clear blue sky. The object was disc-shaped and had a low-profile curved dome on the top, with some kind of oval-shaped or rounded-rectangular black marks or openings around its sides.

#96
1971-Skillingaaryd-Sweden. At 09:55 A.M. on May 6, 1971, Mr. Lars Thorn, a truck driver, was riding with his son on his motor-bike in the neighborhood of the Skillingaaryd gunnery field in central Sweden, when they caught sight of an unconventional aerial object through the trees in the direction of the bunker. "Although it appeared stationary," Lars Thorn said, "It wobbled or rocked to and fro all the time. On the upper side there appeared to be a dome. Just below the dome there was something gray and red, and again just below that, I could see what looked like a green ribbon or band around the rim. The very bottom was red. A whizzing sound came from it at intervals of 10 to 15 seconds on more or less regular spacing." Thorn was able to snap two black and white photographs with his small camera.

#97
1971-Arkansas. Taken over Hot Springs on April, 17, 1971. No other information available.

#98
1971-Styria, Austria. Taken in St. Lorenzen, Styria, Austra on May 23, 1971. This is the famous "Rudi Nagora photograph."Nagora and his wife were vacationing in Styria, when he heard a "whizzing" sound from above him. Looking for the source, he saw a shiny, disc which was clear being in front of the clouds. After running to tell his wife, he grabbed his camera and took 12 photographs of the object. His photos are deemed legitimate, and have never been debunked.

#99
September 4, 1971 An official mapping aircraft of the Costa Rican government took this photograph. The aircraft was flying at 10,000 feet over Lago de Cote. An investigation could not identify the object as an "known" aircraft. Debunkers took some stabs at it, but it is still recognized as authentic by investigators.

#100
1971, Moon. Two astounding shots from NASA showing very clearly a UFO by the crater Lansberg on the Moon at the time of Apollo 14 mission. Reference: NASA AS14-70-9836/37. There has been a lot of debate on whether or not these photos show lights of an unidentified craft, or are they simply light glares on the capsules window or camera. Difficult to say, but interesting all the same.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part NINE

2011-06-19T16:45:00.000+05:30

#81
1967-Ohio. Of the many UFO sighting reports I have looked over, the state of Ohio, USA has to be one of the most active places in the world. This photograph is one of many taken over the state, clearly showing an ovoid/disc shaped object taken in daytime. No other details do I have at this time. An authentic UFO? Maybe.

#82
1967-Woonsocket, Rhode Island. A daytime photograph of a disk-shaped object was taken in East Woonsocket UFO contactee Harold Trudel. The photograph shows a slightly asymmetric hubcap shaped object with a small dome and aerial extending from the bottom. To even the untrained eye it looks like a fake, more than likely produced by suspending a model from a string. Trudel believes he is in mental contact with space people, who send him telepathic messages as to where and when they will appear. A la Adamski, probably a hoax.

#83
1967-Milledgeville, Georgia. There were two photographs taken of this object. The cameraman remains anonymous, and probably for good reason. The picture is not very clear, and I would say that this is probably fake, although I cannot say for sure.. The first pic taken was as the object approaced the photographer, and the second one shown here was more of a closeup as the object allegedly hovered.

#84
1967-Mahwah, New Jersey. Wayne, from New Jersey, was driving in the vicinity of the Immaculate Conception Seminary in Mahwah when his attention was attracted to something flying in the sky. Through the trees along the street he could see a dull dark gray object sitting almost motionless in the sky beyond. Stopping the car in front of the Seminary, Bjornstad got out with his Japanese brand 35mm hand camera loaded with outdoor color film, and walked through to a better vantage point, then adjusted the distance setting to infinity and snapped one picture of the strange flying machine.

#85
1968-An unattributed photograph taken from a plane over Venezuela on February 13, 1968.

#86
Romania, 1968. One of four photographs of a diurnal disc captured on photograph near Cluj in Romania by Mr. Emil Barnea on August 18, 1968. Barnea and his friend Miss Matea walked in the forest with a couple of friends. His friend shouted that she sees "something," and when he joined her he also saw a large round object, of metallic appearance and shining in the sun in the sky above the top of the trees. Amazed, Barnea remembered all the same that he had his camera and while the UFO advanced slowly changing direction and increasing its luminosity, then suddenly accelerating until he disappeared at the horizon.

#87
Sicuani, Peru, 1968. On December 6, 1968 Senor Pedro Chavez, a photographer for La Prensa, on assignment in Sicuani, Peru, was in the cathedral square near the big church where he took this picture before the objects disappeared. The dark properties of the three objects is very similar to other photos taken during this time period.

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#88
1969, Apollo 12: November 14-24, Astronauts, CDR: Pete Conrad, CMP: Richard Gordon, LMP: Alan Bean Importance: First pinpoint Lunar landing, landing within walking distance of the unmanned Surveyor spacecraft. Marked the beginning of waning public interest in NASA and Apollo. NASA archives (photo No AS12-49-7278) Astronaut Alan Bean shown, UFO top left.

#89
1969-Another unattributed photograph. This one was taken in San Jose, Argentina, in 1969.

#90
December 30, 1969 Bariloche, Argentina Professor Sebastian José Tarde, MD, a well respected physician was on holiday with his students at Bariloche, a popular holiday spot in the Andes. Cruising on the Nahuel Huapi-Lake, the Professor shot several photographs of the unknown object with his Leica camera.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part EIGHT

2011-06-17T02:13:00.000+05:30

#71
1967-Rhode Island. This is a real classic looking UFO. Taken in Woonsocket, Rhode Island on June 18, 1967. The photo actually appears to be from a much earlier time period as it has a strange resemblence to an Adamski ship of the 1950s. Possibly a hoax, but I personally have no evidence to make the statement without reservation.

#72
1967-Torrance, California. May 11. This picture, although a fairly clear shot, does not a lot of details. Taken on a Saturday night, a group of pals, Allen, Bobby, Rick, and Danny were hanging out when they saw this object that "glowed reddish-white." One of the boys had a camera, and took this photo.

#73
1967-Rome, Italy. Drew Wright took this picture in Rome on July 18, 1967 at 10:00 am: "I had a terrible hangover from all the cheap red wine I had imbibed the night before, my first night in Italy. As I saw the "thing," some local boys were saying "il disco," and pointing skyward. I snapped this quick shot before it vanished. I never made it to the Sixtine Chapel."

#74
1967-Zanesville, Ohio-February. Ralph Ditter, a Zanesville, Ohio barber took two photographs of this unknown object. Ditter was an amateur astronomer, and avid sky watcher. He made the two photos available to the press. Object certainly looks like a disc with a top.

#75
1967-Calgary, Alberta, Canada. July 3. Dr. J. Allen Hynek stated: "best daylight disc photograph I have personally investigated. That says it all! Warren Smith and two of his friends were returning from a weekend prospecting trip when they spotted the object. Smith grabbed the camera, and took two photos of the object. Definitely one of the best of the early days.

#76
Lima, Peru, Feb 2, 1967. This is the only surviving photo of the funnel-shaped flying object that paced the Fawcett Airlines DC-4 passenger liner in flight from Piura to Lima on February 2, 1967, at 06:30 P.M. The passengers were all held for interrogation by authorities after the plane landed. Several of the passengers had taken photos of the strange craft alongside the airliner, but all cameras were taken and all film was confiscated. One passenger, who insisted on remaining anonymous, succeeded in saving his film from which this single photograph was made.

#77
Yungay, Peru, March 1967-On March 22, at 5:30 P.M. hundreds of Yungainos and tourists, were visited by two UFOs. They flew over the snow covered Huascaran mountains and the city of Yungay-Peru. Photo by: Augusto Arrando. This UFO's domed top appears to be made of the same material as the rest of the saucer, instead of the traditional see-through top.

#78
1967-Wichita, Kansas. June 27. Another fairly good quality picture taken over Kansas in 1967. It is difficult to say exactly what shape the object is, but it does not appear to be any type of know craft from that era. My first guess would be triangle-shaped.

#79
1967-Zagreb, Yugoslavia. This picture has been taken on November 23, 1967 by Farcich Zoran, near Zagreb. Ironically, the two "orbs" are very similar to what is being filmed around the world the last two or three years, especially in California.

#80
1967-Pigeon Lake, Alberta, Canada. In the evening of July 3, 1967, Mr. Douglas Dennis, fishing at Pigeon Lake, near Buckhorn, was amazed by the appearance of a soft, orange colored ball of light in the sky above him. It descended quite low, and Mr. Dennis took his camera and snapped a color picture of the brightly luminous mass hovering in the air. This remarkable night photograph clearly shows a round luminous object directly overhead. Others present observed the object and Mr Dennis photographing it.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part SEVEN

2011-06-15T23:48:00.000+05:30

#61
1965-Bernacillo, New Mexico. Taken on April 18. I have few details of this photo. For 1965, it is a fairly good picture, quality wise. I shows a discoid shape UFO with a top, and even an antenna can be seen on top. Thanks to ofnava, we have the following informaiton; It was taken in Alburquerque New Mexico, April 18, by Paul Villa. It is a part of sequence of 8 photos.

#62
Australia 1966. A Polaroid photograph of a UFO tipped vertically on a side taken by businessman from his garden a few minutes after 2 p.m on April 2, 1966 above the Melbourne, Australia suburb of Balwyn. The Victorian Flying Saucer Research Society (VFSRS) of Moorabbin, Australia carefully studied the photograph and environment and concluded the photo showed "no sign of multiple exposure, montage or any other tampering." The photo, copyrighted in 1979 by David C. Knight has been published on page 138 of the book "UFOS: A Pictorial History from Antiquity to the Present."

#63
Provo, Utah, 1966. The pilot of a twin engine C-47 "Skytrain" transport aircraft of the USAF captured this reddish object on photograph in July, 1966, at 11:00 AM. The aircraft was flying over the Rocky Mountains, at about 40 kilometers southwest of Provo, Utah. The Condon commission, which concluded that UFOs are not worthy of scientific investigations, did analyze the negative at the time and concluded that the photograph shows an ordinary object thrown in the air. Oh well, we can't all have that type of an eye.

#64
1966-Hillsdale, Michigan. The "Swamp Gas" case. This is the case that convinced skeptic J. Allen Hynek, that he must now publicly admit that there is something real in the UFO reports. At about 10:30 pm a resident of the women's dormitory at Hillsdale College reported a strange object in the sky. County Civil Defense director William E. Van Horn responded and confirmed that a bright glowing object was indeed bouncing across a nearby hollow and then became airborne. Hynek, who died in 1986, dismissed the Hillsdale sighting as "swamp gas." Within two weeks, however, he changed not only his opinion about the sighting, but also sides in the UFO debate.

#65
1966-Michigan-Taken during the Midwest wave of 1966. One of the best accepted UFO photographs. The so-called "swamp gas" explanation given by Air Force investigator J. Allen Hynek would stay with him for some time. Prompted by the lack of an explanation, and knowing that there was something to the Michigan wave, The US air Force used the idiotic explanation for the sightings. Hynek would later regret the explanation, and go on to become one of the most revered UFO researchers of all time.

#66

1966-Albaquerque, New Mexico. Another offering from A P Villa. This one even has landing legs. You can also see at least five other objects in the photo. Are these suppose to be smaller scout ships? Probably a fake.

#67

Washtenaw County, Michigan, 1966. This photograph is widely held as one of the best, clearest images ever taken of a UFO. Of course it has had its debunkers, but remains today as genuine proof of the existence of extraterrestrial life. Taken during a wave of UFO sightings in Michigan in 1966. This was snapped in Washtenaw County. There have been a couple of "colorized" versions, but this is the original. It made headlines in the Michigan papers, and then went nation wide.

#68

1966-Cassville, Missouri. Taken over Roaring River. 11/22/66. A hunter and two of his friends were camping on the river when an unknown flying object was seen rising from near their campsite. Their tent had just been destroyed, with some of their possessions on fire, as well as a tree or two close by. It is believed that the UFO was the cause of the destruction. One of the men was able to take two photos as the UFO sped away, with one being too blurred, and the one you see here, which is of good quality.

#69
1966- December 18. Tiopati Lake/Bear Mountain, NY. Thanks to ofnava we have this information about this photograph. Photograph was taken by Vincent Perna on 1966 December 18, at 16:30 hrs (Tiorati lake) New York. Perna states: "Suddenly a rare object of bronze color appeared, making no noise and it's size was approx. 6 meters (diameter) Vincent took 4 photos, a few minutes later the object disappeared."

#70
1967-Picaco Park, New Mexico. March 12. No other details available at this time.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part SIX

2011-06-08T02:16:00.000+05:30

#51
1961-Pescara, Italy. Bruno Ghibaudi, a scientific newspaper journalist, took several photographs of strange flying devices on the beaches of Pescara along the Adriatic sea in April 1961. He also claims he had encountered extra-terrestrial beings. Here is a larger version of the picture. Note: This looks more like a flying locust than anything else. One of the strangest flying objects I have seen.

#52
1963-South Africa, Northcliff. While taking photographs of houses for sale to publish in the local newspaper, a real estate agent captured this unknown flying object. She never thought about flying saucers, only seeing the image as an unusual marking. The first image was small, but since has been scanned and enlarged by a friends son. A really great photo of...who knows what...maybe it is a flying saucer.

#53
1964-Oberwesel, Germany. UFO photographed 8 March 1964 by Harry Haukler who was on a train passing through Oberwesel, Germany, when he saw a disc rise into the air alongside the train. The photograph shows a dark whirling below the disc. A very rare shape on this UFO.

#54
1964-India, near New Delhi. July 3. This excellent photograph was taken by legendary Billy Eduard Meier, famous for his many still frame and moving pictures of UFOs. A self-proclaimed contactee, he is a very controverial figure in the field of Ufology, with opinions ranging from hot to cold on the nature of his involvement with aliens from other worlds, and the authenticity of his works.

#55
1965 Tallahassee, Florida. Interest in UFOs prompted several persons in Tallahassee, Fla., to phone the weather bureau when this mystery blotch appeared for two nights in 1965. It hung over the city for half-an-hour each time, then faded away. This photo was taken, and a good one it is.

#56
1965-Santa Ana, California. August 3. Taken by highway traffic engineer Rex Heflin, while driving near the Santa Ana freeway. Heflin did not report his sighting, but the photographs were published by the Santa Ana Register on 09-20-65. This turned into a very controversial case with photos confiscated, and disagreements between different Ufologists about the photograph's authenticity. One of the most famous UFO photos ever taken.

#57
Warminster, England 1965. Photograph of what was dubbed "The Warminster thing," at that time. Taken on August 29, 1965 by Gordon Falkner, a young factory worker. A this time there were many UFO reports in the region, some reported as cigar shaped, other reported as discs. It is important to note that a disc observed at certain angles can appear to be "cigar" shaped.

#58
New Zealand, 1965. Anonymous photograph, published by a reporter in a daily newspaper of Paramatta following a heavily publicized UFO flap in the Sydney suburb of Ryde in 1965. The photograph was taken by a presently unknown person over Epson in the South Island of New Zealand in 1965.

#59
1965-Athens, Ohio. Douglas Stewart's UFO was taken at 8 p.m. July 12, 1965 in Athens, Ohio, with five witnesses. At approximately 8 PM on 12 July 1965 J. Douglas Stewart of 100 Second St. Athens Ohio took this picture with a Pentax camera with 135mm lens with a 1.8x Barlow creating a focal length of 243 mm. The film was Kodak Plus-X 35mm film, which was underdeveloped to reduce image contrast. (developed in D-76, 1:4) This entire event was witnesses by Dr. and Mrs. William. Stehr, Mrs. Claud Kantner and Mrs. Scott Wilson.

#60
1965-Tulsa, Oklahoma. A large wave of UFO sightings occurred in 1965 in the US. From coast to coast strange low flying flying objects were reported almost nightly by people of all ages and walks of life. As the year progressed, the number of reports rose dramatically. On the night of August 2, 1965, thousands of people in 4 midwestern states witnessed spectacular aerial displays by large formations of UFOs. That same night a multicolored disc was photographed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, while several persons watched it perform low altitude maneuvers. This picture was extensively analyzed, pronounced authentic, and later published by Life magazine and many newspapers. Some UFO researchers believe this to be a hoaxed photograph, using a Christmas tree ornament.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part FIVE

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#41
1957-1958-Edwards AFB. This photo is said to come from an "instructive-film" of a UFO landing at Edwards AFB. The film is said to have "leaked." This film has been referred to by more than one person, including the late astronaut Gordon Cooper, who claims to have seen the entire event. He says that the film did exist, but we cannot be certain that this is from that film.

#42
January 16, 1958, The Trinidade Island Photographs. Trindade is a small rocky island in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean 600 miles off the coast of Bahia, Brazil. Professional photographer Almiro Barauna would take a sequence of pictures of this UFO off of a Naval vessel. More than 50 witnesses saw the UFO, including the ship's Captain.

#43
1958-Japan-One of the many UFO photographs taken in Japan. This one shows an object over Kaizuka in 1958.

#44
1959-Waikiki, Hawaii, June 18. This photograph was one studied by Project Blue Book. Photo taken by Joseph Sigel of Bellevue, Washington. Blue Book stupidly identified it as a sun glare on lens. The photo was studied at the UFO symposium for the Congressiona Hearings of 1968 by Dr. Robert N. Sheppard.

#45
1960-Yacanto, Cordoba, Argentina. July 3. This photograph was taken by Hugo F. Niotti, then a captain of the AAF. On July 3, 1960, Niotti was driving from Yacanto toward Cordoba. At approximately 4:30 PM, he was in the area of Villa General Belgrano, about 70 Km from the city of Cordoba. He suddenly noticed a rather close and unusual object hovering near the ground to the right of the road. He grabbed his camera and took this one picture. It was deemed authentic by Servicio de Informaciones de Aeronautica.

#46
1960-Italy, September. This photo of three dark UFOs has certainly had its naysayers. Those who debunk it say that the extreme dark color of the objects make them appear to be pasted onto a background image, and then re-photographed. This is a possibility. UFO proponents will tell you that either magnetic, gravitational or other anomalies of the advanced technology caused this dark coloration. And so the debate continues...

#47
1960-Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is one of those "hard to be sure" images. It was taken on October 20 of 1960, and seems to show a large oval light source. No object is actually seen, but then again...where there's smoke, there's fire. The object seems to be moving from left to right, as you can see a trail of some type to its right in the full size image.

#48
1960s-Taipei, China- This great UFO shot, , taken by Tsai Chang-hung (½²³¹ÂE) in Yuanshan Park (¶ê¤s¤½¶é), adjacent to Taipei's Grand Hotel, shows an oval object hovering in the sky. Although dark and hazy, investigator Ho claims a high credibility for the photo as Tsai is a relative of Tsai Chang-hsien (½²³¹Äm), former head of the Taipei City Observatory. Photo courtesy of TUFOA.

#49
1961- Taiwan-Taken by Wang Shi-lin in 1961 in Taitung City, this is the first known photograph of a UFO in Taiwan. Photo courtesy of TUFOA. According to UFO investigator Ho Hsien-jung there have been 15 recorded sightings where photographic evidence suggests that extraterrestrial objects have traversed the skies above Taiwan. The earliest of these pictures was taken in Taitung City (¥xªF¥«) in 1961. UFO photographs date to 1911 in China proper.

#50
1961-Japan. Very little info is available on this photograph at this time. Only date, place, and the fact that it was taken by a young Japansese on March 11. A case of being in the right place at the right time. Not a bad pic, but a little bit out of focus. Still a part of the history of Ufology.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part FOUR

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#31
1956-Canada-A Royal Canadian Air Force pilot while flying at an altitude of about 11 km saw and photographed a very bright, disc-like object that was remaining stationary near a thunderhead. An analysis of the photograph suggests that it would have been radiating in excess of a gigawatt of power within the spectral range of the film.

#32
Summer 1956, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil This clearly defined round disc was photographed by one A. Stizak. The photo was taken on a clear day. If you look closely, you can see three white dots underneath. Its authenticity was confirmed by ICUFON director Colonel Colman VonKeviczky.

#33
1957-All I have in my notes is that the photo was taken in December 1957, by the radio officer aboard the naval ship S. S. Ramsey. It was seen on deck, hovering in the sky. The radio officer grabbed his camera and took this picture before the object disappeared. I think the picture was first published in Flying Saucer Review. I wrote to them twice in 1996, but never got a reply.

#34
1957-Deemed authentic by Kodak labs. This photograph was taken by one B.C. B.C. and his fiancee were riding their Harley Davidson through the southern Sierra Nevada's, in what is now Lake Isabella, California. They found an old dirt road that led down to the dry lake bed and they pulled off the main highway to take some random scenic shots. Neither of them saw anything out of the ordinary at the time.

#35
1957-Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Taken on October 16. This photo was taken by Ella Louise Fortune, a nurse at the Mescalero Indian Reservation near Three Rivers, N. M. She took the pic while driving Highway 54 about 1:30 PM. She stated that the UFO was motionless over Holloman AFB.

#36
1957-August, 20. Fujisawa City, Japan. Taken by Shinichi Takeda near Enoshima Miami Beach at 11:28 a.m. Object reportedly also seen by his sister, who called his attention to it. UFO silvery in color, giving off brilliant glow at est. altitude of 3000-4000 feet, traveling N to S. When overhead, object made 90 degree left turn, sped up, and disappeared in clouds. A few minutes later 15 people on the beach reported a similar object which passed over at high speed. No camera data available. Picture shows capsule-shaped image near bank of cumulus clouds

#37
1957-Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Taken by a test pilot in September of '57. The UFO is following a B-57 twin jet. The UFO was not discovered until the photograph was developed. An excellent photo for that time period

#38
1957-Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Taken in September. This photo was investigated by the Condon Report. A private was called from his barracks by his friends to see the unusual object. He grabbed his camera and took six pictures of the strange ring shaped object. Soon, the object was engulfed in white smoke.

#39
1957-Norway-Taken in July of 1957, this photo was sent to Project Blue Book for analysis. Wright Patterson determined that what we are seeing is a reflection of light on the camera lens. That is easy enough to say, I suppose, but I am not sure that is the case here. Be sure to see full size image.

#40
Rouen, France, 1957. Flying to intercept a mysterious radar reflection, an unknown French Air Force pilot photographed this craft in March 1957 over Rouen with his gun-sight camera. The UFO paced the plane for several minutes before speeding off past the maximum velocity of the French airplane. This UFO appears to be of the same type that appeared in McMinnville, Oregon, over the farm of Mr. Paul Trent. It was first published in the Royal Air Force Flying Review in July, 1957, and also in Flying Saucer Review in July, 1957.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part THREE

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#21
1952-Salem, Massachusetts. July 16, 1952 During the peak of the 1952 UFO Flap, Shel Alpert, a USCG seaman on duty in the Coast Guard Weather Office at the Salem Coast Guard Station, saw four brilliant lights in the sky. He called another Guardsman to see the lights, but in those few seconds the lights had become more dim. When they brightened again, he quickly took a single photograph through the window of the office. This photo has been published in many books, newspapers and magazines.

#22
1952-Passaic, New Jersey. George Stock was working in his yard on July 28, 1952 when this dome-shaped saucer appeared. Because it hovered over transmission lines before heading for him, he was able to get five photos. Only one is included here, but all are similar. A great early photo!

#23
1953-Moumra, Italy. I have almost no info on this photograph. Reportedly taken in Moumra, Italy on December 1, 1953, the picture is barely usable. I enhanced it to get some of the graininess removed. A group of people seem to be fixed on the odd formation of unknown objects. See full size for greater effect.

#24
Paris, France, Eiffel Tower, 1953. Double discs are seen passing over Eiffel Tower at 3:45 a.m. in 1953 as M. Paulin took this picture. The photograph is from the Michael Mann collection and was published in TRUE Magazine at the time. A very interesting photograph, and not a bad one considering the time period, and the distance from camera to object. Look at the original image to see the two objects over the Tower.

#25
Australia, 1954. This very compelling photograph of a clearly defined round UFO with top and antenna was taken by sheep farmer W. C. Hall in 1954. If you look real closely, you might see another unknown object in the distance just above a mountain. An excellent photo, and for a newspaper clipping, it is in excellent condition.

#26
1954-Sicily, Italy, December 10. Four men are staring upward at two very odd shapes in the sky. The photographer was questioned about his pic, and he claimed that the objects were actually in the sky, as opposed to a film or camera anomaly, and that the objects simply stood still for several minutes.

#27
Namur, Belgium, 1955 (1) Three photographs were taken on June 5, 1955 at about 07:30 P.M. near Namur. The witness indicated that he has visually seen a sharp gleam moving high in the sky without any noise and at high speed. He indicated that the gleam accompanied an object of discoidal shape leaving a white trail behind it.

#28
Namur, Belgium, 1955 (2) The second photograph taken on June 5, 1955 in Namur. The witness continued by indicating that the object lost altitude, made a turn, and then went upwards to reach its own trail. See larger image to see dimension of the clouds, and get perspective of the object's size. An excellent photo.

#29
Namur, Belgium, 1955 (3) The third photograph taken on June 5, 1955 in Namur. The witness continues by explaining that when the object joined its trail, the trail was disspating, the UFO then accelerated and left, while luminous particles were ejected behind it. Be sure to see the full-size image to appreciate the long trail behind the object, and dimension of the photo itself.

#30
1956-Rosetta/Natal, South Africa. July 17. These two photographs from South Africa were taken by alleged contactee Elizabeth Klarer. She claimed that she was impregnated by a tall, white-haired alien who piloted a UFO in one of her many contacts. Almost unbelievably, MUFON representative Cynthia Hind who was Africa's most respected Ufologist, found several eye witnesses to her contact cases.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part TWO

2011-05-29T13:57:00.000+05:30

#11
Scotland, 1947. An alleged UFO picture taken in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland in 1947. It is important to see the original picture on this one to get the full effect. This, to me, is a very good picture of an object that is not identifiable by comparison to any known aircraft today. It is obviously a metallic, two layered object which has never been explained away. A true UFO!

#12
Czaplinek, Poland 1947. This alleged UFO picture has seemingly been shot at Czaplinek in 1947. The picture was taken at an angle looking up over a mountain, and the larger picture makes a much more believable image, giving the object dimension, and scale. Early photographs like this are very important, coming at a time when photo manipulation was very difficult compared to present time.

#13
Cincinnati, Ohio, 1949. During the Jitney Carnival at the St. Peter and Paul Church in Norwood, Cincinnati, Ohio, Reverend Gregory Miller, purchased from army surplus, an 8 million candle power searchlight. Sergeant Donald R. Berger of ROTC of the University of Cincinnati would operate it. During the height of the festivities, at 08:15 pm, Sgt. Berger's sweeping searchlight suddenly flashed across a stationary, circular object in the sky. Reverend Miller and later others joined in and observed. This was only the beginning. Davidson took ten "still" photographs of the large disc-shaped object that flew in and out of the searchlight beam.

#14
1950-Redbud, Illinois. April 23. Thanks to one of our readers, we have the following information:
Evidently this photo was purportedly taken by a Mr Dean Morgan who was a part time photographer who was simply in the area taking photographs at the time of this event. Evidently he didn’t live in Redbud, but Greenville where he still presently resides at 1520 Willow St.

#15
May 8, 1950 This is one of the most famous UFO pictures ever taken. Photographed by Paul Trent, and first witnessed by his wife. They were published in a local newspaper in McMinnville, Oregon shortly thereafter. Soon, the Trent photos were published in Life magazine edition of June 26, 1950. The rest is history. These photos have been deemed authentic for over 50 years.

#16
1951-California-Guy B. Marquand, Jr. took this picture on a mountain road near Riverside, California, on November 23, 1951. He said the object above the skyline was a "flying saucer."
One of our readers has sent us the following information: Guy Marquand enlisted in the US Army in LA California on 27/12/1943 Serial # 3921741. He was single and had 4 years of High School and came from Riverside. He is now 84 and lives at 4010 Royal Dr Carlsbad CA with his wife. Evidently some of his family still reside in Riverside.

#17
1951-Lubbock, Texas-The famous photographs from the "Lubbock lights" in Texas, 31 August 1951. Years later, ignoring all testimonies and evidences, skeptics stated that these objects were... birds. This most ridiculous explanation was typical of how early UFO photos were often explained away. Carl Hart Jr. an 18 year old student took this famous picture with his Kodak camera. There were at least 100 witnesses who saw the objects. This is one of the classics of Ufology.

#18
1952-Barra da Tijuca, Brazil, May 7-While covering a news event for O'Cruzeiro Magazine, reporters Ed Kessel and Joao Martins saw an unusual flying object approaching their location. Kessel snapped five black and white pictures of the object as it came right over them. The Brazilian Air Force would later find as many as 40 witnesses who saw the object.

#19
Washington D. C. 1952. During the dawn of Ufology in the United States, unidentified flying objects made themselves known to the leaders of the free world in 1952, buzzing over the White House, the Capitol building, and the Pentagon. Seemingly the unknown objects were defying the very governmental agencies sworn to protect the United States from foreign powers. Washington National Airport and Andrews Air Force Base picked up a number of UFOs on their radar screens on July 19, 1952, beginning a wave of sightings still unexplained to this day.

#20
lac Chauvet, France, July 18, 1952. A collection of pictures that have been filed and studied by the French GEPAN then SEPRA state financed investigation committee, and considered genuine. The photograph was taken by André Fregnale. The image underwent an investigation by Claude Poher, director of the GEPAN, and he deemed that the photograph was not a fraud, but a genuine UFO. A very good picture.

To be Continued...

The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken - Part ONE

2011-05-28T01:21:00.002+05:30

#1
1870-Mt. Washington, New Hampshire. This photo is dubbed, "the oldest UFO photograph ever taken." This item was the subject of bidding at Ebay in 2002, when finally the photo was purchased for $385.00 by Samuel M. Sherman, who was the president of Independent-International Pictures Corp. This was originally a "stereo" photograph. Certainly it was difficult to manipulate photos at that time, and remember, there were no flying objects then; at least, not from this world.

#2
1927-Oregon. Taken in Cave Junction, Oregon. There is some question as to whether the photo was taken in '26 or '27, but nonetheless, if this is an authentic photograph it is incredible. Reportedly snapped by a volunteer fireman. Be sure to click to see full size image to really appreciate the picture.

#3
1929-SlideWard-Colorado Ward Sawmill, April-This incident is retold by the photographers daughter: "This photo was taken by my father Edward Pline at the sawmill in Ward where we lived at the time. I think it was 1929. I was about six years old then. My father was there to photograph the sawmill for some reason or another, and as he was taking the photo, he described a 'terrible thunderous bellow,' and a large round thing as big as a very large boulder that moved through the air above them. You can see it in the picture. None of the sawmill workers saw the thing in the photo, but they all heard the sound and felt the ground shudder. Later in my life I tried researching the incident at the County Historical Society, but I did not find any references to it. My father passed on a few years after the incident, and I have not found any surviving sawmill workers from that time." Hetty Pline.

1932-St. Paris, Ohio. This picture was taken of a man named George Sutton near midday May 1932. We can see that it was in 1932 from the license plate on the automobile in the photo that accompanied this shot. The unidentified flying object in the picture could not have been a street lamp, simply because there were no street lamps at the time. There are no power poles or power lines visible anywhere in this picture. This picture shows a vintage automobile. The owner of the photo album says there were no electric street lights along this road in those days. Nobody has been able to account for the dark object seen over Sutton's left shoulder in this photograph.

#5
Los Angeles, February 25, 1942: 02:25 AM: Alarm sirens installed in the event of a Japanese air raid are started, as flying objects are seen and announced in the sky off the city. A blackout is declared and the anxious and even terrified inhabitants follow the instructions by turning all the lights off. 03:16 AM: Anti-aircraft guns open fire on the unidentified flying objects coming from the ocean, and projector beams are searching the sky. Witnesses observe small objects flying at high altitude, of red or silver-plated color, moving in formation at high speed, and untouched by the AAA salvos. This large object had been hitby many AAA projectiles, according to the reports. The anti-aircraft defence continued to shoot at UFOs without results.

#6
Washington D. C. October 29, 1942. This was taken above Washington, D.C. on October 29 1942. An object at the very right of the frame was initially thought to represent a high-wing monoplane flying down and right from the upper left-hand corner. Unusually it appears too fast for the shutter, its configuration is more disk-like and it is followed by an exceptionally long dark streak (this extends back and upwards to the top of the frame) that is normally associated with jet aircraft.

#7
1944-England-This UFO was photographed over England in 1944. Source: "The X Factor" magazine issue 53 (Marshall Cavendish publications).

#8
Morristown, New Jersey, 1947. On the morning of July 10, 1947, John H. Janssen, editor of the Daily Record (an American aviation journal) was flying his own plane from Morristown Airport in New Jersey. He spotted six, luminous spherical craft with hazy rings around them flying in a trail high in the sky above him. He grabbed his camera and shot a picture. He was only able to get four of the six objects in the image frame. Two weeks later, on July 23rd, he had another encounter of what looked to him like the same or very similar aircraft. He was again flying his airplane out of Morristown, and was at 6,000 ft.

#9
1947-July 7-William Rhodes of Phoenix, Arizona allegedly saw a disk circling his locality during sunset and took two photographs. The resulting pictures show a disk-like object with a round front and a square tail in plane form. These photographs have been examined by experts who state they are true photographic images and do not appear to be imperfection in the emulsion or imperfections in the lens. Often called the "Roswell UFO."

#10
1947-July 4-U.S. Coast Guardsman, Frank Ryman, of Seattle, Washington, photo of a flying disc taken on July 4, 1947, three days before the infamous Rhodes photographs. The Rhodes’ photos were actually printed in the local paper upside down! Allegedly, one of, if not the first, photograph of a "flying disc."

To be Continued...

Is there life beyond Earth?

2011-05-26T18:51:00.002+05:30

In the beginning, when all was fire, there were no stars or planets, no atoms or molecules... and no life. Eons passed, and life appeared on at least one small planet orbiting an average star in a spiral galaxy called the Milky Way. On that planet, one species, endowed with the capacity to think and speak, began to wonder: Did it happen only here? Perhaps not.

Is there life beyond Earth?

In spite of the absence of any strong evidence so far for existence of life beyond Earth, the subject remains extremely fascinating.

Take off on a journey in search of life beyond Earth with the latest information on space exploration, real-life photographs of space.

So, let the journey begin!!!