UFO Photos, Page 2 of 7
Pictures are arranged by the year in which they occurred.
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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.
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."
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 11:00am.
The aircraft was flying over the Rocky Mountains, at about 40 kilometers
South-West of Provo, Utah. The Condon commission, which concluded that
UFOs are no worth 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.
Hillsdale, Michigan, 1966. 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.
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 existance 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.
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.
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.
Pigeon Lake 1967. In the evening of July 3, 1967, Mr. Douglas Dennis, fishing at
Pigeon Lake, near Buckhorn, Alberta, 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.
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.
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.
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.
May 23, 1971 St. Lorenzen/Styria, Austria. While on vacation in Styria. musician
Rudi Nagora and wife were exploring the St. Lorenzen area. After a drive, they
stopped at the edge of a field. His attention was grabbed by a sound from above.
He saw a shining, silvery disc, and took this photograph.
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.
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.
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.
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.
June, 1973, Ontario, Canada Two individuals were standing in the back yard of
a home in Ontario. They were watching what they thought was an airplane
approaching. As it moved closer, they noticed it was totally silent and moving
very low to the ground. One of the men ran for the camera, and took 7 pictures.
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.
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.
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.
