More than 50 years after it was first taken, an image considered to be the “best UFO picture ever taken” has been made public. Now, most of us are accustomed to seeing the same grainy photo of what is probably just an accidental glow lantern taken with a mobile camera from someone’s garden when we come across UFO pictures. In reality, US military officials have renamed their research from UFO to UAP (Unexplained Aerial Phenomena) in an attempt to be taken seriously because the purported sightings of UFOs have been so popular over the previous few decades.
The Alleged “One Of The Best UFO Pictures”
Every now and again, though, an image or video will appear online that leaves even the most ardent debunkers scratching their heads and saying, “Huh.” Among these images is one that aerial photographer and cartographer Sergio Loaiza took in 1971 while on a study trip in Costa Rica. Loaiza had been conducting research for a hydropower project by capturing pictures from an altitude of about 10,000 feet, but one picture in particular drew notice when it was published in April 2021. An odd saucer-shaped object can be seen hovering in the left half of the black-and-white photo taken over Lake Cote, Costa Rica. The picture is shown above.
This implies that it is still among the most convincing pieces of evidence on UFOs that have ever been found. In 2021, during the New Yorker‘s article titled “How the Pentagon started taking UFOs seriously,” investigative journalist and paranormal novelist Leslie Kean dubbed Loaiza’s shot “the best photograph of a UFO ever taken.” Although it’s unlikely that we’ll ever be able to identify the object in the Loaiza shot with certainty, it’s still one of the more intriguing bits of evidence in humanity’s ongoing investigation into extraterrestrial life. As such, here are 10 more that remains intriguing to this day:
1. The First of the UFO Pictures
Reproduced from an edition of TeenAge Times in Dublin, Ireland on March 25, 1950, this photograph is reportedly the first dramatic image of the enigmatic objects often known as flying saucers, according to ABC News.
2. The McMinnville UFO Pictures
The McMinnville UFO pictures, sometimes referred to as the Trent UFO photos, are two images of a fictitious UFO that were allegedly shot on May 11, 1950, close to McMinnville, Oregon, in the United States by Paul and Evelyn Trent, farmers. The images, which are frequently regarded as some of the most well-known and unmistakably clear UFO photos ever shot, were reproduced in Life magazine and newspapers all throughout the country. Many ufologists still contend that the images show a real, three-dimensional unidentified flying object in the sky, despite the majority of UFO sceptics believing these to be a joke.
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3. UFOs in Salem
This image, shot Aug. 3, 1952, in Salem, Mass., through a laboratory window by a 21-year-old U.S. Coast Guard member, depicts four unidentified flying objects as brilliant lights in the sky.
4. Marquand’s UFO
The image above was taken Nov. 23, 951, in Riverside, California. Guy B. Marquand, Jr. described the object over the skyline as a “flying saucer.” Marquand reported that he and his two friends watched the thing fly by at a very high speed, and he was prepared to take pictures with his camera when it returned.
5. A Challenge to the Air Force
On May 16, 1966, in Hillsdale County, Michigan’s civil defense director, William Van Horn, made this March 1966 photo public as part of a 24-page report contesting an Air Force finding that “swamp gas” was the cause of reported UFO sightings in the region. According to Van Horn, the wind at the time prevented swamp gas from forming.
6. One From A Club
This member-taken photo, purportedly of a flying saucer, was made public by the Los Angeles-based Amalgamated Flying Saucer Club of America, on June 16, 1963.
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7. Robert Rinker’s UFO Pictures
After processing a negative taken on March 22, 1966, Robert Rinker, a field technician at the mountain laboratory weather station on Colorado’s Chalk Mountain, found this unexplained object. Rinker added, “I haven’t said it’s a flying saucer yet,” after releasing the picture.
8. Another in New Mexico
A New Mexico State University student took this photo of what he said was a UFO, while photographing land formations for a geology class on Mar. 12, 1967.
9. Heflin’s UFO Pictures
Truck driver Rex Heflin saw this UFO from his truck on August 3, 1965, in Santa Ana, California. He quickly stopped and took pictures of it.
10. One More From New Mexico
On October 16, 1957, this light was seen on camera as it hovered close to the Holloman Air Development Centre in New Mexico for fifteen minutes.
So, do these pictures make you a believer or a skeptic? Let us know in the comments below!
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