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These mysterious images, preserved across decades, continue to fuel speculation about what might be out there.
These photographs, spanning decades and locations, remain some of the most iconic in UFO history. Whether dismissed as hoaxes, explained as natural phenomena, or embraced as evidence of extraterrestrial visitors, they continue to captivate imaginations and fuel the mystery of what might be out there. (Image: Pexels)
In March 1950, Dublin’s TeenAge Times published what it called the first sensational picture of flying saucers, showing mysterious objects in the sky. (Image: Time Magazine)
Just two months later, farmer Paul Trent photographed a disc-shaped object over his farm in McMinnville, Oregon, producing some of the most famous UFO images ever taken. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
In November 1951, Guy B. Marquand Jr. captured a supposed flying saucer above the skyline in Riverside, California, claiming it sped past before returning for another pass. (Image: Time Magazine)
The following year, in August 1952, a U.S. coastguard in Salem, Massachusetts, photographed four bright lights in the sky through a laboratory window, fueling speculation of multiple UFOs. (Image: Time Magazine)
October 1957 brought another sighting near Holloman Air Development Center in New Mexico, where a glowing light hovered for 15 minutes before vanishing. (Image: Time Magazine)
In June 1963, the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Club of America released a photo taken in Los Angeles, showing a disc-like object flying low over trees. (Image: Time Magazine)
In March 1966, a photograph from Hillsdale County, Michigan, showed a UFO over a windmill. Released as part of a civil defense report, it challenged the Air Force’s claim that “swamp gas” explained the sightings. (Image: Time Magazine)
In March 1967, a New Mexico State University student captured an image of a UFO between rock formations while photographing land for a geology class. (Image: Time Magazine)
In August 1965, Rex Heflin snapped three photos near Santa Ana, California, showing a disc-shaped craft moving across the sky. (Image: Time Magazine)
In March 1966 Colorado, a weather station technician discovered an unidentified object on a processed negative, taken over a snow-covered field. (Image: Time Magazine)
