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One of the most widely examined and reproduced UFO photographs on record. Farmer Paul Trent photographed a metallic, disc-shaped object over his property outside McMinnville, Oregon; his wife Evelyn witnessed the same object.

A domed, saucer-shaped object photographed over Passaic, New Jersey, during the wave of U.S. sightings in the summer of 1952.

Two exposures taken by amateur photographer William Rhodes of a fast-moving, wing-shaped object over Phoenix — among the earliest photographic UFO cases on record, and one examined directly by Army Air Forces investigators at the time.

A disc-shaped object photographed in the sky over the town of Muszyna in southern Poland.

A pale, elongated object photographed from the cockpit by Giancarlo Cecconi, an Italian commercial airline pilot.

Official NASA Apollo 12 photography of the lunar surface, re-released by the U.S. Department of War's PURSUE declassification initiative on May 8, 2026 with an area of interest annotated where unidentified phenomena are visible above the horizon.

Three dark, disc-shaped objects photographed in formation. The photographer was never identified or named in any account found; skeptics have suggested the dark coloration is consistent with a cutout composite.

A large, oval light source captured in the sky over Minneapolis; no distinct object is visible beyond the light itself.

An unnamed real estate agent photographing houses for a newspaper listing accidentally captured an object overhead.

A mysterious light blotch photographed over Tallahassee and reported to the local weather bureau at the time.

Photographed personally and off-duty by a former Air Force pilot who never officially reported the sighting; the University of Colorado's Condon Committee later examined the case at the photographer's request for anonymity (Condon Report Case 7).

Photographed by an unnamed hunter and two companions while out in the field near Cassville.

Photographed by a group of teenagers identified in period accounts only by their first names.

Photographed from the window of a Fawcett Airlines flight by a passenger who insisted on remaining anonymous; film from other passengers aboard the same flight was reportedly confiscated.

The cameraman who took this photograph over Milledgeville has remained anonymous in every account found.

Official NASA Apollo 12 photography of the lunar surface, re-released via PURSUE. This frame features two highlighted areas of interest, labeled "Area 1" and "Area 2," above the horizon, in which unidentified phenomena are visible.

Official NASA Apollo 12 photography of the lunar surface, re-released via PURSUE. This frame features a highlighted area of interest near the right edge of the frame, above the horizon, in which unidentified phenomena are visible.

Official NASA Apollo 12 photography of the lunar surface, re-released via PURSUE. This frame features a highlighted area of interest slightly left of the vertical axis, above the horizon, in which unidentified phenomena are visible.

Official NASA Apollo 12 photography of the lunar surface, re-released via PURSUE. This frame features five highlighted areas of interest, labeled "Area 1" through "Area 5," above the horizon, in which unidentified phenomena are visible.

Official NASA Apollo 17 photograph, re-released via PURSUE and now under DoD investigation. The image shows three points of light in a triangular formation in the lower right of the lunar sky, magnified in an inset callout; preliminary government analysis suggests the feature may be a physical object, and the original Apollo 17 film has been obtained for further analysis.

Often cited as the oldest surviving UFO photograph: a cigar-shaped object over the summit of Mount Washington, captured by a commercial stereoview partnership accompanying the U.S. Signal Service's winter scientific expedition.

One of the earliest photographic UFO records: astronomer José Bonilla photographed a series of objects crossing the sun during a routine solar observation.

A still from officially declassified U.S. Navy FLIR footage showing an object described in Navy reports as appearing to descend into the ocean near the USS Omaha.

A still from the same officially declassified July 2019 Navy encounter series, captured near the destroyer USS Russell.

A formation of triangular objects recorded over Buenos Aires with a camcorder; the sighting reportedly coincided with local reports of electromagnetic power-cut effects.

A recent sighting photographed in the Cuña Piru Valley by journalist Horacio Cambeiro, with EXIF metadata confirming the capture details.

Unidentified objects photographed near Athens International Airport.

A frame from Space Shuttle Discovery's onboard camera during mission STS-51-A, showing an object drifting past in the field of view.

A frame from Space Shuttle Atlantis's onboard camera during mission STS-37, showing an object drifting past in the field of view.

An object photographed moving below the clouds near a fishing lake by a witness who requested anonymity.

A metallic, disc-shaped object photographed by a hiking party in the Swiss Alps; astronomer J. Allen Hynek called it one of the best UFO photographs ever taken.

A large object photographed over the Canary Islands during a sighting witnessed by hundreds of residents across Gran Canaria, Tenerife, and La Palma.

One of a sequence of photographs showing an object with columns of light, provided to researchers by retired U.S. Navy Commander Graham Bethune on behalf of a friend who asked not to be named.

A second frame from the same September 1989 Nashville sequence.

A third frame from the same September 1989 Nashville sequence.

A fourth frame from the same September 1989 Nashville sequence.

Two objects photographed over Gettysburg, unnoticed by the photographer until the film was developed.

One of a sequence of six photographs from the Fort Belvoir case, held in the Air Force's own Project Blue Book photograph series and examined by the University of Colorado's Condon Committee.

A third frame from the same Fort Belvoir sequence in the Air Force's Project Blue Book photograph series.

A fourth frame from the same Fort Belvoir sequence in the Air Force's Project Blue Book photograph series.

A fifth frame from the same Fort Belvoir sequence in the Air Force's Project Blue Book photograph series.

The sixth and final frame from the same Fort Belvoir sequence in the Air Force's Project Blue Book photograph series.

A photograph of an alleged UFO held in the Air Force's Project Blue Book photograph series, examined by the Condon Committee.

A photograph associated with a reported sighting from a Gulfstream aircraft, held in the Air Force's Project Blue Book photograph series.

Enlarged details of UFO images from an earlier photo pair, prepared as part of the Air Force's own analysis in its Project Blue Book photograph series.

A reported UFO photograph from Pinawa, Manitoba, later identified by investigators as a film-developing defect — included here for the same reason the site documents debunked and disputed cases alongside unresolved ones.

The first of two similar photographs of an object reportedly seen from American Airlines Flight 387, held in the Air Force's Project Blue Book photograph series.

A frame from motion-picture footage of the Sonora, California UFO, with an arrow indicating a small, bright source drifting toward the top of the frame.

A photograph taken from an orbiting spacecraft showing the luminous airglow layer above the earth illuminated by moonlight, with the zodiacal light band and the planet Venus visible at an oblique angle.

A photograph of Comet Ikeya-Seki showing a lens flare caused by a street lamp, investigated and identified as an optical artifact rather than an anomaly.

A photograph showing the historic orbital rendezvous of Gemini 6 and Gemini 7, examined by the Condon Committee as part of its review of spacecraft-related imagery.

A photograph of a Radar Evaluation Pod (REP) released and photographed by Gemini 5 astronauts during their mission.

The earth's airglow layer photographed from a sounding rocket, with stars visible above the layer and city lights delineating the solid earth below.

A radar Plan Position Indicator (PPI) presentation showing the location of targets from which anomalous radar echoes were received during a strong elevated atmospheric duct.

A stable black vortex ring photographed detaching from the mushroom column of a demonstration blast at Fort Belvoir — a genuine ring-shaped anomaly, investigated as part of the Air Force's own study of similar reported UFO shapes.

Brilliant star-like points of light photographed when crystals formed from a spacecraft waste-water dump were illuminated by the sun at orbital sunrise — one of the more unusual explained phenomena the Air Force's own study catalogued.

The first of a sequence of photographs taken roughly five minutes apart over a twenty-minute period from a Gulfstream aircraft, held in the Air Force's Project Blue Book photograph series.

A typical frame from the Tremonton, Utah motion-picture film, one of the best-known Project Blue Book cases, held in the Air Force's own photograph series.

An enlargement of the Gulfstream aircraft photograph, printed at low density to show the structure of the object's outer halo, prepared as part of the Air Force's own photo analysis.

The second photograph in the Gulfstream aircraft sequence; the negative was creased in handling before it reached investigators, producing the diagonal streak visible through the image.

A portion of a frame from the Great Falls, Montana motion-picture film, one of the earliest and best-known Air Force UFO film cases, held in the Air Force's own Project Blue Book photograph series.

Examples of radio interference patterns, held in the Air Force's Project Blue Book photograph series as reference material for evaluating reported anomalies.

A reflection echo recorded during anomalous atmospheric propagation conditions, one of the radar phenomena the Air Force's own study catalogued as an explanation for some reported radar UFO contacts.

A trial time exposure of the moon, used as reference material in the Air Force's study of photographic artifacts that could account for reported anomalies.

The fourth photograph in the Gulfstream aircraft sequence, with the aircraft's own wing visible in the upper right of the frame.

A roughly 100x enlargement of a Gemini II photograph, prepared as part of the Air Force's own analysis of spacecraft imagery.

A companion roughly 100x enlargement of the same Gemini II photograph, prepared for the Air Force's own analysis.

A photograph of the auroral zone inclined to parallels of geographic latitude, held in the Air Force's Project Blue Book photograph series.

A Polaroid photograph of a pattern of colored lights, made by a 12-year-old boy in Lakeville, Connecticut and filed in the Air Force's Project Blue Book photograph series.

A frame from the Vandenberg tracking film showing a reported UFO that Air Force investigators identified as the planet Venus — included for the same reason the site documents explained and disputed cases alongside unresolved ones.

A time-lapse photograph of a radar Plan Position Indicator (PPI) scope covering an area 300 nautical miles in diameter, held in the Air Force's Project Blue Book photograph series.

An enlargement of the Gulfstream aircraft photograph, printed at high density to show the core of the bright object, prepared as part of the Air Force's own analysis.

The appearance of the Agena target vehicle as seen at distances varying from 25 to 250 feet during a Gemini rendezvous, prepared as reference material for the Air Force's study.

The first of two photographs from the Air Force's Case 53 file, with the moon visible at the left of the frame.

An object photographed above a beach shelter roof by a witness who was testing a new camera's zoom function at the time.

Dim lights photographed from a balcony over Roseburg, Oregon.

A sunset photograph over Green Bay showing an anomalous bright point, possibly a sun dog.

A triangular formation of lights photographed by a 13-year-old over Westwego, Louisiana.

An object photographed during a storm over Timbo, Arkansas.

An object photographed by a group of fishermen off Manatí, Puerto Rico; only the professor who relayed the account is named.

An object photographed over Modesto, California, sourced under a pseudonym.

An object photographed near Jackfish Creek, Alberta.

An object photographed over Albuquerque, New Mexico.

An object photographed over Youngwood, Pennsylvania; the site explicitly notes the image's copyright status is unknown and the witness remains anonymous.

An object photographed in Oregon, submitted anonymously via MUFON.

An object photographed over Florence, Italy.

An object photographed over Winnipeg, Manitoba.

An object photographed over Wichita, Kansas; the photographer is unnamed, though the reporting journalist is credited.

An object photographed at Guerilla Bay, Australia, by a witness who explicitly requested to remain anonymous.

An object photographed in San Diego County, California.

An object photographed in Colombia.

An object photographed over Wisconsin.

An object photographed over Washington State.

An object photographed over Tennessee.

An object photographed over Idaho.

An object photographed over Ohio.

An object photographed near Hazleton, Pennsylvania.

An object photographed over Thatcher, Utah.

An object photographed over Manhattan, New York.

An object photographed over Arizona.

A frame from official U.S. Navy cockpit infrared video recorded during the USS Nimitz carrier strike group's encounters off the California coast, showing an elongated object with a bright surrounding halo.

A frame from official U.S. Navy cockpit infrared video recorded by aircrews from the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group, showing an object that appears to rotate as it passes near cloud cover.

A frame from official U.S. Navy cockpit infrared video recorded during the same 2015 encounter series, showing a small object low over the ocean surface.

A disc-shaped object photographed through tree branches, held in NASA's own "Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel" series at the National Archives.

A second frame from the same 1964 "Flying Saucer" photo sequence held in NASA's own agency photograph series at the National Archives.

A third frame from the same 1964 "Flying Saucer" photo sequence held in NASA's own agency photograph series at the National Archives.

A fourth frame from the same 1964 "Flying Saucer" photo sequence held in NASA's own agency photograph series at the National Archives.

The fifth and final frame from the same 1964 "Flying Saucer" photo sequence held in NASA's own agency photograph series at the National Archives.

A still frame from VHS footage of a UFO, sent to the British Ministry of Defence and preserved in its declassified case files.

A colour photograph of an unusual atmospheric occurrence observed over Sri Lanka, forwarded to the Ministry of Defence by RAF Fylingdales and preserved in its declassified UFO case files.

An object captured by the public security camera feed at Porto Alegre's Salgado Filho International Airport, originally released by the airport's own camera-feed channel.

A blue-hued object photographed near Camp Aguinaldo and the Santolan station in Metro Manila.

An object photographed over the Cross of San Roque Chapel in Paombong, Bulacan.

An object photographed above cloud cover near the Taikoo Shing residential estate in Hong Kong.

An object photographed near the Armenian Church in Chernivtsi, submitted as part of the Wiki Loves Monuments photography contest.

An object photographed from the window of a commercial flight between Budapest and London.

An object photographed over Rome, Italy.

An object photographed from the window of a commercial flight between Sydney and Melbourne.

An object photographed by a pilot near Sisters and Bend, Oregon.

An object photographed over Illinois.

An object photographed over South Carolina.

An object photographed over Pidcoke, Texas.

An object photographed over Maui, Hawaii.

An object photographed by a group of tourists near Rachel, Nevada, close to the Area 51 test range.