1963 South Africa

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 original image was small but since has been scanned and enlarged by a friend's son.

A really great photo of... who knows what... maybe it is a flying saucer.

I will say that it is quite different from any other UFO I have seen.

1961 Italy

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 extraterrestrial beings.

This looks more like a flying locust than anything else.

One of the strangest flying objects I have ever seen.

1961 Japan

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 gentleman on March 11.

A case of being in the right place at the right time. 

Not a bad picture but a little bit out of focus. 

Still a part of the history of Ufology.

1961 Taiwan

1961 - Taiwan - Taken by Wang Shi-lin in 1961 in Taitung City this is the first known photograph of a UFO in Taiwan.

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 in 1961.

UFO photographs date to 1911 in China proper.

China 1960

1960s - Taipei, China - This great UFO shot taken by Tsai Chang-hung in Yuanshan Park, adjacent to Taipei's Grand Hotel, shows an oval object hovering in the sky.

Although the photo is dark and hazy, investigator Ho claims a high credibility for the photo as Tsai is a relative of Tsai Chang-hsien, former head of the Taipei City Observatory.

Minnesota 1960

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.

Italy 1960

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.