1965 New Zealand

1965 - New Zealand. The photographer is still unknown but the photo was 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 over Epson in the South Island of New Zealand.

1965 England

1965 - Warminster, England. Photograph of what was dubbed "The Warminster thing," at that time.

Taken on August 29, 1965 by Gordon Falkner a young factory worker.

At this time there were many UFO reports in the region some reported as cigar-shaped other reported as discs.

It is important to note that a disc observed at certain angles can appear to be "cigar" shaped.

1965 California

1965 - Santa Ana, California. August 3. Taken by highway traffic engineer Rex Heflin while working near the Santa Ana freeway.

Heflin did not report his sighting but the photographs were published by the Santa Ana Register on 09-20-65.

This turned into a very controversial case with photos confiscated and disagreements between different Ufologists about the photograph's authenticity.

One of the most famous UFO photos ever taken.

1965 Florida

1965 - Tallahassee, Florida. Interest in UFOs prompted several persons in Tallahassee, Florida to phone the weather bureau when this mystery blotch appeared for two nights in 1965.

It hung over the city for half-an-hour each time then faded away.0

This photo was taken and a good one it is.

1964 India

1964 - India, near New Delhi. July 3. This excellent photograph was taken by legendary Billy Eduard Meier famous for his many still frame and moving pictures of UFOs.

A self-proclaimed contactee he is a very controversial figure in the field of Ufology with opinions ranging from hot to cold on the nature of his involvement with aliens from other worlds and the authenticity of his work.

1964 Germany

1964 - Oberwesel, Germany. UFO photographed 8 March 1964 by Harry Haukler who was on a train passing through Oberwesel, Germany when he saw a disc rise into the air alongside the train.

The photograph shows a dark whirling below the disc.

A very rare shape on this unknown object.

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.

Argentina 1960

1960 - Yacanto, Cordoba, Argentina. July 3. This photograph was taken by Hugo F. Niotti then a captain of the AAF.

On July 3, 1960, Niotti was driving from Yacanto toward Cordoba.

At approximately 4:30 PM, he was in the area of Villa General Belgrano about 70 Km from the city of Cordoba.

He suddenly noticed a rather close and unusual object hovering near the ground to the right of the road.

He grabbed his camera and took this one picture.

It was deemed authentic by Servicio de Informaciones de Aeronautica.

Hawaii 1959

1959 - Waikiki, Hawaii, June 18. This photograph was one studied by Project Blue Book.

Photo taken by Joseph Sigel of Bellevue, Washington.

Blue Book stupidly identified it as a sun glare on lens.

The photo was studied at the UFO symposium for the Congressiona Hearings of 1968 by Dr. Robert N. Sheppard.

Japan 1958

1958 - Japan - One of the many UFO photographs taken in Japan.

This one shows an object over Kaizuka in 1958.

Brazil 1958

1958 - January 16 - The Trinidade Island Photographs.

Trindade is a small rocky island in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean 600 miles off the coast of Bahia, Brazil.

Professional photographer Almiro Barauna would take a sequence of pictures of this UFO off of a Naval vessel.

More than 50 witnesses saw the UFO including the ship's Captain.

Some of the best know early photos of a UFO.

Edwards Air Force Base 1957

1957-1958 - Edwards AFB. This photo is said to come from an "instructive-film" of a UFO landing at Edwards AFB.

The film is said to have been "leaked."

This film has been referred to by more than one person, including the late astronaut Gordon Cooper, who claims to have seen the entire event.

He says that the film did exist but we cannot be certain that this is from that film.

France 1957

Rouen, France, 1957. Flying to intercept a mysterious radar reflection an unknown French Air Force pilot photographed this craft in March 1957 over Rouen with his gun-sight camera.

The UFO paced the plane for several minutes before speeding off past the maximum velocity of the French airplane.

This UFO appears to be of the same type that appeared in McMinnville, Oregon, over the farm of Mr. Paul Trent.

It was first published in the Royal Air Force Flying Review in July, 1957, and also in Flying Saucer Review in July, 1957.

Norway 1957

1957 - Norway - Taken in July of 1957 this photo was sent to Project Blue Book for analysis.

Wright Patterson determined that what we are seeing is a reflection of light on the camera lens.

That is easy enough to say, I suppose, but I am not sure that is the case here.

Be sure to see full size image.

Virginia 1957

1957 - Fort Belvoir, Virginia - Taken in September.

This photo was investigated by the Condon Report.

A private was called from his barracks by his friends to see the unusual object.

He grabbed his camera and took six pictures of the strange ring-shaped object.

Soon, the object was engulfed in white smoke.

California 1957

1957 - Edwards Air Force Base, California. Taken by a test pilot in September of 1957.

The UFO is following a B-57 twin jet.

The UFO was not discovered until the photograph was developed.

An excellent photo for that time period.

Japan 1957

1957 - August, 20 - Fujisawa City, Japan. Taken by Shinichi Takeda near Enoshima Miami Beach at 11:28 AM.

The object reportedly was also seen by his sister, who called his attention to it.

UFO is silvery in color, giving off a brilliant glow at an estimated altitude of 3000-4000 feet, traveling N to S.

The object made a 90 degree left turn, sped up, and disappeared in clouds.

A few minutes later, 15 people on the beach reported a similar object which passed over at high speed.

No camera data available.

Picture shows capsule-shaped image near bank of cumulus clouds.

New Mexico 1957

1957 - Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Taken on October 16.

This photo was taken by Ella Louise Fortune, a nurse at the Mescalero Indian Reservation near Three Rivers, N. M.

She took the picture while driving Highway 54 about 1:30 PM.

She stated that the UFO was motionless over Holloman AFB.

California 1957

1957 - Lake Isabella, California - Deemed authentic by Kodak Labs.

This photograph was taken by one B.C.

He and his fiancee were riding their Harley Davidson through the southern Sierra Nevadas, in what is now Lake Isabella, California.

They found an old dirt road that led down to the dry lake bed and they pulled off the main highway to take some random scenic shots.

Neither of them saw anything out of the ordinary at the time.

California 1957

1957 - December - S. S. Ramsey. Taken in December 1957, by the radio officer aboard the naval ship S. S. Ramsey.

It was seen on deck, hovering in the sky.

The radio officer grabbed his camera and took this picture before the object disappeared.

I think the picture was first published in Flying Saucer Review.

I wrote to them twice in 1996, but never got a reply.

New Information Received in April, 2008:

I received the following information from Woods M.

"Here is the data inscribed on the back of the photo after he (Paul Cerny) gave it to me:

'Picture taken by a Naval Officer aboard a US. Navy ship-S. S. Ramsey-off Southern California in 1957.'

(My copy of this photo is an 8" by 10" glossy enlargement.)

'The device at the base of the UFO (landing gear?)as shown in several other photos (that Paul had, and which I saw at KGO) - had rotated around the craft.'

'Paul gave no other explanation to me about the craft, but I am certain he had the sighting and the photos under investigation.'

'Although the photo I have is a reprint and an enlargement of the original, I doubt it was ever subjected to computer analysis, because the photo was taken during the 1950s about 45 years ago (in 2002).

I also strongly doubt that the photo was computer generated, since that technology, as far as I know, did not exist then.'

Additional information received on December 27, 2010.

Paul Cerney was Chairman for the San Francisco Bay Area Subcommittee of NICAP. I knew Paul and when I worked at KGO-TV, San Francisco, invited him to appear on "The Golden Gate Story" which I produced August 23, 1964 (Mel Swope directed).

Paul was an expert investigator.

We broadcast this photo and at least one other photo from the sequence taken: the lower landing gear(?) rotated from shot to shot.

This information is from my historical records and is deemed correct.

Thanks,

Rev. B. Woods Mattingley

Additional Info Received on January 9, 2011.

I was going through your fine collection of UFO photos and came across one I believe is a well known hoax that you imply in the description is legitimate.

The photo in question is one labeled S.S. Ramsey photo from 1957.

I recall seeing this photo written up in Flying Saucer Review magazine, probably sometime in the mid to late sixties when I was a kid.

However, in the article the man who supposedly took the photo was named “T. Fogel” and he admitted the photo was a hoax.

I would direct you to a statement made by noted UFO investigator Kevin Randle that Fogel admitted to the hoax.

In the larger photo he includes in the article you can clearly see what appears to be a rod of some kind in the upper right corner of the photo, which was later cropped out of the picture.

I am surprised you haven’t uncovered this well-known hoax during the course of your research.

Take care,

J. Allan Danelek

Author of UFOs: The Great Debate

Brazil 1956

1956 - Summer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This clearly defined round disc was photographed by one A. Stizak.

The photo was taken on a clear day.

If you look closely, you can see three white dots underneath.

Its authenticity was confirmed by ICUFON director Colonel Colman VonKeviczky.

Canada 1956

1956 - Canada - A Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, while flying at an altitude of about 11 km saw and photographed a very bright, disc-like object that was remaining stationary near a thunderhead.

An analysis of the photograph suggests that it would have been radiating in excess of a gigawatt of power within the spectral range of the film.

At about 7:20 PM, MDT (about 20 minutes before sunset), on Aug. 27, 1956 a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot was flying nearly due west over the Canadian Rockies near Ft. MacCleod, Alberta (49.5 degrees latitude, 113.5 degree longitude).

He was flying at 36,000 ft (about 11 m) in the second position (far left side) of a formation of four F-86 Sabre jet aircraft.

While approaching a large thunderhead (cumulonimbus) at a ground speed of about 400 kts (740 km/hr) he saw, at a much lower altitude, a "bright light which was sharply defined and disc-shaped" or "like a shiny silver dollar sitting horizontal."

South Africa 1956

1956 - Rosetta/Natal, South Africa. July 17. These two photographs from South Africa were taken by alleged contactee Elizabeth Klarer.

She claimed that she was impregnated by a tall, white-haired alien who piloted a UFO in one of her many contacts.

Almost unbelievably, MUFON representative Cynthia Hind who was Africa's most respected Ufologist, found several eyewitnesses to her contact cases.

A well respected member of South African society.

Her husband was a major in the South African Air Force, and Elizabeth worked for Air Force Intelligence.

Seven photographs were taken in all, two included here.

There were also two witnesses to the taking of the photos.

Taken in the foothills of the Drakensburg Mountains, and so-dubbed the Drakensberg photos.

If these are real, they are extremely impressive.

She never changed her story.

She died in 1994, at the age of 83.
her story. She died in 1994, at the age of 83.