1967 California

This picture, although a fairly clear shot, does not have a lot of details.

Taken on a Saturday night, a group of pals, Allen, Bobby, Rick, and Danny were hanging out when they saw this object that "glowed reddish-white."

One of the boys had a camera, and took this photo.

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.

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.

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

California 1951

1951 - California - Guy B. Marquand, Jr. took this picture on a mountain road near Riverside, California, on November 23, 1951.

He said the object above the skyline was a "flying saucer."

One of our readers has sent us the following information:

Guy Marquand enlisted in the US Army in LA California on 27/12/1943 Serial # 3921741.

He was single and had 4 years of High School and came from Riverside.

He is now 84 and lives at 4010 Royal Dr. Carlsbad, CA, with his wife. Evidently some of his family still reside in Riverside.

California 1942

1942 - Los Angeles, California. Only a few months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on the 25th of February 1942 at 02:25 AM, alarm sirens installed in the event of another invasion began.

Unknown flying objects are seen and announced in the sky of the city. A blackout is declared and the anxious, terrified inhabitants follow the instructions by turning all their lights off.

At 03:16 AM, anti-aircraft guns open fire on the unidentified flying objects coming from the ocean, and projector beams are searching the sky.

Witnesses observe small objects flying at high altitude, of red or silver-plated color, moving in formation at high speed, and untouched by the AAA salvos.

This large object was hit by many AAA projectiles, according to the reports. The anti-aircraft defence continued to shoot at UFOs without results.

This is one of the most famous UFO photographs ever taken.