140 Years of UFO Photographs
What the hell was this thing photographed in 1950 over New York City?
The online edition of Telegraph UK has published a series of 29 UFO pictures spanning the late 19th to mid- 20th century. They range from the ridiculous to the not-quite ridiculous.
There has to be some reason that no unequivocal photos of UFOs or supposed occupants has ever come to light. The only ideas that come to mind are: 1) The objects and anything controlling them don’t want us to take pictures. 2) The nature of the phenomenon makes it impossible to take a good photo or video. 3) The existence of non-human entities and “craft” is so far from what we expect or consider possible that no image would be considered “proof.” 4) The “unidentified” photos have mundane explanations that no one has discovered yet or are still in debate.
Overlying all of this is the fact that belief systems often dictate what is “authentic.” Perhaps it is a combination of all or at least some of these issues, but this collection of photos is interesting for the simple fact that the images were produced before personal computers and image-manipulating software was available. Of course, darkroom trickery, models on wires and lens flares were.
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Nov 18 2008 
November 18th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Hi Greg B.
Wondering if that captioned image at the top of your post might be multiple exposures of a crescent moon? What do you think?
Kind regards,
Greg T.
November 18th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Greg T,
Could be, but the stars aren’t moving. Perhaps this could have been done with a double exposure. Good catch.
P.S. Am I invited to the next Darklore issue?
Greg B.
November 18th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Good point about the stars Greg B. And of course you’re more than welcome for Darklore #3 - I think I emailed you about #1 originally, but never got a reply from you. Or perhaps that’s an embedded memory from my alien overlords.
Send me an email with any thoughts you have for a contribution to #3. We need a couple of Gregs, there’s been far too many Michaels in the first couple of issues!
Kind regards,
Greg T.
November 19th, 2008 at 4:53 am
The photos prior to 1930 are especially intriguing as monoplanes were especially rare until the early ’30’s. As someone once said, ‘why are some ufo’s always looking like aircraft from two-decades later. The 1870 photo definitely looks like an airship from the early 1900’s.
November 21st, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Greg T.
I’ll be sure to email you with a couple of ideas. Thanks!
November 21st, 2008 at 4:39 pm
crg,
I couldn’t see anything recognizable in that photo. Maybe I’m not looking closely enough.