The McMinnville UFO Photographs

📍 McMinnville (Sheridan), Oregon, USA, United States

Oregon farm couple Paul and Evelyn Trent photographed a metallic disc-shaped object hovering over their farm. The two photographs were published by Life magazine and became among the most analyzed UFO images in history. The University of Colorado's Condon Committee studied them in 1968 and concluded they could not explain them as a hoax. A 1970s photogrammetry study suggested the object appeared to be at a significant distance from the camera. Skeptical analyses have suggested the object could be a suspended truck mirror; proponents argue the shadow angles are inconsistent with a forgery.