McMinnville UFO Photos

In May, 1950 Paul Trent, a farmer in rural Oregon, took two photos of something in the sky. He and his wife were outside when they spotted the strange object and he rushed inside to grab the camera. The two pictures he took before the craft sped off to the west became known as “The McMinnville UFO photographs.”

The McMinnville paper printed them and the photos also appeared in  Life magazine and in newspapers all across the nation. To this day, they are often considered to be among the best photographs ever taken of a UFO.

The McMinnville UFO photographs

Although they’re known as the “McMinnville UFO Photographs”, the farm owned by the Trents was actually just outside of Sheridan, Oregon—which just happens to be the home town of I Spy Radio Show‘s producer, Karla Davenport. But McMinnville was bigger and its paper first carried the story, so “Mac” gets the credit.

While skeptics scoff, they were never officially debunked. No wires, no tampering with the negatives. They remain a mystery. Others in the area also said they saw the craft before it sped off.

What do you think?

 

 

You can read the Wikipedia article about the McMinnville UFO photographs here.

And be sure to check out our show on UFO Disclosure with author, film maker, and UFO researcher, L. A. Marzulli.

McMinnville UFOfest

McMinnville holds an annual UFO festival. In 2021, it will be in September, the weekend of the 23rd – 25th. A parade, vendors, and guest lecturers. Find out more at ufofest.com.