Since being first seen in 1870, unidentified flying objects (UFOs) remain a mystery that humans have not yet explained or approached.

Photographs of UFOs have been taken for nearly 140 years

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This is believed to be the earliest photo of UFO taken from Mount Washington, New Hampshire (USA) in 1870.

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Another early picture of UFOs in the US in the 1920s.

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A mysterious object hovering above a sawmill in Ward, Colorado (USA) in April 1929.

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New Year's Day 1939: An American man is unaware of a UFO flying in the back.

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A mysterious object shines bright lights in Los Angeles on February 25, 1942.

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This photo was taken by an American photographer at Tiensten in Hebei Province in 1942. Some people in the photo seem to be pointing at flying objects.

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A Japanese plane flew over the sea in 1943, followed by a black sphere.

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This cylindrical UFO was caught in the sky of New York City on March 20, 1950.

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An amateur photographer took a picture of a UFO at Passoria, New Jersey state (USA) in July 1952.

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UFO appeared in the sky US congressional building in Washington DC capital in 1952.

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4 men are watching intently flying objects in the sky of Sicily, Italy in October 1954.

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A pilot caught sight of UFOs following the B-47 near Edwards air base in California in September 1954.

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One of many photos of UFOs taken in Japan: flying objects appeared in Kaizuka sky in 1958.

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One of the famous photos of UFO taken by Joseph Sigel in June 1959 in Waikiki, Hawaii.

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Alan Smith, 14, took this picture around 1:45 pm on August 2, 1965 from the backyard in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Another 5 witnesses also saw UFOs change color from white to red and blue.

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In the summer of 1966, a flying security officer took a picture of two strange spheres glowing red in the sky of Switzerland's Zurich-Kloten airport.This photo was later announced by Swiss pilot Ferdinand Schmid.


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