Photographic Evidence

The Best UFO Photo Ever Taken?

Five decades ago, a Costa Rican government mapping team accidentally took a photo that looks absolutely strange, other-worldly, and totally convincing. Is it?

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9 min readMay 10, 2021

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Costa Rican National Geographic Institute | September 4, 1971 | Photographer Sergio Loaiza

Are there better (authentic) UFO photos out there than the one you’re looking at…

Bryce Zabel

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Trail of the Saucers

Writer/producer in features & TV. Creator, five primetime series. Ex: TV Academy CEO; CNN reporter; USC professor. Author of books about the Beatles, JFK, UFOs.

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