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First flying-disc photo

July 4, 1947 (one Blue Book summary gives July 14)
Lake City, north Seattle, Washington, USA

Unresolved
Representative drawing from the Discs page, not this specific sighting.
"disc"The witness's own shape words

What happened

Ryman photographed what he called a flying saucer from his yard. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published it on July 5 as the first photograph of a flying disc. The image shows only a small bright disc or dot against a dark sky.

Witnesses

Frank Ryman, off-duty U.S. Coast Guard yeoman

Explanation

Unresolved

Sources

  1. Patrick Gross UFO filesufologie.patrickgross.org
  2. Patrick Gross UFO filesufology.patrickgross.org
  3. Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org