The oldest picture of a UFO

This picture relates to the 1870s. It is believed that he was shot at mount Washington in new Hampshire, USA. It is often called the oldest, confirming the existence of UFOs.

We added it to the collection of known errors as a researcher Ryan Mullahy (founder of NH UFO Research) found out his true origin. Below we give a brief summary of the results of his analysis.

After a long search for information in 2002 was discovered a newspaper article in the times "UFOs over new Hampshire: Many sightings, few answers", in which the researcher Kathy Brisendine writes that the photograph was taken by Amos Clough and Howard Kimball in 1871 during a meteorological expedition on mount Washington in the White mountains of new Hampshire. During the winter expedition 1870-1871 years have seen a series of stereo photographs.

Full version famous picture

In the Public library of new York was discovered a digital copy of the full pictures along with other images from the same set. After viewing the original photo, it becomes clear that the version circulating on the Internet since 2002, is a cropped low resolution version of the original photo. The object as a UFO, is not in the clouds, and on the surface of the snow mountains. In the original photo there is a clear difference between the surface of the mountains and the clouds above. In the list of photographs taken during the expedition, this is number 17 and is called "Frost Architecture" ("Frost architecture").

There is speculation that the pictures stick used as markers (or large) lineup.

There is also a book, "Mount Washington In Winter, or The Experiences Of A Scientific Expedition Upon The highest Mountain in New England-1870-71" where is a chronicle of this expedition. In it there is a Chapter devoted to the description of photos taken, and there are no mentions of UFOs.

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