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McMinnville UFO Photographs (Trent Photos)

DATE11 May 1950
LOCAL TIME7:30 PM
LOCATIONMcMinnville, Oregon, USA, United States
COORDINATES45.14°N, 123.20°W

Evelyn Trent spotted a slow-moving, metallic disc-shaped object while on their farm near McMinnville, Oregon. Her husband Paul captured two photographs before the object sped away. Published in Life magazine, they remain among the most famous and extensively analyzed UFO photographs ever taken.

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Photographic / visual media record