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The Trent UFO Photographs: Two Frames from an Oregon Farm That Science Could Not Settle

November 11, 2026 by Tommy Hayes
A red-roofed barn at Bernards Farm west of McMinnville, Oregon, under a clear blue sky

About 6 min readOn 11 May 1950, an Oregon farmer took two photographs of a silvery disc over his farm. The U.S. government’s own analysts concluded the simplest reading was a real, distant object — and seventy-five years of argument have not settled it.

Categories UFO & Beyond Tags 1950, Condon Committee, McMinnville, Oregon, Trent photographs, Unsolved Leave a comment

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