McMinnville Oregon — Most Analyzed UAP Photographs

On the evening of May 11, 1950, Evelyn Trent noticed a disc-shaped object approaching from the northeast while feeding her rabbits. She called her husband Paul, who retrieved his camera and took two photographs before the object accelerated and disappeared. The images clearly show a metallic, slightly convex disc with an underside protrusion, hovering at an angle. Project Blue Book analyzed the photographs and was unable to offer a definitive explanation. The Condon Committee — the Air Force-sponsored scientific investigation of UFO reports — dedicated extensive analysis to the McMinnville photos in 1969 and concluded they showed 'a real object' that was 'extraordinarily difficult to explain in terms of present knowledge.' Photogrammetrist Dr. William Hartmann of the Condon team calculated the object was distant, large, and not a model suspended from nearby objects. The University of Colorado analysis found no evidence of fabrication. Subsequent analysis by Ground Saucer Watch using digital enhancement found no strings, supports, or compositing artifacts. The McMinnville photos have been in continuous scientific analysis for over 70 years and remain listed as 'unidentified' in the official Blue Book record.