McMinnville 1950 UFO : Revisited + Similarities to F18 UFO Video

McMinnvile UFO Incident

This UFO Sighting occurred on May 11th, 1950 in a farm near McMinnville, Oregon, USA. At approximately 07:30 PM. Evelyn Trent was walking back to her farmhouse after feeding her caged rabbits. Before reaching the house, she noticed a slow-moving, metallic disk-shaped object heading in her direction from the northeast. She yelled for her husband, Paul Trent, who was inside the house; he claimed that upon leaving the house, he also saw the object. After watching the object for a short time, he went back inside their home to obtain a camera; he said he managed to take two photos of the object before it sped away to the west. The photos were not developed until a few days later after the Trents had used all of the film on Mother's Day which was on Sunday, 14 May 1950. Here is the segment from "The Phenomenon" where an elderly Evelyn Trent describes the UFO's behavior as her husband, Paul, snapped the photos.

"It'd just come up, like that. And then just tipped, and just ssssshhh. I mean, it really went. It went fast! I've never seen anything go so fast in my life as that thing went. Yup."—Evelyn Trent

Camera used to take the photographs was a Kodak Folding Brownie Six-20. In the photos, one can observe the two different views of the UFO:

Photo 1 shows the sideview of the UFO. Which was described as looking somewhat like a Chinese Coolie Hat.

Photo 2 shows the underside of the UFO. Which was described as being between 20 to 30 feet in diameter.

For reference here are some photos taken by LIFE Magazine reporters from the very same spot where Paul photographed the UFO. LIFE 01 / LIFE 02 / Trent 01 / Trent 02. Description of the UFO's surface according to Evelyn Trent:

"The object was coming in toward us and seemed to be tipped up a little bit. It was very bright -- almost silvery -- and there was no noise or smoke." —Evelyn Trent

At Long Last--Authentic Photographs of Flying Saucer[?] ---> June 8th, 1950 Headline of Telephone Register. Local newspaper in Oregon which covered the McMinnville UFO Incident.

Farmer Trent's Flying Saucer ---> June 26th, 1950 LIFE magazine issue, page 40. Here is a link providing more information. Apparently, the LIFE Magazine reporters took over 40 photographs for their report of the incident.

F-18 UFO Video

This alleged UFO video, is speculated to have been taken from the inside of the cockpit of an F-18. Probably sometime in the late 1990s or early 2000s. The video format appears to be videotape. Possibly filmed using with some kind of mounted camera. The film appears to have been digitalized in 2008. Very little is known about this tantalizing footage. What makes it incredibly interesting is that the UFO in this video is extremely reminiscent to what Paul Trent photographed.

For instance, the UFO is flying while tipped on its side. the top of the object reflects the sunlight and it appears much brighter than the bottom. The UFO appears to be a metallic disc shaped object, and it also appears to be concave at its bottom. When the craft maneuvers upwards in the video footage the bottom portion becomes dark. This is the shadow created by the concave shape of the bottom part. Which is NOT flat. Again this matches what Paul Trent Photographed. In addition, although it's hard to determine the size of the disc. It correlates with the description given by the Trents. That the disc-shaped metallic object was between 20 feet to 30 feet in diameter.

Last, but not least: u/SirRobertSlim put together a post, highlighting the similarities of the F18 UFO Video to other well-known historical UFO sightings. I would recommend checking out that post as well. Thank you for your time.

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