Here is a collection of our favorite pictures of ETs and UFOs. Some picts, including some of the genuine UFO picts, have been made and sent in by visitors to our site. Much thanks goes to them!
While all picts found on this page have been sorted as thoroughly as possible on how likely it is they are genuine or not, an error could still have been made by us. If you think a pict is not put in the right category and have a relevant reason for it, then we're always interested to hear about it.
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UFOs, genuine. The following pictures are most likely 100% authentic.
UFO crash in Russia. Over the last 60 years, worldwide a few dozen crashed saucers have been found and secretly recovered. This is one that was found in the former USSR, in Sverdlovsky (formerly Yekatrinburg), in March 1969.
UFO crash in Russia. Contrary to what one could be led to think, the craft seen on these picts has not crashed into the ground. Allegedly, when it crashed, the craft broke in half. What we see on the picts is half of the craft leaning against a tree, as it ended up after the other half disintegrated upon impact.
Belgium flap 1989-1990. A sensational and famous picture of a triangular UFO, seen from below, taken in Belgium at Petit Rechain during the Belgium UFO flap in March, 1990. It's very possible that this is a man-made craft (see below).
Overexposed version. This overexposed version of the picture unveils the craft's body more effectively.
Belgium flap 1989-1990. Belgium flap, different source than previous picts. These photos were taken by J.S. Henrardi in Wallonia, Belgium on June 15, 1990. Notice the odd shape of the nose of the object.
Triangular craft animation. This image comes from a video special effect re-creation of the triangular craft observed during the Belgium flap of 1989-1990, done for the program "Unsolved Mysteries".
Gulf Breeze. A unique and beautiful craft, extensively photographed by Ed Walters in the '60s.
Bob Lazar UFO. According to Bob Lazar, who worked at area 51, this is how some of the UFOs look that are reversed engineered there. More info about Lazar can be found here.
Las Vegas 2004. A "fireball" craft photographed by SK from Las Vegas. The craft looks very much like the one photographed by Diaz, in Mexico (see above).
Las Vegas 2004. A diamond shaped craft, photographed above the city of Las Vegas, by SK.
Las Vegas 2004. Two fireball crafts. What seems to be beams of light are actually lens flares. Photo by SK.
Las Vegas 2004. Here a UFO that moved very quickly was photographed, resulting in this strange pict. Photo by SK.
Mexico, aug 6, 1997. This UFO was videoed above downtown Mexico City, in 1997. You can find the video here or here.
Manmade flying saucers and UFOs. The following pictures show manmade flying saucers and other crafts that are with 100% certainty real... Some of the UFOs listed above as authentic could well belong to one of the series mentioned below... With such crafts, it's easy to imagine that many "UFO" encounters and "ET" abductions could actually well be occurring in the context of secret programs of earthlings...
The Vril-8 Odin. The Vril society built their first working flying saucer already in 1934! They started working on flying saucers in 1922. The Vril-8 Odin was built by the NAZIs somewhere around 1945...
Vril-1 Jager. The 1st Vril model, built around 1941.
RFZ with man. Some sources say RFZ stands for "Rund Flugzeuge", meaning "Round Airplane", while others say it stands for "Reichsflugzeuge", meaning "Airplane of the Reich".
Haunebu on base. Probably a model from the Haunebu series. The Nazis built their first Haunebu in 1939...
Haunebu model. Another unknown model of the Haunebu series.
Haunebu gun. Detail of the Haunebu's gun. The NAZIs tried several methods of mounting guns on their saucers, but the guns made the saucers very unstable. So they ended by giving up on that idea and later used what was called a "PHASER" weapon, which stands for "Phased Energy Rectifier", a weapon that put out a single shaft of concentrated phasic energy that could tore through armor.
Haunebu I plan. A work drawing/plan of the first Haunebu model, built in 1939... It had a diameter of 25m. It flew thanks to what the Germans called a "Mag(netic) Field Impulser", as specified on the plan...
Haunebu II plan. A work drawing/plan of the Haunebu II model, built in 1942/1943. It's diameter varied from 26m to 36m.
Haunebu III plan. A work drawing/plan of the Haunebu II model, built in 1942/1943. It had a diameter of 71m.
Andromeda plan. The Andromeda was a craft with a diameter of 139m that was meant to transport troops, up to 5 saucers, and equipment. It was probably not built, although they could have done it easily... Maybe some of the "flying cigars" that have been seen are later models...
Vril 1 plan. A work drawing/plan of the first Vril model.
Miethe V-7 plan. This craft was based on a "Luft Turbine" that burned air mixed with nitrogen in a 50,000 degree chamber. Helium was injected into the chamber to cool it and add to the thrust through gas expansion.
Foo Fighters. At the end of WW2, the allied air forces frequently encountered what they thought to be a German secret weapon, consisting of balls of fire, which they called "Foo Fighters". "Foo" actually comes from the French word for "fire", namely "feu".
Foo Fighter. Actually, there were at least 4 different German weapons that were called "Foo Fighters": the disc WNF Feuerball, the larger lone ZW Kugelblitz, the spherical Kugelwaffen, and the anti-radar balloon Seifenblasen. The Kugelwaffen and Feuerballs were even seen in Japan.
UK Skyship. This flying saucer was designed by the British firm, Airship Industries... Date unknown (probably in the 1950s/1960s).
The Horten HIX One of the crafts designed by Doenitz, whose designs were discovered and taken by the Americans. This craft was designed in early 1945 and it definitely seems to be the precursor of the American Stealth craft, whose technology therefore must be considered at least some 50 years old!
The Gotha P.60A Another German craft by Doenitz. of early 1945, discovered by the Americans. Also with a triangular shape (actually, it's more of a flying wing). More German designs found by the Americans can be seen here.
The Manta A triangular craft that looks a lot like the UFO of Petit Rechain, Belgium, although it's not the same.
UFOs, fake. For the following pictures it's most likely 100% certain they show FAKE UFOs.
Special hoax cases.
There are hoaxes, and then there are *mega-hoaxes*. Some hoaxters leave all the others far behind them biting the dust, because of the sheer scale of their deception. Here's a special section on them.
The Billy Meier case, and related hoaxes.
During the 1970s, a Swiss farmer by the name of Billy Meier produced some of the most startling pictures and films of flying objects ever. But over the years, various research has shown most of these can be proven to be fakes. Nevertheless, this is still one of the most enduring yet probably also one of the most complex hoax cases ever, especially because it can not be entirely excluded some extraordinary events occured at the Meier farm in Switzerland, as it is alledged by various persons who have witnessed strange activity in the skies, and other. Since we don't hold the belief everyone is a hoaxter, we think these witnesses may be taken serious and taken on their word. You can read about them here. On the other hand, it can't be entirely excluded these witnesses have made untrue statements due to being under influence of the sect like Meier cult-community.
Whatever the truth about these witnesses, the deception of most of Meier's picts, films, and other material speaks for itself, while it must be noted that the picts that are generally available online, or published in videos and books, are the "creme of the crop", where it is the least obvious that strings have been used, or that other manipulations have been applied.
According to researcher Kal Korff, Meier made his first fake UFO photograps already when he spent time in India, in the 1960s and early 1970s, long before coming out with the famous pictures of the mid 1970s. It's fair to say that by the time Meier made his picts public, his fakery skills were of a pretty high level for his time, and that he worked hard and long at perfecting them. Also, we believe Meier must have had help to make some of his fake "evidence", in certain instances from professionals (as for instance for the sound sample alleged to be from a spacecraft, which required particular sound equipment and know-how).
Our view is that the only reason why there is still a so called Meier "controversy", is simply the fact that making fake pictures of UFOs and other such material, and claiming they are genuine, are by itself not punishable by law, while certain governments have too much to hide to bring the subject of UFOs in the open, in order to allow genuine public scrutiny of it...
For the following picts, those that have been made by B. Meier, the sources are (ultimately) billymeier.com and theyfly.com.
Billy Meier classic, but fake... This is one of the best known picts made by Billy Meier. Much of his picts and videos look remarkably real and are quite difficult to be proven fake. However, even this classic Meier pict is fake, as the following analyses shows.
Billy Meier's classic exposed. On this photo analysis by the researcher and UFO debunker Peter Brookesmith it can be clearly seen that the UFO is simply a model hanging on a string... Source
Billy Meier classic fake exposed. A verification of the previous photo analysis of the Meier fakery, although for a slightly different version of that pict.
Billy Meier fake UFO on string. Although it makes a nice picture, when you see the film footage of it, this "ET craft" is clearly moving as hanging on a string (notwithstanding the waving tree tops). You can find a clip of it here. You get the best result when viewing the clip 2x its normal speed! Bear in mind that this is a relatively LARGE model, which is why it looks relatively real, in particular when taken against the tree which is not necessarily as big as it seems (think of Bonsai trees!). When you view the other clips on the link mentioned, note that the wobbling left to right, is also typical for an object hanging on a string, and not the result of some "unstable magnetic field"...
Billy Meier fake UFO, reconstruction by K. K. Korff. This is a reconstruction of one of the picts of a model very similar to the one seen in the previous picts, done by Kal Korff. He uses a simple plate, photographing it aproximately at the same height (albeit a little lower) of exactly the same hill Meier photographed his pict. Korff's full investigation can be found in his book on the Meier case.
According to Meier's ex-wife he made this fake UFO (above) with the cover of a garbage can and kitchen utensils, then photographed it from nearby. This pict offers IRREFUTABLE proof of a deliberate deception, without any special equipment or software needed to reach that verdict. All we have to do is look and think about what we're seeing. We see a "craft" that is in focus ("sharp") while the house on the background is out of focus ("blurry"). This means the house is a lot further away from the camera than the "craft" is. We can estimate from the size of the windows that the house is at aprox. 12m to 18m (39.4 to 59 feet) from the camera. Since the house is so much out of focus, while the craft is in focus, the craft must be at most at 1m to 2m (3.3 tot 6.6 feet) away from the camera. The craft is therefore at most +/- 1,5m (4.9 feet) large! It MUST just be a model, albeit a relatively large one. (Note that the above link leads to a slightly enlarged version of the pict available, which causes everything to be slightly more blurred than the original, but it still shows clearly that the "craft" in the foreground is much more in focus than the house in the background, plus some other flagrant discrepancies. You can find the original pict here).
This pict (above) is another example of IRREFUTABLE proof of a deception, without any special equipment or software needed to analyze it. Since the "craft" is perfectly in focus ("sharp"), while the car is completely out of focus ("blurry"), to know if this is a hoax or not, all that we need is to answer the following question: is the "craft" in front of the car, or is it behind the car? If it is behind the car, it is definitely a big object. This is the impression Meier intended to create... But if the "craft" is in front of the car, it is definitely a relatively small object, much too small to carry a humanoid of normal size. The object can definitely not be above the car, and be aprox. twice the size of the car, since in that case both the object and the car would be perfectly in focus, which is not the case. With two objects, one being in focus ("sharp") and the other out of focus ("blurry"), while neither shape overlaps the other, it would, with all cirumstances being neutral, be impossible to tell which is in front of the other. However, here it is the light that allows the viewer to determine that the "craft" is really IN FRONT of the car. The reason for that is that the light source is slightly behind the camera, at its left, yet it is the object and NOT the car that is the brightest, and receiving the most light. Therefore, the object MUST be in front of the car (hanging slightly above eye-level), and be significantly smaller to be so much more in focus ("sharper") than the car, and brighter at the same time. There is simply no way to refute this fact... The car is aprox. 4,3m long. We can estimate from the size of the car that the camera is aproximately at +/- 10m distance. Therefore the craft must be at most at 1m to 2m (3.3 tot 6.6 feet) away from the camera. The craft is therefore at most +/- 1,5m (4.9 feet) large! This is in complete accord with the previous analysis, and a perfect corroboration.
Billy Meier fake UFO. Same fake UFO as previous picts. Note the completely unrealistic feel of this pict.
Billy Meier fake UFO. Same fake UFO as previous picts. Same trick with the trees as for the first pict.
Billy Meier fake UFO. Same fake UFO as previous picts. Here it can be clearly seen the "craft" is actually a small model, since it hangs in front and onto some of the branches of the FRONT tree, even though the Meier clan claims it hangs "between" the 2 trees that can be seen... (The above link leads to an enlarged version of the available pict, find the original pict here).
Billy Meier fake UFO. Same fake UFO as previous picts. Same false perspective trick as for the extensive analyses above. Notice that while the car projects a shadow to its left, no shadow can be seen coming from the "craft", even though this is precisely what should happen if the "craft" was hanging above the car, and not far IN FRONT of it, close to the camera... We also see the same focus discrepancies as for the previous picts. (The above link leads to a slightly enlarged version of the available pict, find the original pict here).
Fake Pleadians, Asket & Nera Never being out of ideas, Meier even endeavoured to make fake picts of his mythical Pleadian visitors. When people noticed a reflection and a strange curve in the pictures, Meier tried to make believe that he took the photographs from a large videoscreen on board of a 'beamship'...
Susan McIver, a.k.a. Suzan Lund, on the Dean Martin Show In fact, he simply took pictures off a very earthly TV screen. The "Pleadian" he called "Asket", was in reality proven to be a dancer on the Dean Martin show, called Susan McIver, a.k.a. Suzan Lund. Once this became known, Meier then claimed he was set up by the "Men in Black", and that they stole the original photos, replacing them by these. Sure, Billy...
Model in Meier's barn. This is a picture of a model of a "Pleadian craft", which was allegedly found in a barn at Meier's farm, and photographed by the researcher Kal Korff. Meier has admitted that he owns such models, but claims they are only for his kids...
Fake UFO for demonstration. Here's a rather good example of how easy it is to fake a UFO pict like those made by Meier. Note in this pict the extra difficulty of using clouds on the background, instead of a crystal clear blue sky, which appears in most of Meier's picts, and which make it easier to copy and paste objects. Read the full story and find more examples here. Other examples of fake UFOs can be found here.
Meier's and Adrian's "beamships" compared. In the 1990s another "Pleiadean contactee" appeared, by the name of Adrian. He claimed to have photographed ET crafts of the same type as Meier's. When comparing these picts, Adrian's pict would seem to confirm the authenticity of Meier's picts of the same type of craft.
Pict by Adrian of several crafts on a row. But this pict by Adrian clearly pushes things too far, as it shows 3 Meier type crafts, and an Adamski type craft (on the left), perfectly on a row, just right to be photographed through a patio railing.
Adrian's pict exposed. A particular photo analysis shows that in fact the 3 Meier type crafts are hanging on a string. The same could be the case for the Adamski craft, or it could be a montage. The pict is a hoax, and obviously the work of someone who tried to benefit from Meier's initial hoax. Source: ufowatchdog.com
Adrian's pict exposed. One doesn't really need any special software to see some of the strings, as shown in this enlargement.
The Rael cult.
This case is shocking, but it shouldn't discourage those genuinely interested in UFOs and extraterrestrial life!
Contrary to other hoaxes mentioned on this page, in the case of Rael there are no images of "evidence" to show, because... there simply isn't any! Still, the man who calls himself "Rael" has succeeded in building a big and very, very, lucrative following around his persona. A real financial empire, all based on his allegations of having had contact with ETs whom, he says, call themselves the Elohim, and who chose him to be their prophet...
As there is no proof to disprove, due to the fact that there isn't any (which in a way is pretty smart), one could think that this case therefore can't be proven to be a hoax. However there are many indications it is indeed precisely that. Amongst other things, it is firmly supported by statements from Roland Chevaleyre, a close and good childhood friend of Claude Vorilhon (Rael's original name), to whom Vorilhon allegedly once admitted he made everything up (Vorilhon's old friend's statements were recorded and shown in a TV documentary, which was broadcasted on the French channel M6, in 2001). The fact that Vorilhon made everything up is also firmly supported by statements of another - unnamed - friend whose account was published in the French Newspaper "Progrès de Lyon".
Rael/Vorilhon has created an astute but cunning mix out of the beliefs of Judaism, Christianity (Rael claims to be the half brother of Jesus, a religious fabrication in its own right), and Islam, while at the same time opposing these beliefs. He also uses genuine information as unraveled by Zacharia Sitchin, and ideas from cults such as Ron Hubbard's "Scientology", or Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's (Osho) sect/movement. A careful analysis of all these sources, and the sources they are based on in turn, will demonstrate to anyone who cares to do it, that Rael's stories are pure fabrications (just like the religious beliefs they are based on!).
Like Billy Meier, Claude Vorilhon/Rael is a most cynical crook without any scruples whatsoever. And although - similarly to Meier, who also built a religion around his persona - he preaches a philosophy with many elements of "love and peace", which in appearance would seem not to do much harm, the mere fact that all is based on deception should be enough of a warning not to be manipulated and abused by the Rael sect.
After running into more and more problems in France, due to the expansion of his cult activities, Vorilhon/Rael immigrated to Canada, where he is now a resident and where he obtained a tax-exempt religious status for his Raelian movement...
Rael & "Elohim" craft. Here we see Rael/Claude Vorilhon standing in a "spacy" uniform, in front of a reproduction of what he alleges was an extraterrestrial craft. Notice the craft's "clumsy" shape, and how it doesn't look at all like any genuine UFO seen on the picts of the "genuine" category on this page. (Pict is slightly enlarged. Original pict here)
Reconstruction of Rael's encounter. This is how things were supposed to have looked like, when Rael had his alleged encounter with the "Elohim" on a vulcano in the French Puy de Dôme. Luckily for him, Rael never pursued a carreer as a movie art-director... But unfortunately for him, there are people who do pay attention to details, and who found that Rael messed up specific topographical details of his encounter (French), which is yet another indication he made everything up...
Mainstream press about Rael. The Rael cult preaches liberal sex and the fact that it has many pretty looking young (sometimes very young) female members has always been an attractive subject for the main stream press...
Rael in court. This is a news article about a court case Rael started against an ex-member of his sect, who used to translate Rael's books. After she made statements in an internet forum about Rael being a fraud, he sued her for defamation. Rael lost the case... of course... Source: A.I.D.E.R. - French site of Ex-Raelians.
Original Rael logo. This is the first version of the original Rael cult logo, the way it was published in Vorhilhon's first book. It shows a swastika ("rotating" in the NAZI way), combined with a hexagram. He got the idea of using a hexagram with a symbol at its centre from the book "l'ère du VERSEAU", by Jean Sendy, which is a book about the Aquarius era, from which Vorhillon copied many ideas for his "teachings". Read more here (French).
2nd generation Rael logo. This is what the original Rael logo was turned into after a while. Funny how it didn't seem to be important to use the logo exactly as it was allegedly seen by Vorhillon on the Elohim craft and uniforms...
Revised Rael logo. Since Rael wants to build an ET/Elohim embassy in Jerusalem, he figured that the Nazi swastika could be somewhat problematic, so he changed the right angles of the swastika into curves and added two arms to make everything fit nicely. It was a smart move, and good for merchandizing... but the Israeli government is still declining all requests for permission to construct the ET embassy.
Other cases.
Here is a selection of "minor league" hoaxters.
Fake UFO by Jonathan Reed. This fake triangular UFO was photographed by a certain Jonathan Reed, actually named Jonathan Rutter. The object on this pict is obviously fake, while research has shown Reed/Rutter's story is completely made up. Read an excellent report here.
Fake UFO by Jonathan Reed. It can easily be seen this is a relatively small object, by comparing it to the size of the bush vegetation. It would be completely unable to carry an ET of the size shown on his fake picts of it (see fake ETs, below).
Abduction hoax These were allegedly marks of a Brazialian man having been abducted, lifted up by a beam of light from a UFO. In reality the marks have been shown to have been made by burnig torches and/or hot metal bars...
Abduction hoax 2. See previous comment. This hoax was done by Urandir Oliveira whose goal seems to be to run a lucrative sect (probably inspired by illustruous predecessors like Meier and Rael). More info can be found here
ETs, genuine. The following pictures are most likely 100% authentic.
Alien on bed. Although a picture of unknown origin, this is very probably a genuine ET.
Stranded alien. Alien photographed in Italy by Filiberto Caponi.
Stranded alien 2. The alien seems to have been stranded after his craft was shot down 2 days before by the Italien airforce.
Solway Firth Spaceman '64. When Jim Templeton took this charming picture of his 5 year old daughter in the English countryside in May 1964, once it was developed in a Kodak laboratory a spaceman was found appearing on it. There was no tampering with the negatives...
Ilkley Moor Alien. This reptilian-ish alien was photographed by an anonymous policeman in '87.
Ilkley Moor Alien. The full picture of which the previous picture is a zoom.
Chile ET, 2004. This ET was photographed in Chile. The silhouette is blurred allegedly due to a technical error of the camera with which this picture was made. Although the ET itself is rather blurred on the image, it does seem genuine.
Chile ET, 2004. This is the original picture (although B/W) of the ET photographed in Chile. Notice the small silhouette crossing the path, just behind the horse on the left. From the proportions it can be concluded this is not a child or midget. Read the full report here.
Alien being interviewed. This is a picture taken from a video of what seems to be an interview with what is most probably a genuine alien, at area 51. The footage is said to have been smuggled out of the base by a certain Victor. Read the full report here. You can download a version of the video of good internet quality here (Windows Media Player), and an edited less good quality version here (RealOne Player). View full screen for best results!
Alien being interviewed. Another picture from the video, here showing a person on the background. Opinions diverge strongly weather this footage is genuine or not. However, there seem to be muscle contractions around as well as in the eyes and in other parts of the ET's face, while the body movements would be difficult to do with a puppet, much more so with a latex prop, indicating the footage is probably genuine. Other significant evidence the video is genuine is given by the reverse speech analysis of an interview with "Victor".
Chino Zayas ET. Killed in a cave, near Santiago of Puerto Rico by Chino Zayas who struck the ET on the head. Here the ET is shown out of the formaldehyde jar he's usually kept in.
Chino Zayas ET. Zoom on the back of the ET's head showing traces of the fatal blow.
Tiny alien. A creature that was found in Chile, having distinctly humanoid features yet extremely small.
Dromiciops australis marsupialis. A number of "scientists" are claiming the creature of the previous picts is merely a rare marsupial. Compare the picts and be the judge of how likely this is...
ETs, uncertain authenticity. For the following pictures it's uncertain if they show genuine or fake ETs. If you have any additional information, please
let us know!
Alleged reptilian alien. This picture is said to show a reptilian alien. There's no direct reason to presume this pict is not authentic, but the picture is showing some photographic oddities and blurry enough to allow legitimate doubt.