First Daylight Photo of - What Are They?. A Coast Guard photographer at the Salem, Mass., Air Station made this phenomenal photograph at 9:35 on July 16, 1952, through a window screen. He was in the station's photo lab preparing to clean a camera, when he noticed several brilliant lights in the sky. He watched them for 5 or 6 seconds, then called another Coast Guardsman in the nearby sick bay to come and see the strange sight. In these few seconds, the brilliant white of the lights has dimmed somewhat, but when it suddenly brightened again, he grabbed the camera, clicked the shutter,
First Daylight Photo of - What Are They?. A Coast Guard photographer at the Salem, Mass., Air Station made this phenomenal photograph at 9:35 on July 16, 1952, through a window screen. He was in the station's photo lab preparing to clean a camera, when he noticed several brilliant lights in the sky. He watched them for 5 or 6 seconds, then called another Coast Guardsman in the nearby sick bay to come and see the strange sight. In these few seconds, the brilliant white of the lights has dimmed somewhat, but when it suddenly brightened again, he grabbed the camera, clicked the shutter, and this photograph is the result. Notice the bars of light that seem to extend in front of and behind the round "objects", which appear in "V" formation. The picture was taken on super xx cut film with a 4/5 camera set at infinity, 1/50 of a second, at Shell R. Alpert, seaman, was the photographers, and his companion was Thomas E. Flaherty, hospitalman first class. Added 1/64 - eas. Please Note: The Coast Guard has no further information or explanation to add to the above legend concerning this photograph, and has no official opinion to offer as to the identity of the lights. The legend remains the same as when originally released in 1952. The Coast Guard, therefore, is not responsible for any change of wording or distortion of meaning of the information printed by this office on the back of the photograph. This photograph has been kept in circulation merely to satisfy the persistent demands from the public for prints.
Size: 5644px × 4994px
Photo credit: © NB/USC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 17-a2-199, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg
