Corvallis Gazette Times: "Flying Saucer Films Shown at McMinnville"
June 9, 1950 article detailed Trent's sighting and described him seeing an object "flashing through the sky at 7:45p.m. on May 11th.
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The first newspaper article that detailed the McMinnville farmer couple's UFO photos.
June 9, 1950 article detailed Trent's sighting and described him seeing an object "flashing through the sky at 7:45p.m. on May 11th.
Claimed Trent could not estimate the "size, speed or distance" of the object from his farmhouse view.
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McMinnville UFO Sighting
May 1950
On May 11, 1950, Paul and Evelyn Trent took two photographs of an object flying in the sky near their farm in rural Oregon. Skeptics have debated and attempted to debunk the photos for decades. Everyone can agree that the Trents never tried to profit from the photographs that became so famous and...
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Evelyn Trent is referenced as Paul Trent's wife, not by name.
Paul Trent
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Paul Trent
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Oregon farmer who photographed a UFO after his wife alerted him to the flying object near McMinnville.
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Article showed the famous 1950's UFO photos in great detail. Object referenced as "silvery", "disc-like, no wings.
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