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The Oldest Known UFO Photograph — Mount Washington, New Hampshire — 1870–1871
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
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Live sighting record 36debdb9-3653-4fe0-9d2e-ce88c5aad651.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
84% illumination
Waxing gibbous — moderate moon brightness
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Context notes
Heavy cloud cover (100%) — limited visibility
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Dec 31, 2025, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Eastern Time
Location
Mount Washington
Witness account
Narrative
During the winter of 1870–1871, photographers Amos Franklin Clough and Howard Algernon Kimball photographed unusual formations of frost and ice on Mount Washington. One stereoscopic photograph, titled Frost Architecture, contained a dark, elongated object against a frost-covered landscape. On March 4, 2002, an original stereograph sold on eBay for $385 to Samuel M. Sherman, president of Independent-International Pictures Corporation. The photograph was publicized as a possible UFO image datin...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Mount Washington.
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Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.