UFO Case Report:

Saucer-shaped object photographed in Zion National Park, Utah

Date: September 7, 2004
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, United States

"While on a road trip through Arizona and Utah on Labor Day weekend, 2004, my son and I visited several national parks. We stopped for a very brief visit in Zion National Park near Cedar City, Utah. I took 27 photographs in the park on the morning of September 7. I didn't realize that I had imaged a UFO until I was back home that evening."

Close-up version of same photo.

Full, original version of photo.

Classification & Features

Type of Case/Report: RawReport
Hynek Classification: 
Shape of Object(s): Disc
Special Features/Characteristics: Photo

Full Report / Article

Source: UFOEvidence.org
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Summary: This image was taken from the Zion National Park shuttle. After taking the image, I noticed a small dark spot on the LCD screen, but thought it was a bird.

Date Reported: 1/1/2005

Sighting Time: 8:48AM
Day/Night: Daytime
No. of Witnesses: 0 (we were unaware at the time)
Duration: Unknown: Discovered on photograph later
No. of Object(s): Single
Urban or Rural: Rural (Zion Natl Park)

Size of Object(s): Same diameter as moon (see photo)
Distance to Object(s) & Altitude: unknown
Shape of Object(s): disk
Color of Object(s): metallic gray

Full Description & Details

While on a road trip through Arizona and Utah on Labor Day weekend, 2004, my son and I visited several national parks. We stopped for a very brief visit in Zion National Park near Cedar City, Utah. I took 27 photographs in the park on the morning of September 7. The accompanying image, #22, is the only one with anything unusual. It is the raw, unmodified, image taken by my Minolta Dimage A7 camera.

Unfortunately, I didn't realize that I had imaged a UFO until I was back home that evening.

This is a first for me. I've never seen anything like it before. I've been looking for similar photographs on the web, and for others who may have captured the same object, but so far without success.

Witness Background:

I'm a software engineer with a Ph. D. in Applied Physics

Reported Sighting? Yes
Reported To: NIDS (Colm Kelleher)
Location: Ramona, CA
Age: 51

Case ID: 678 edit: 678

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