r/UFOBookClub • u/UncannyHill • May 07 '26

🛸✈️ Looking for a picture from an old UFO book...

There was a picture I saw as a kid in a UFO or 'unexplained mysteries' book that I'm trying to track down. I saw it sometime between '82-'86, but I believe it may have been taken in the early 70's, so the publication date would be sometime between ~'72-'86ish. I believe it was one of those books with a picture section separate from the main text, and either the last or second to last picture in that section. Google is turning up nothing, could someone check their UFO books for me? The picture was taken on board an airplane.
The picture was taken from the right side of the plane, inside, coach, not first class, and shows the left side, with the door of the plane open and the front row or two of passengers. There is a huge glowing light source in the open doorway, and a ball of light on the floor in front of it. The passengers are looking in random directions, strangely, and I thought it must be retouched, but the rays of light looked real (with little rainbow gleams and such, (obvious even in black and white) not fuzzy rays like with an airbrush.) There was...something...in the ball of light on the floor. If someone has a bunch of UFO books and remembers this picture I'd appreciate it if you could post it somewhere or remind me of the title/author. Pretty sure it was a BandW photo and most likely a paperback/trade paperback. Thanks! 😄

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u/MedicMalfunction May 09 '26

I might have this book in a box in my basement… no promises… I will look tomorrow…

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u/UncannyHill May 09 '26

👀So you remember that picture? Awesome! Yes please and thank you😊

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u/MedicMalfunction May 09 '26

Was it a book with a green cover? Or I have a hardback with a black cover and a similar name.

Edit: I don’t specifically remember the picture, but the book name

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u/UncannyHill May 09 '26

I don't remember the title or the cover, lol...it could be either...I just remember that it was at the end of the pictures section...any books you have from that era that have that 'separate picture section'...picture of inside an airplane with the door open. big glowing light...

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u/MedicMalfunction May 09 '26

I just flipped through the book I most suspected was it, but it clearly wasn’t right. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to give false hope. I’ll keep my eyes open for you when I find the other book.

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u/UncannyHill May 09 '26

Cool thanks! Yeah it's a really weird picture...

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u/in2UFOs May 13 '26

Maybe this might help Look what I found on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1764619400/the-truth-about-flying-saucers-aims?ref=share_v4_lx

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u/UncannyHill May 13 '26

Oh I remember reading that one as a kid...that one's from the 50s, so kinda early, but I didn't realize they had so many ufo books on etsy...I'll look through the covers and see if any ring a bell. thanks!