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Condon Report case 46 examines the McMinnville UFO photographs

The case study records the report history and technical debate around Paul Trent's 1950 photographs without establishing a single uncontested interpretation.

Case 46 is part of the University of Colorado study commonly called the Condon Report. The linked NCAS page reproduces the report's discussion of the photographs and their circumstances.

It gives the McMinnville dossier a primary research-era analysis that can be compared with later photogrammetric and hoax arguments.

The report is an important analytical source, not a substitute for the original negatives, complete camera data or an independently observed object.