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Wikimedia Commons preserves the public-domain Lake Cote UAP scan metadata

The Commons file record identifies the Lake Cote image date as 4 September 1971, names Sergio Loaiza as author, links the source to Costa Rica's National Geographic Institute and marks the work as public domain.

The Commons file record identifies the Lake Cote image date as 4 September 1971, names Sergio Loaiza as author, links the source to Costa Rica's National Geographic Institute and marks the work as public domain.

The page is the image-provenance anchor used by the local case file.

It supports the local image-source record and allows readers to inspect the public scan metadata.

The image record verifies provenance; it does not by itself identify the dark form in the photograph.

Sourcehttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sept_1971_-_Lake_Cote_UAP_-_Full_Size_RGB_Drum_Scan.jpg