BETA UFO researcher and former chairman, Nur Agustinus contacted me about this intriguing photograph that he seemed to have found October last year. I have since been unable to verify the possibility of it being a genuine UFO photograph as those I have contacted –with presumably better understanding of photographic analysis- has never replied to my query. The object in question is the small, oval-shaped speck somewhat halfway to the center of the photograph.
If it is indeed so, then this photograph, which was shot in 1935 during the emplacement of the Dutch colonial administration’s state railway to Padang city, West Sumatra and found as part of a collection of old Indonesian photographs owned by KITLV, is definitely the oldest UFO photograph to date in the country.
If it is indeed so, then this photograph, which was shot in 1935 during the emplacement of the Dutch colonial administration’s state railway to Padang city, West Sumatra and found as part of a collection of old Indonesian photographs owned by KITLV, is definitely the oldest UFO photograph to date in the country.
The KITLV data showed that the photo was part of a collection of photographs which are featured in a book titled “Stations and Bridges in Sumatra: 1876-1941” by Michiel de Jong Ballegoijen that was published in Amsterdam in 2001. The photo itself was originally part of an album presented to C.L. de Voogt at his departure as head of the Dutch East Indies’ State Railways Operation in Sumatra's west coast, from April 1933 to August 1935. More data could be seen in the KITLV document entry of the said photograph presented below (google translated from Dutch to English).Dutch to English translation
Collection: KITLV
Description / Description: Emplacement of the State Railways to
Signature / Image Code: 52711
Album Number / Album Number: 610
Detailed Description / Detailed description: Left behind the station
Keyword / Keyword:
Format / Size: 12x17cm
Physical form / Property type: Photo
Date / Date: 1935
Specialties / Additional: stations and bridges in
de Jong Ballegoijen. -
departure as head of the State Railways in Operation Sumatra's west coast from
April 1933 to August 1935
Collection / Collection: Ball, F.H.J.
Origin / Provenance: Ball, F.H.J.
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