{"id":67,"date":"2015-03-06T21:15:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T21:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/?p=67"},"modified":"2020-12-14T13:43:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T13:43:13","slug":"alien-photograph-circa-1930s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/alien-photograph-circa-1930s\/","title":{"rendered":"Alien Photograph, circa 1930s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following case file was written by BJ Booth of UFO Casebook, and is used here with permission. It can not be reproduced without prior permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Submitted via E-mail<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dear Sir,<\/p>\n<p>The included picture was taken by my grandfather in the early 1930s. I scanned the image immediately after he gave it to me last week. I wish to remain anonymous since I don&#8217;t want anything to do with any research or whatever on this.<\/p>\n<p>I know it looks like an alien or a Bigfoot and I know my grandfather was telling me the truth about him taking this picture. That&#8217;s why I think it should be in the right hands. You are the only one I&#8217;m sending this to, so please respect my privacy and don&#8217;t contact me about this.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks in advance,<\/p>\n<p>Yours,<\/p>\n<p>(Name withheld)<\/p>\n<h3>The Evidence<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaska30s.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-68\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaska30s-300x236.png\" alt=\"This is the highest resolution available.\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaska30s-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaska30s-600x472-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaska30s-150x118-1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaska30s.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the highest resolution available.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-67 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/alien-photograph-circa-1930s\/alaskanalien\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaskanalien-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaskanalien-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaskanalien-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaskanalien-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-72'>\n\t\t\t\tHighly contrasted and brightness increase.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/alien-photograph-circa-1930s\/alaskanalien2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"146\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaskanalien2-146x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-73\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-73'>\n\t\t\t\tAlien Entity with potential other being highlighted.\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/alien-photograph-circa-1930s\/alaskanalien3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaskanalien3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaskanalien3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaskanalien3-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/alaskanalien3-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-74'>\n\t\t\t\tCropped and zoomed.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h3>Approximate Location<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"UFO_Casebook_Additional_Information\" class=\"mw-headline\">Additional Information<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The only additional information is contained on the bottom of the full size image, which tells us the following:<\/p>\n<p>The picture was taken in the early 1930s by the sender&#8217;s grandfather, who lived in Alaska. The entitiy was first seen when the grandfather was on his way to a lake. He chased the entity until he got close enough to take this one picture. It was some four months before the photograph was developed, being in in a remote, sparsely populated area. The sender received the picture from his grandfather only last week His grandfather died the day after giving him the photo, and relating his story.<\/p>\n<p>To say the least, I was intrigued by this mysterious message. What could this image be? I download it, and after looking at it a few moments, I knew it would be controversial to say the least. Little did I know that there would be more than one mystery to solve. As I began the task of selecting and cutting the area around the small creature, I thought to myself: &#8220;Wouldn&#8217;t it be something if this was the real thing, even though it may never be proven as such?&#8221; What if this gentleman&#8217;s grandfather had really filmed a creature from another world, and I was looking at the proof. My excitement was only tempered by the thought of not being able to prove it one way or the other. I would soon be faced, however, with the second mystery.<\/p>\n<p>After doing a couple of trial runs, I was relatively pleased with the results, considering the fact that the scanned image was from a photograph approximately 70 years old. As I looked through several of the cutouts I had made, I thought maybe I saw something&#8230;something else. The entity&#8217;s right lower arm\/hand region seemed to be obscured; but by what? So I went back to the original scan, and starting working on that particular area. What I finally saw, or thought I saw was a second, even smaller entity. Is it possible that we had a female with her child? I had done what I could, and the results were inconclusive.<\/p>\n<p>I thought of the Patterson Bigfoot film that had been the cornerstone of believers for many years, until it was proven as a hoax. In other words, I have no definite answer as to what we are looking at here.It is one of three things:<\/p>\n<p>1) An outright hoax, (someone in a suit, a la Patterson) and all the time and effort was wasted.<\/p>\n<p>2) A single unknown being, origin unknown, and we are without a way to go any further toward discovery.<\/p>\n<p>3) Number 2, with two beings.<\/p>\n<p>All is not lost, and just like beauty being in the eye of the beholder, so is the result of what we have here.<\/p>\n<p>One final question remains; Which is more important anyway, the final solution of a mystery, or that mystery remaining alive and well?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; B J Booth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following case file was written by BJ Booth of UFO Casebook, and is used here with permission. It can not be reproduced without prior permission. Background Submitted via E-mail Dear Sir, The included picture was taken by my grandfather in the early 1930s. 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