These photos were taken by completely ordinary people with ordinary (nowadays you might even say outdated) photography equipment and the photos were never edited. Therefore, these photos raise even more questions and are even more mysterious. Here are 10 mysterious historical photos that cannot be explained.
10 Mysterious Historical Photos That Can't Be Explained!
A 'monster' off the coast of Hook Island
Some believe it is the work of Photoshop. But few people know that the original photo was taken in 1965, before Photoshop. Photographer Robert Le Serrec spotted this unknown creature off the coast of the Hook Islands in Australia and immediately photographed it. This particular creature is still the subject of discussions among various zoologists.
Lights in Hessdalen Valley
This photo was taken by a Norwegian photographer and is the only evidence of the existence of unusual luminous objects flying over the Hessdalen Valley. Spectral analysis revealed that these objects are composed of silicon, iron and scandium. Scientists still do not know what it is supposed to be.
'The Black Knight'
This undefined object was first captured by an artificial satellite in 1960, and the US government agency immediately named the object the Black Knight. Since then, this mysterious object has repeatedly appeared: it keeps appearing and disappearing from our orbit. Scientists say that it is a particle of artificial origin.
Babushka
On November 22, 1963, US President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas. On that day, several photographers photographed the scene of the assassination, and several pictures showed this unknown woman holding a camera. The Secret Service was trying to find her, because she could be the one who caught the president's assassination in the lens. All attempts to discover her identity were futile. The unknown woman was nicknamed Babushka because of the headscarf worn by old Russian women.
The Falling Man
This photograph was taken by Richard Drew and shows a man falling from the WTC on the day of the terrorist attack in New York (September 11, 2001). The photo went around the world in just a few hours, and people noticed the strange position of the man: the parachute was almost completely straightened, which is extremely difficult. The man's identity was never established, although several Americans claimed he was a relative of theirs.
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A man before tanks
This photo was taken in Beijing in 1989. In Tiananmen Square, an unknown man used his own body to stop a convoy of tanks. Although the photo appeared on the front pages of the most famous media around the world, it was never known what the man's name was or what happened to him.
A cell phone in a Charlie Chaplin movie
In 2010, a DVD was released with added scenes from the movie The Circus (Circus, 1982). In one of the scenes we can see a woman holding something very similar to a mobile phone. While director George Clarke claimed these scenes were proof of time travel, many skeptics believe it was just an unoriginal marketing ploy.
Solway Firth Astronaut
In 1964, Jim Templeton took this photo: a 5-year-old daughter sitting on a lawn. Jim claimed that there was no one on the lawn but the two of them, but a figure that resembled an astronaut did appear in the photo. Analyzes showed that the photo had never been altered.
Goddard Squadron
A photo album of Goddard's squadron that fought in the First World War contains one rather strange photograph. After the photo was developed, squadron members spotted a friend, Freddie Jackson, who had died two days before the photo was taken. The squadron took a photo on the day of Freddie's funeral.
Pyramids of the Moon
This photo was taken during the Apollo 17 mission and is archived as 'overexposed'. When scientists studied the contrast in the photo, they noticed something quite similar to the pyramids. This is the reason why some people believe that there are pyramids on the back of the Moon.
