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The Rhodes UFO photographs, sometimes called the shoe-heel UFO photographs,[2] purport to show a disc-like object flying above Phoenix, Arizona, United States.[1] The two photographs were reportedly taken on July 7, 1947, by amateur astronomer and inventor William Albert Rhodes. They were printed in The Arizona Republic newspaper on July 9, along with Rhodes's account of his sighting of the object.[1] Published near the end of the 1947 flying disc craze, the photographs were among the first showing an unidentified flying object.[3] They continue to be discussed in the media into the 21st century.[4][5][6]
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- ^ "Did a UFO crash in the valley?". Fox 10 Phoenix.com. 25 January 2016.
- ^ "World UFO Day: Arizona's top 5 UFO sightings". KPNX 12 News Phoenix. 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Alien AZ: Arizona's Top Three Extraterrestrial Events". Phoenix Magazine. February 2018.
- ^ "Congress UFO hearing legitimizes sightings in Arizona, researchers say". KTVK News. 18 May 2022.