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'1,000ft UFO' photo shown at UAP hearing has already been debunked

By T.K. Randall
May 6, 2025 ·  33 comments

The original image - see below for the Google Maps comparison. Image Credit: X / @UAPDF Last week's 'Understanding UAP' hearing, which featured talks by several prominent scientists, UFO researchers and intelligence community personnel, was aimed at briefing members of Congress about the UFO phenomenon and its implications.

During the event, Luis Elizondo - who was once a director of the Pentagon's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) - presented a photograph showing what he alleged to be a huge UFO measuring some 1,000ft across that had been captured on camera by a commercial airline pilot.

It had been reportedly snapped from an altitude of around 21,000ft over the Four Corners landmark which joins parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado.

"Captured near Four Corners at FL20, estimated 600-1,000 ft in diameter, silver-hued, disc-shaped," the UAP Disclosure Fund wrote in a post on Twitter/X.

While at a glance the image looks quite convincing, it didn't take Internet sleuths long to determine that the photograph doesn't actually show a large hovering disc at all.

Instead, the 'disc' and its shadow are in fact two circular fields situated next to one another.You can even find the exact spot on Google Maps - here.

The original image would have been taken from a different altitude/angle, but this is the same location.

After news of the debunk reached Elizondo, he was quick to argue in a post on Twitter/X that he hadn't made a mistake, but also argued that the image hadn't been vetted before he had revealed it.

"The purpose of me showing the photo was to illustrate the need for civilian and commercial pilots to have a central reporting mechanism to report potential anomalous sightings," he wrote.

"In this case, the pilot who took the photo, using his own camera, did not have a way to report what he believed was anomalous."

You can see a Google Maps image of approximately the same location/angle as the UFO photo below.

Unfortunately Lue's photo is now 100% Officially debunked. pic.twitter.com/3kYRlbJZ3Y

- Dr. Disclosure (@Docneuroeo) May 2, 2025

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