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10 Mysterious Historical Photographs

There are many unsolved mysteries out there, and it’s always our hope that someday, with the right dose of science and research, we’ll be able to solve them. However, it’s most likely that these burning questions will always remain unanswered. As far as these mysteries are concerned, all we have are photographs and pictures to wrack our brains over, hoping that an answer will reveal itself. The following ten photos were taken by ordinary people with conventional photographic equipment and certainly weren’t edited. Yet this fact opens up more questions...
 
1. A monster off the coast of Hook Island
Mysterious Historical Photographs
Everyone seems to think that this photo has been Photoshopped, but the original was taken in 1965 when this tool didn’t even exist. The photographer, Robert Le Serrec, noticed a suspicious object near Hook Island in Australia and immediately took the photo, which is still being discussed by zoologists today.
2. Hessdalen valley lights
Mysterious Historical Photographs
This photo was taken by a Norwegian photographer with a 30-second exposure, and it isn’t the only evidence of the existence of strange luminous objects floating over Hessdalen valley. Spectral analysis has shown that this object consists of iron, scandium, and silicon. Scientists still don’t know what it is though.

 

3. Black Knight
Mysterious Historical Photographs
This unidentified object was first captured by satellite in 1960, and NASA specialists immediately named it “Black Knight.” Since then, this mysterious object has been seen on numerous occasions: it keeps reappearing and disappearing from the Earth’s orbit. Scientists suggest that this is a fragment of artificial origin.
4. Babushka Lady
Mysterious Historical Photographs
On November 22, 1963, in Dallas, American President John F. Kennedy was shot dead. That day, photographers took many pictures of the crime scene, some of them showing a mysterious woman holding a camera. Special services tried to track her down since she may have captured the President’s assassination on camera. However, they never found out her identity. This unknown woman was nicknamed Babushka Lady since she wore a headscarf just like old Russian women.
5. The Falling Man
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This photograph was taken by Richard Drew on the day of the terrorist attack on September 11. The photo was seen all over the world in a matter of hours, but many people noted the man’s strange body position: he falls almost straight down, which is difficult to do. The identity of this man was never established, although many claim to recognize their relative in this picture.
6. Tank Man
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This shot was taken in Beijing during the 1989 riots. An unidentified man held up the column of tanks for 30 minutes, blocking their path with his body. Although this picture appeared on the front pages of the world’s most famous magazines, we still don’t know the man’s name or what happened to him.
 
7. A cell phone in Chaplin’s Movie
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Back in 2010, a DVD with bonus frames from the filming of Charlie Chaplin’s 1928 movie “The Circus” was released. One of the frames shows a woman holding something that looks remarkably like a cell phone. Director George Clarke claimed he considered these frames proof of time travel, but many skeptics are certain this shot was just a dull marketing hook.
8. Astronaut from Solway Firth
Mysterious Historical Photographs
Jim Templeton took this photo of his daughter in 1964. Although they claim that there wasn’t a soul around except them, during development a distinct figure appeared in the photo behind the girl’s head. Subsequent analysis of the photo showed that it hadn’t been altered.
9. Sir Goddard’s Squadron
Mysterious Historical Photographs
The photo album of Sir Goddard’s squadron who fought in World War 1 contains one strange photo. After this photo was developed, all the squad members recognized a person standing in the back row as their friend, Freddie Jackson, who died two days before the picture was taken. This photo was taken on the day of Freddie’s funeral.
10. Pyramids on the Moon
Mysterious Historical Photographs
This photograph was taken during the mission “Apollo-17,” and in the archive, it was listed as overexposed. However, after experts worked on the picture’s contrast, they saw an outline of something akin to a pyramid. This gives many people a reason to believe that there may be pyramids on the moon.
 
H/T: brightside
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