Cote Photo

Referenced in 2 episodes

Definition

A UFO photograph captured in 1971 over Lake Cote, Costa Rica, during an official mapping mission, often cited in UFO research for its clarity and government ties.

Related episodes

The Cote UFO Photo: The Clearest UFO Image Ever Captured?

Somewhere in the SkiesSep 7, 2026

In 1971, a Costa Rican government aerial mapping mission over Lake Cote captured a sharp, disc-shaped object on a single frame of high-resolution cartographic film, and no one aboard saw it. Filmmakers Adam Pillen and Megan Woomer discuss their documentary The Cote Photo, which traces the image's unbroken chain of custody, its analysis by researchers like Jacques Vallée and Richard Haines, and the lifelong UFO experiences of cartographer Sergio Loaiza. The conversation explores why this photo has held up to scrutiny for decades and why it may be one of the clearest UFO images ever taken.

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Bigelow & Fugal UNITE, Trump’s Underwater ALIEN Claims, UK UFO Controversy, CLEAREST UFO Photo Ever?

Somewhere in the SkiesSep 2, 2026

Robert Bigelow and Brandon Fugal, the former and current owners of Skinwalker Ranch, sit down together for the first time on George Knapp's Bigelow podcast and describe a ranch where electronics fail, a calf died beneath an unidentified object, and a jawbone recovered from the creek reportedly matched an extinct dire wolf. Hosts Ryan Sprague and Suzanne Landers also cover Jack Osbourne's secondhand claim that President Trump said unknown beings are living in the oceans, and British MP Clive Lewis's charge that the UK Ministry of Defence misled him about UAP cooperation with Five Eyes allies. Rounding out the show are a new Gallup poll on public distrust, a Calgary anthropologist studying 'techno-shamanism' contact groups, and a new documentary about the 1971 Cote photo from Costa Rica.

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