Mechanix Illustrated
Issue: Jan, 1953
Posted in: Just Weird, Photography, Sign of the Times
Posted: 04/12/2006
8 Comments

Flying Saucer Camera (Jan, 1953)

Flying Saucer Camera will be used by Air Force to clear up saucer questions. One lens takes regular picture; the other separates light into colors so scientists can judge the source and make-up of saucers.

Related posts:

  1. Look! It’s Flying Disks Again! (Aug, 1951)
  2. The First Disposable Camera (Sep, 1949)
  3. Flying Outhouse and the Electron Microscope (Nov, 1934)
  4. Camera Records “Eye Interest” of Reader for Items on Page (Nov, 1953)
8 comments
  1. TechEBlog » Top 10 Strangest Gadgets of the Past says: June 22, 200610:57 pm

    [...] [Source] [...]

  2. com3.es | Fantastic Flops: Four Failed Gadgets That Time Forgot says: February 16, 201011:04 pm

    [...] sightings were being reported at a frenzied pace. In an attempt to weed out the obvious fakes, the Flying Saucer Camera was developed. One of its lenses took a normal picture, and the other separated the light in the [...]

  3. SELF DEVELOPMENT BLOG » Fantastic Flops: Four Failed Gadgets That Time Forgot says: February 20, 20101:54 pm

    [...] sightings were being reported at a frenzied pace. In an attempt to weed out the obvious fakes, the Flying Saucer Camera was developed. One of its lenses took a normal picture, and the other separated the light in the [...]

  4. lula says: January 31, 20113:38 pm

    what year was it created!

  5. Jari says: February 1, 201110:41 am

    First half of the 50′s. That’s a modified Stereocrafters Videon 35mm stereo camera.

  6. Firebrand38 says: February 1, 201111:20 am

    Full story is here what the photos looked like are here

  7. Jari says: February 1, 20114:32 pm

    Thanks for the links FB! I have a Cokin prism filter, and now, finally I got it why CF-bulb “multiplies” as 8 distinct colour images while incandescent next to it smears to a rainbow.

  8. Fantastic Failures: 10 Wacky Failed Inventions From the Past | WebUrbanist says: April 28, 201210:13 pm

    [...] each year that the government finally decided enough was enough. The Air Force introduced the Flying Saucer Camera, a special camera with two lenses designed to identify the source of strange lights. One lens took [...]

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