Near MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida, United States
The MacDill "JP" Triangle Photographs
In 2017, UFO writer Michael Salla published several batches of photographs supplied by an anonymous source he called 'JP', said to show dark triangular objects operating near MacDill AFB. The Tampa Bay Times confirmed that the Air Force publicly denied operating secret triangular craft at MacDill, b
Why This Case Matters
A visually strong modern military-base photo claim whose core weakness is claimant-controlled provenance: anonymous photographer, intermediary publication and no independent event documentation.
Chronology
- 31 Aug 2017 first claimed triangle photographs taken near MacDill
- Sep additional images supplied to Salla
- Oct Tampa Bay Times reports claims and MacDill denial
- source remains anonymous and images continue circulating through Exopolitics/UFO sites
The Witnesses
Evidence
The following evidence types are documented for this case:
Conventional explanations: Conventional aircraft, perspective, lens/processing artefacts, small nearby objects or deliberate fabrication remain viable. Without source identity, metadata and sequence geometry, scale cannot be established.
What Remains Unresolved
- Photographer identity
- original files/EXIF
- exact shoot locations and sightlines
- independent witnesses
- aircraft traffic
- whether image processing altered shape/contrast.
Key Takeaways
- The Air Force denial does not prove the photos false, but the anonymous source chain prevents them from carrying much evidential weight. Treat the images as a provenance case, not secret-program evidence.
Sources
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