The Cote Photo | Official Documentary Film
September 4, 1971  |  Lake Cote, Costa Rica  |  55th Anniversary

THE COTE PHOTO

A government cartographer. A routine survey flight. One photograph that has defied explanation for 55 years. Now he is finally talking.

10.4731° N   84.6428° W
"It's time for me to start telling my stories. To start sharing." -- Sergio Loaiza
Official government photograph  |  Unbroken chain of custody
Photographed from above  |  September 4, 1971
Costa Rican national archive  |  Frame 300
"It's time for me to start telling my stories. To start sharing." -- Sergio Loaiza
Official government photograph  |  Unbroken chain of custody
Photographed from above  |  September 4, 1971
Costa Rican national archive  |  Frame 300
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The Cote Photo -- Frame 300
Frame 300  |  Government Survey Roll  |  Costa Rican National Archive

"Best ever" official UFO photograph?

Fifty-five years ago, on September 4th 1971, a routine government mapping expedition accidentally captured a photograph of a UFO -- an image that remains other-worldly, and remarkably convincing.

Known as the Cote UFO photo, it stands apart from most UFO/UAP imagery because it is an official government photograph with an undisputed chain of custody. Even more unusual, the object is photographed from above, not from the ground.

As governments around the world begin to acknowledge and declassify UFO/UAP encounters, the Cote photo feels less like an anomaly and more like an early glimpse into a much larger, still-unfolding story.

"It's time for me to start telling my stories. To start sharing. Because their mission is to now share their stories."

Sergio Loaiza  |  Government Cartographer  |  The Man Who Took the Photograph

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