The MacDill "JP" Triangle Photos
The photos look like nothing else in this archive: a dark triangle over a Tampa rooftop that, frame by frame, appears to flare into a ring of light and ascend. The catch is the chain of custody. Every image traces to a single anonymous source called JP, published by a promoter whose site also suggested a hurricane was steered by space weapons, and the base across the bay laughed the whole thing off on the record.
What did witnesses see at Near MacDill AFB?
A small dark triangular object in clear daytime sky over a rooftop near MacDill Air Force Base, photographed in six successive frames on 31 August 2017 in which the object appears to power up into a brilliant glowing ring before ascending. Later sets from the same source claimed a triangle shadowed by a military helicopter, flying rectangles, and a close-range night triangle with a light at each corner (Orlando, February 2019). The series is often misdated to 2019 because of that follow-up set and a recirculated news story.
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What is the official explanation?
Terry Montrose, spokesman for MacDill's 6th Air Mobility Wing, laughed when the Tampa Bay Times asked and said: "No, there are no secret UFOs or a secret Air Force Space Wing at MacDill. There are no flying triangles." No investigation followed.
What did the witnesses think it was?
An anonymous Tampa-area source using the pseudonym JP, who claims contact with human-looking extraterrestrials and rides aboard craft of a secret space program. The photos were published and promoted by Dr. Michael Salla of Exopolitics.org from September 2017.
Is the MacDill "JP" Triangle Photos real? The two-pass assessment
Pass one: a single anonymous source, no negatives or metadata, distant uncalibrated sky shots, and a promoter with a heavy credibility problem; a consumer drone or kite near the camera fits the frames and has never been excluded by any published method. A 2024 independent error-level analysis found no digital-manipulation artifacts, which speaks to file authenticity but not to what the object is. Pass two: the power-up sequence and the recurring black-triangle morphology, which has a long independent witness history. Verdict: Disputed. The official response is a bare denial (not credited as a debunk), but the provenance problems are real and unresolved.
Sources
- www.tampabay.com/news/military/macdill/MacDill-chuckling-as-UFO-website-reports-flying-triangles-at-base_160856941/
- exopolitics.org/photos-antigravity-ufo-fort-macdill-usaf-ssp/
- web.archive.org/web/20240705080954/https://medium.com/@noahhradek/analyzing-a-black-triangle-ufo-photo-3cbe1270b1dc
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