The Rhodes UFO photographs, sometimes called the shoe-heel UFO photographs, purport to show a disc-like object flying above Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The two photographs were reportedly taken o
On July 12, 1947, Kenneth Arnold drew a crescent shape to describe the disc he claimed to have witnessed, June 24, 1947. According to Arnold, he was shown the Rhodes pictures and told they were considered possibly authentic.
The wing mirror on this 1961 Ford F-100 bears a strong resemblance to the object seen in the photos. Note the slight offset of the mounting screw, which matches the offset of the "antenna" detail in the images. Similar mirrors had been used for decades on many vehicles.