After decades of being hidden, images of strange objects in the sky in Scotland were shared publicly for the first time.
At around 9:00 p.m. on August 4, 1990, two people walking on a hillside near Calvine (Scotland) took photos of a mysterious, diamond-shaped flying object in the sky. Also known as the “Calvine Photograph”, the image was kept secret for a long time, creating various rumors and theories.
After 32 years, the image was restored and shared publicly by Dr. David Clarke, British journalist, Associate Professor at Sheffield Hallam University. Craig Lindsay, a former Royal Air Force (RAF) press officer, kept the last remaining copy of the photo, before giving it to Clarke for restoration.
The image was hidden for more than 30 years
This is considered the clearest photo of an unidentified flying object (UFO) that the public has ever seen. In the photo, a diamond-shaped object flies in the sky, in the distance is a fighter plane chasing the object.
6 photos were brought by two pedestrians to Scotland’s Daily Record newspaper in 1990 for publication. However, instead of publishing, the newspaper gave the photos to the British Ministry of Defense to keep them until now.
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| The clearest image of a UFO restored and shared publicly after more than 30 years. Photo: Sheffield Hallam University . |
“The editor of the Daily Record at the time sent the images to Craig Lindsay, the RAF press officer in Scotland. He passed the printouts to the British Ministry of Defense in London, who then asked him to hand them over. So he went back to the Daily Record and asked to send the films to London. The proposal was accepted, and that’s when they disappeared,” Clarke said.
According to Clarke, the Calvine photo and related information were released at this time to mark the 32nd anniversary of the photo being taken. However, the British Ministry of Defense will not reveal the identities of the two people who took the photos before 2076 due to “privacy concerns”.
“Despite all public information, the identities of the two people who took the photo have never been revealed. The negative film has never been found since it arrived at the Ministry of National Defense. Now, the Ministry of National Defense says it has been found. returned the film to the Daily Record , but the editorial office confirmed that it had never received the film, and it was unclear what happened to them,” Clarke shared.
There are no signs of photo tampering
Former officer Lindsay shared a bit of information with Clarke about the two photographers. Specifically, they work as chefs in a hotel in Pitlochry, in the Scottish Highlands. One summer evening, the two decided to walk in the hills near Calvine.
While walking, two people discovered a giant diamond-shaped flying object, moving quietly in the sky. “They saw this and were scared,” Clarke told Newsweek .
“They ran into the forest and then lowered their heads, heard the fighter jet rushing into the valley, two minutes later, it backed up and flew around the object. That’s when they took the photo,” Clarke said.
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| Pen and ink drawing created to analyze the Calvine Photograph. Photo: UAP Media UK . |
The object hovered with a low noise, observed for about 10 minutes with an estimated length of 31 m. The two photographers said that the object shot into the sky at high speed and then disappeared.
Currently, it is not possible to determine whether the object in the photo is a UFO or not. Andrew Robinson, a photography lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, said that the photo showed no signs of being edited.
“It is possible that this is a real unidentified flying object, or it could be any manipulation or staging to make this thing appear in front of the camera lens, without affecting the film during shooting, nor during image processing and printing process”, Hallam said.
After being delivered to Clarke, the photo is in the archives of Sheffield Hallam University. Although he affirmed that this was “the most beautiful UFO image”, Clarke did not believe that the object in the photo was an alien flying saucer.
“I don’t think that mysterious plane comes from another galaxy. I believe they were created by humans in some mysterious base, everything related to the object is very secret and sensitive” , Clarke said in an interview with DailyMail .
America’s top secret project?
Clarke said that the object in the photo could be the Aurora, a top-secret reconnaissance aircraft that the US was rumored to have built in the 1980s. However, there is no actual evidence of the project’s existence, the US government said. always denied.
“While there is no definitive evidence that the Aurora was ever built or flown, many unexplained sightings and incidents occurring in the US and UK have created rumors about the Aurora, including including Calvine Photo”, Clarke shared.
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| Former officer Craig Lindsay (left) handed a copy of the photo to Dr. David Clarke. Photo: UAP Media UK . |
The image was shared at the right time when US officials expressed special interest in UFOs. Stories and hypotheses related to unidentified flying objects are exchanged more openly instead of being a sensitive topic like before. The US Space Agency (NASA) also plans to research UFOs.
According to The Sun , most theories about the Calvine Photo came about after Nick Pope, a former UFO investigator at the British Ministry of Defense, said the image was hung at this agency in the 1990s, then disappeared. no trace.
In the book Open Skies, Closed Minds released in 1996, Pope said that British officials asked the US if the object in the photo was the Aurora plane. Then-US Secretary of the Air Force Donald Rice was said to have been angered by the question. After a series of controversies, the photo was taken down and has since disappeared.
In February 1993, MP Lord Kennet asked before the British House of Commons whether “American experimental aircraft” could enter the UK, but the British Ministry of Defense denied all information. Afterwards, MP Martin Redmond also asked about the Calvine Photo, former British Opposition Minister for Defense Nicholas Soames affirmed “there is nothing related to defense in the photo”.
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| Photo of Aurora, a rumored top-secret US aircraft project in the 1980s. Photo: 19FortyFive . |
“The Calvine photo is one of the biggest mysteries in UFO history,” said Dan Zetterstrom, representative of UAP Media UK, an organization that compiles images and documents about UFOs.
Despite claiming “certainly someone on a military base in the UK or US knows exactly what is in the photo”, Clarke did not rule out the possibility that the photo was a hoax.
“The purpose of sharing this story is so that the photographer himself, or someone who knows them, knows about this case, can approach and reveal the mystery,” the journalist said.
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