

Though Clarke is "100 percent sure that someone, somewhere in the military establishment in Britain or in the U.S. over the years that have fueled the Aurora myth-Calvine included," wrote Clarke. "Although there has never been any substantial evidence that it was ever built or flown, there have been numerous unexplained sightings and incidents in both the U.S. government has consistently denied its existence. was rumored to be building in the 1980s, though there was never any evidence of such a project, and the U.S. He thinks that the mysterious flying object could have been the "Aurora," a top secret reconnaissance aircraft which the U.S. "I believe it was man-made somewhere in a secret hangar-and whatever it was remains on the secret list and highly sensitive." "Sadly, I do not think that mysterious aircraft arrived from another galaxy," Clarke wrote in a piece he published in the Daily Mail. Lindsay is also convinced that the image is not a hoax.īut while Clarke admits the photo is "by far the best UFO photograph" he has ever seen, the journalist says he doesn't believe the object in the image is actually an alien flying saucer. Retired RAF officer Craig Lindsay held on to a copy of the original pictures taken by the two hikers for 32 years, waiting for someone to ask about the case. And that's when they took the photographs." "They ran into some woodland to sort of keep their heads down, and they heard this jet come down the valley and then, two minutes later, it returned and started circling around the object. "They saw this thing in the sky and it scared them," Clarke told Newsweek. While out walking, the two spotted a huge, diamond-shaped flying object, moving silently in the sky. While we don't know what happened to the men who took the photo, we do know what they described happened 32 years ago.Īccording to what Lindsay told Clarke, the two men were working as chefs in a hotel in Pitlochry, in the Scottish Highlands, when, one summer evening, they decided to go for walk in the hills near Calvine. So there's a lot of questions to be answered." What Does The Photo Show? Now, the Ministry of Defence say that they returned them to the Daily Record, but the Daily Record say they never received them and they have no idea what happened to them.

"The negatives have never been seen since they reached the Ministry of Defence. "Oddly, despite all the publicity, the two chaps who took the photographs have never come forward," Clarke told Newsweek. So he went back to the Daily Record, asked the Daily Record to send the negatives to London, which they duly did-quite amazingly-and that's when they disappeared."Ĭlarke writes that the information linked to the photo, together with the image, should have normally been released by now, as 30 years have passed.īut the identities of the two hikers who took the photo are still unknown and are not expected to be revealed before 2072, as the Ministry of Defence has cited "privacy concerns." He passed the print to the Ministry of Defense in London, the Ministry of Defense in London then asked him to obtain the negatives. "The Daily Record's picture editor at that time sent them to Craig Lindsay, who was the RAF press officer in Scotland. But instead, the newspaper handed the image over to the British Ministry of Defence, which kept it secret until now. It's the first time the public has had access to the elusive image, which has been described as the best UFO photo ever taken.īack in 1990, the two hikers brought the photo to Scotland's Daily Record newspaper for publication. Sheffield Hallam University/Craig Lindsay This photo is a copy of one of the original prints, kept by former RAF officer Craig Lindsay.

The Calvine photo, taken in August 1990, had disappeared for 32 years before resurfacing.
