The Calvine UFO photo was said by Nick Pope to be “the most spectacular photo ever sent to the Ministry of defence. It’s also missing.” But since David Clarke found a print of one of the photos, it has been subject of a lot of attention, which I wrote about in the last post.
After the Calvine photo was revealed it didn’t take long for Scott Brando on “UFO Of Interest” to note its similarity to a hoax photo taken in Puerto Rico in 1988 by Amaury Rivera Toro.
| Hoax photo taken in Puerto Rico by Amaury Rivera Toro, 1988. |
Rivera was a young man from New York City working a part-time job in a restaurant in Puerto Rico, when he claims to have been abducted by a UFO, and to have gotten this (and several other) photos as the aliens departed.
Compare Rivera’s photo with the Calvine photo, below.
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| Calvine photo, 1990 |
On August 23, this turned up: “Photos depicting a UFO being chased by a fighter were released from Wendell Stevens’ locker.” UFOlogist Dustin Shutta shared photos on Anomalien showing a UFO and a fighter jet.
I
own these photographs of a fighter jet/B-1 chasing or being followed by
a ufo taken in 1994, location unknown. If anyone has any more info
about these series of photographs let me know. Also, these photographs
came from Colonel Wendelle Stevens storage locker.
UFOlogist Wendelle Stevens (1923-2010) had earned, by the end of his life, a thoroughly dismal reputation. He was a major promoter of the preposterous photo hoaxes of the Swiss contactee Billy Meier. Stevens was also convicted of having sex with an underage girl, serving time in prison. He boasted of having a huge collection of UFO photos, sacrificing (one suspects) quality for quantity. We know that Stevens interviewed Rivera in person, so it is reasonable that Stevens might possess more works from Rivera’s oeuvre. But that is just conjecture, albeit a plausible one.
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| 1994 photo found in Wendelle Stevens’ files. Photographer is unknown, but is suspected to be Rivera. |
Yet another Calvine-like photo has turned up (now that I am looking for them). It is taken from an anonymous YouTube video that looks very, very fake, and has been published in various places.
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| This photo, taken from an anonymous video, shows two jets chasing a “UFO.” |
What
do all these photos have in common? There seems to be a certain formula
or ‘archetype’ among UFO photos, that might be described as follows:
1. Near the center of the photo is a dark UFO, either disc-shaped or diamond-shaped.
2. At least one military jet is flying around, but not necessarily toward the UFO.
3. There are tall tree branches near the top of the frame.
4. Something is in the foreground, to help establish the scale of the photo.
WHY this should be is anybody’s guess. My guess is: some artist has a vision!
Do
we conclude that Rivera is responsible for all these photos? That can’t
be established. Perhaps he has a “fan club” among UFOlogists, who pay
homage to his work?
If any reader knows of some other “Calvine-like” UFO photos, please let us know!
