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There's a good film called 'One Hour Photo' starring the late Robin Williams as a very creepy photo developer.

Various knowledgeable people have argued (here and elsewhere) that the 'colour' photo could have been made by printing a B&W negative onto 'colour' photographic paper, but let's not forget that the original basis for the claim that it was produced in this way is just the assertion by Robinson...

Another point for the photo expert: how confident is he that the original film was taken in B&W, then printed on colour photo paper? All the early MoD reports seem to refer to colour photos. But the negatives, which supposedly the MoD also received after requesting them, would presumably be...

If Clarke's team includes Robinson (the photo expert), I'd ask him why his report says the 'object' appears to be closer to the military jet than to the fence. Indeed, why does he even think it is beyond the fence rather than closer to the camera?

It's not obvious, but once you've seen it you can't unsee it. Which might raise the question why the academic photography expert (Robinson), with the best available version of the photo, either didn't notice it or didn't think it worth commenting on.

Something to show your friends in the pub. 'Hey, look, we shot a deer on the Duke of Atholl's estate!' (I'm guessing at the last bit, but a lot of the land around Calvine is on the estate.) But the 'poaching' story does raise other issues. If the prey was deer (which is most likely in that...

Personally I think the 'reflection' hypothesis is a very long shot, but now I'm wavering! Your B&W photo is about as convincing as UFO photos ever get, and a lot more convincing than Calvine. And it's important in showing that you don't need a large reflective surface to get a large expanse of...

We are only seeing one photo because the MoD press officer, Craig Lindsay, kept a copy of that one for his personal collection! The other 5 are all lost, destroyed, or locked away. As noted in #330, above the MoD no longer had the original negatives in late 1991, barely a year after the...

Thanks. The 'retask' doesn't seem to have amounted to a major re-investigation (interviewing witnesses, etc). I see that the document states that original negatives are no longer available. This tends to conform the 'official' story that they were returned to the newspaper. Unless the MoD...

Sorry if I've overlooked it, but what is the source for the 'retask'? (I searched Metabunk for 'retask 1991' but didn't get anything except your post above!) I thought the evidence suggested two possible interviews with the 'witnesses' (an initial phone call from the Press Officer to get hold...

I can't think of anyone else meeting this description! The book in question would most likely be Open Skies, Close Minds: Official Reactions to the UFO Phenomenon, published in 1996 when Pope was still employed by the MoD. (The only other possibility that comes to mind is the Condign Report...

It is stated in apparently genuine MoD papers that while he was working on UFO matters Nick Pope was an Executive Officer (EO). He was later promoted to Higher Executive Officer (HEO). Both grades would usually be considered responsible 'middle management' in level. Entry to the EO grade was...

Just to note that I saw a series of Twitter posts on the Calvine case by one Gordon Hudson (Twitter username @gordonhudsonnu ). So far as I know he does not post here (but may be lurking!) He is an advocate of the 'distant mountain' explanation, and makes some interesting points. He seems...

I wondered if I had had a brain fart when I repeatedly gave the name as 'Robinson' before, but no, that's still the name on the report! I think 'Russell' is most likely just a mistake by the writer on the uapmedia website. But it's (mildly) intriguing that the link to Robinson's report has...

I think this is an extremely useful summary. I would just suggest that as Baldwin is mentioned, the corroborative comments by Spiers should also be covered: I think this is important because Spiers is a senior named individual; he had scientific expertise; he makes a very firm and definite...

Just a warning about potential misidentification. The Daily Record is a popular tabloid based in Glasgow, Scotland. So far as I know, it has no ownership or working connection with the Daily Mail, a well-known tabloid based in London, England. They are also politically opposed, as the Daily...

Thanks. I must have misunderstood the sequence of events. If Lindsay was the first MoD person to be contacted by the newspaper, it would be reasonable for him to try to get the best available version of the photos, contacting the original informant if necessary. Somehow I got it into my head...

I view the account by the Press Officer with some suspicion. He claims that he went to interview the 'witnesses' himself. But according to one of David Clarke's various articles, the Defence Intelligence branch sent someone to do this: That's not a normal job for a Press Officer. Of course...

I think it's more than just 'concerns': there's a legal provision in the Freedom of Information Act (2000) itself. Section 40 states that 'personal information' is exempt from the disclosure requirement. If you look at the redacted passages in some of the released documents they have a little...

I don't know, but according to Wikipedia there are some Hunters in the UK now owned by civilian organisations.