The Fake Mexico Photo

This image is a reduced version of one posted on a UFO page in 1996. The original photo was apparently taken during a camping trip in Mexico in November 1996. An AAP reader, identified by the initials AWS, pointed out this image in 1997. The contributor of this photo claimed to have heard a sonic boom several seconds after the image was taken. The AAP originally posted a link to the original host of this alleged account, but it has since been taken down.

There are several things wrong with this photo, even at first glance, and even viewing this thumbnail-size image. Note how carefully positioned the triangle is in the frame, and how large it appears in the background. The aircraft couldn't have been more than two miles away when the image was taken. Note that the alleged aircraft and the friend are coincidentally the same distance away from their respective edge of the frame. This gives the effect that the photo was "posed."

Also notice how the aircraft seems to be very sharply rendered in the image, and shows no blurring from its tremendous speed. Obviously, the photographer must have used sophisticated equipment with a very fast shutter speed to create such a "flawless" image. And consider how thoughtful the photographer was to remove all ambiguity by providing us with a blown-up inset image of the aircraft. That is a true professional at work!

From the position of the aircraft, it has already passed the camera position, and the deafening hypersonic shockwave is a few moments away. Yet, our intrepid photographer and subject have not yet had their bowels moved by the incredible speed and proximity of the visitor!

Also consider our courageous pilot, who is flying the Aurora at an extreme roll angle less than 250 feet AGL and at incredibly high speed! "Move over, Tom Cruise, I'm gonna buzz these two unsuspecting campers!"

With our tears of laughter drying, it is obvious that this photo was doctored using one of Adrian Mann's computer-drawn images scanned into the frame. But at the Aurora Aircraft Page, all claims are not taken at face value, and levity will occasionally apply.

Bill Rose's Refueling Photo

One of the more popular doctored "photos" of Aurora, in an attempt to accompany Chris Gibson's report. This was once referred to as a sighting over Australia

This "photomontage" was created by Bill Rose as a depiction of what a former Royal Observer Corps team member spotted from a North Sea oil drilling platform in 1989. That sighting is considered the most reputable sighting report of its kind, as well as the only truly credible piece of evidence for the existence of the Aurora.

This is not a photograph, although it is easily mistaken for one. It is simply a visual rendering of what might have been seen over the North Sea. The image depicts the Aurora at the bottom of the image, escorted by two U.S. F-111s at upper left, and taking on fuel from a U.S. KC-135 tanker.

On at least one occasion, this image was mistaken for a real photo by a member of the "supermarket press." The image was sent to the British magazine named "UFO Encounters," which paraded it on its February 1996 cover with the byline, "UFO Escort Picture: We Unveil New Evidence Of This US Cover-Up." On another occasion, an almost identical image was publicized as a sighting over Australia.

For a LARGE article specifically about this photo, please click HERE.

The "Other" Refueling Photo

Adrian Mann was sent this picture in his email of an image from an aircraft magazine. The article shows Lockheed Martin's plans for a Box Wing air-to-air refuelling tanker aircraft. And there just happens to be a black, triangular Aurora-like aircraft just keeping formation off the right wing.

Adrian has a more detailed account of the photo on his page RIGHT HERE