Calvine

Calvine
Buildings on the old route of the A9 at Calvine, seen in 2008
Calvine Location within Perth and Kinross
OS grid reference	NN 8039 6579
Council area	Perth and Kinross
Lieutenancy area	Perth and Kinross
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
List of places UK Scotland 56°46′05″N 3°57′29″W / 56.768°N 3.958°W / 56.768; -3.958

Calvine is a hamlet in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.^[1]

It is sandwiched between the A9 road, to its north, and the Highland mainline railway and River Garry, both to its south, and lies just north of Struan and west of Pitagowan.^[2] The Falls of Bruar are one mile to the south-west. The former route of the A9, now the B847, runs through the settlement.

The hamlet is known for The Calvine UFO sighting which took place on the moors above the village. One evening in early August 1990, two walkers on the moors apparently encountered a mysterious diamond shaped UFO hovering in mid-air. They photographed it and took their story and the resulting negatives to the Daily Record in Glasgow however both they and the negatives then disappeared. The only surviving original photograph was discovered and published some 32 years laster in August 2022 by Dr David Clarke of Sheffield Hallam University, since when the Calvine UFO sighting has attracted much media attention with some commentators claiming it to be one of the best UFO photographs ever.^[3][4][5]

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