Meetings and Ceremonial Encounters with Military and Naval Personnel
Photographic record of an informal photograph with pilots of the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron and of meetings with officers of the Armada de Chile
Collection Record
Plates documenting an informal photograph taken with pilots of the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron — the Blue Angels — and the meetings recorded between His Majesty the Aliʻi Nui of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi and officers of the Armada de Chile encountered during the ceremonial mission to Rapa Nui in the year 2012. The archive holds no official military or governmental document for these encounters; the photographs record the meetings only and do not evidence military alliance, state recognition, or governmental endorsement of the Kingdom.
Photographic Evidence
What a photograph may establish
Presence, a meeting, a ceremony, a delegation, a gathering, and shared participation, as recorded in the image and its caption.
What a photograph alone does not establish
Formal state recognition, government endorsement, recognition by the United Nations, interstate treaty status, or legal jurisdiction.
Traditional, ceremonial, and cultural significance recorded in these plates is documented on its own terms and is not diminished by this note.
Related archive records
Archive records catalogued under the same places and subjects as this collection.
- Rapa Nui Ceremonial Procession — Rapa Nui, 2012 · PKA-CER-2024-002
- Rapa Nui Royal Meeting — Rapa Nui (Easter Island) · PKA-JRN-2024-004
- Rapa Nui Ceremonial Exchange — Rapa Nui (Easter Island) · PKA-JRN-2024-008
- Rapa Nui Ceremonial Procession — Rapa Nui (Easter Island) · PKA-CER-2024-007
- Rapa Nui Chiefs Gathering — Rapa Nui (Easter Island) · PKA-JRN-2024-009
- Visit to Ahu Tongariki — Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) · PKA-JRN-2024-010
Last reviewed: 2026-09-06 — the date this collection entry was last editorially reviewed on this website, not the date of the events depicted.