Now, let's assume the debunker case that the "Valiant Thor" portrait is identified as a photo composite/manipulation created by August Roberts.
Even here, it's noteworthy: "Donn, Jill, Taniya" haven't been identified, tend to be ignored in this story, AND high-profile promoters of Valiant such as Phil Schneider (I'm really sympathetic to him and his tales, almost to a Bob Lazar level) were, perhaps, hoodwinked…
Well, Lue (credible, even for critics) got hoodwinked pretty hard also this past year, didn't he? So back again to multiple things possibly being true all at once. BS and truth, objective and subjective, mixed
in, maybe in one bit limited hangout stew.
It's important to have a framework (for me, John 1 / Logos) and then to search patterns, re-occurrences across time and environment. There are plenty.