According to researcher and art conservator Frederik Stamati and his colleague Ariola Prifti, an ethnographic fund specialist at the Center for Albanological Studies, there is no trace evidence of the original flag that was raised in Vlorë on December 28, 1912, the day Albania declared its independence. This viewpoint is reaffirmed in an editorial by news media Top Channel dated November 1, 2012 and titled ""The mystery of the first Albanian flag"". It concludes that "there is no definitive proof" on how the raised flag looked on the day Albania declared its independence, while providing ten hypotheses.