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Import Unknown problem with .raw files?

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I have been reorganizing my photo library. Moving files, renaming and removing duplicates, etc.
In the folder that I keep photos from my cell phones I have a great number of files with the extension .RAW on my hard drive that Lightroom says it is unable to import. I get a message that the files are corrupted or damaged. This issue is only with files from my cell phones. In the course of my reorganizing, I do not seem to be missing any files, so I am puzzled as to what has happened and why I now have hundreds of .RAW files that I never had before.
Can anyone help me understand what is going on?

When I try to open them in Photoshop, this is what I get,

Screenshot 2022-06-14 144311.jpg


Click on the OK button and this opens,

Screenshot 2022-06-14 144743.jpg
 
Have you ever had to run file recovery software or anything like that, perhaps?
 
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